Paul Harrison recently spoke at Beament Leslie Thomas’ breakfast seminar about “Employer Reputation 2.0″. You can see key takeaways from this seminar here, as Paul discusses with BLT’s Don Leslie about how brands are being defined in the social space.

You can also view slides from the presentation here on Slideshare.

As you know,  at Carve we believe that review and ranking platforms  - that already dominate the travel ( think TripAdvisor.com ) and ents / eating ( for example Yelp.com ) sectors - are coming in a big way to every sector you can think of.

Driven by OAuth, opengraph, smart phones,   increased web connectively and so on, soon we wouldn’t think of using a particular state agent, hairdresser ( or consulting firm, natch) without consulting  “the crowd”  ( strangers, think of those trusted TripAdvisor reviews ) and “the entourage in our pocket” ( peers, work colleagues, friends, family ).

One of major sectors in which we work is Corporate Social Recruiting, and I am amazed by how few employers of scale are aware of developments in this area. One of the cutest that plays to my mind is Glassdoor.com based on the “give and get given” concept : if you want to see how much you could earn as an analyst with JP Morgan, you’re asked to outline how much you earn where you work at UBS.  Similarly, if you want to read a review,  you’re asked to write one. And now they’ve launched workplace photos - a strangely compelling view “from the inside”.

So  - one to watch.  Below a cute little embed widget showing reviews / salaries / interview feedback of Carve client Yell.

This is an enlightening presentation for anyone who is involved in social networking by Paul Adams, a UX researcher from Google.

Probably most relevant for someone who’s daily actions can be fairly consistently tracked on Facebook, Foursquare and Twitter and particularly those who want to keep their personal and professional lives separate online.

And while we are on the topic of social profiles, another great post you might like to check out is about knowing and maintaining your own social footprint effectively from Michelle Prak here.

I recently had the pleasure of presenting to the APSCo meeting in Manchester, where we presented ideas around online reputation for recruiters, or “Reputation 2.0″.

Heard today about a firm offering to  remove bad reviews about your business from yelp. co.uk

This is an interesting development in the ongoing “reputation 2.0″ debate.. as is this from GeekSugar:

There are a lot of business owners who’ve felt the sting of bad Yelp reviews, and one restaurant in San Francisco is getting even (instead of getting litigious).

Pizzeria Delfina decided to embrace its one-star reviews — by printing them on the shirts the staff wears. 

They triumphantly rock t-shirts that say stuff like “This place sucks” while serving their delish dishes.