Comments on: How Recommendations Change Our Lives http://thehiringsite.careerbuilder.com/2008/11/10/how-reccomendations-change-our-lives/ A Community for Hiring Professionals - Attract, Engage & Retain Your #1 Asset Sat, 07 Nov 2009 18:15:48 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc hourly 1 By: Jason Ferrara http://thehiringsite.careerbuilder.com/2008/11/10/how-reccomendations-change-our-lives/comment-page-1/#comment-922 Jason Ferrara Tue, 02 Dec 2008 20:42:36 +0000 http://thehiringsite.careerbuilder.com/?p=1357#comment-922 Shawn, thanks for commenting on this post. I realize it has been a bit since you posted. I wanted to mention how fantastic Pandora is. I'm sure I've only scratched the surface, but it definintely is cool and surprisingly good at predicting the music I want to hear. Plus, I love the "music genome project." Thanks also for the comment on the CareerBuilder recommendation engine. If you have comments on your experience feel free to pass them along. Shawn, thanks for commenting on this post. I realize it has been a bit since you posted. I wanted to mention how fantastic Pandora is. I’m sure I’ve only scratched the surface, but it definintely is cool and surprisingly good at predicting the music I want to hear. Plus, I love the “music genome project.” Thanks also for the comment on the CareerBuilder recommendation engine. If you have comments on your experience feel free to pass them along.

]]> By: HRM Today - Blog Archive » New Research on Hiring Mistakes Calls for a Change to the Old Way of Thinking http://thehiringsite.careerbuilder.com/2008/11/10/how-reccomendations-change-our-lives/comment-page-1/#comment-626 HRM Today - Blog Archive » New Research on Hiring Mistakes Calls for a Change to the Old Way of Thinking Fri, 14 Nov 2008 03:48:25 +0000 http://thehiringsite.careerbuilder.com/?p=1357#comment-626 [...] Corporate Marketing at CareerBuilder.com, should talk about how data-driven recommendation engines change our lives, because the sudden disappearance of the “recommended for you” feature on my iTunes store [...] [...] Corporate Marketing at CareerBuilder.com, should talk about how data-driven recommendation engines change our lives, because the sudden disappearance of the “recommended for you” feature on my iTunes store [...]

]]> By: Shawn Hoffman http://thehiringsite.careerbuilder.com/2008/11/10/how-reccomendations-change-our-lives/comment-page-1/#comment-586 Shawn Hoffman Mon, 10 Nov 2008 16:45:33 +0000 http://thehiringsite.careerbuilder.com/?p=1357#comment-586 I recently read that recommendations are the new up-sell and ecommerce sites see a lift of 10 to 30 percent from these activities. I found your examples interesting because some of the companies you listed, as well as the CareerBuilder example, took the recommendation technology in a new direction beyond the up-sell. Another one of my personal favorites is Pandora. They feed me similar music to songs and artists I've identified as favorites. I was also intrigued to see that CareerBuilder has been making recommendations for five years. I was recently hit up by a Monster rep pitching their new release. He blatantly said Monster would be the first online job board to roll out recommendations. As a longtime CareerBuilder user, I am glad to see you're already a step ahead. I recently read that recommendations are the new up-sell and ecommerce sites see a lift of 10 to 30 percent from these activities.

I found your examples interesting because some of the companies you listed, as well as the CareerBuilder example, took the recommendation technology in a new direction beyond the up-sell.

Another one of my personal favorites is Pandora. They feed me similar music to songs and artists I’ve identified as favorites.

I was also intrigued to see that CareerBuilder has been making recommendations for five years. I was recently hit up by a Monster rep pitching their new release. He blatantly said Monster would be the first online job board to roll out recommendations. As a longtime CareerBuilder user, I am glad to see you’re already a step ahead.

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