Here is our weekly feature in which we share the top articles we enjoyed from the past week about recruitment marketing, social recruiting, recruiting metrics and anything else in the recruiting space. This week we’ll be talking about knowing your recruiting competitors, who to recruit first, recruiting and social media, recent HRTech acquisitions and good hiring news.

Here are the articles our that interested us this week (in no particular order), enjoy!:

Know What Your Recruiting Competitors Are Up To by Morgan Hoogvelt (@SupeRecruiter)

Just like Morgan, it surprises me when recruiting organizations don’t know what other competitors are doing.  Great post on how you can gain competitive intelligence in your recruiting.

Figuring Out Whom to Recruit First by Steve Boese (@SteveBoese)

Really interesting concept on how social influence score might become another determining factor on who to hire for your company.

4 Thoughts About Social Media by Kevin Wheeler (@KWheeler)

Will the Real Social Media Please Stand Up by Felix Wetzel (@FelixWetzel)

Two different perspectives on Social Media.  Kevin looks at 4 major trends that he sees in social media and how it affects recruiting.  Felix takes a look at what social media is as a whole and the value that it provides.

Two Tech Vendors sold in One Day?! by Bill Kutik (@BillKutik)

Interesting piece on the recent shakeup in the HRTech space and the two newest technology acquisitions.

HR Job Listings continue to Rise by John Zappe (@ERE_net)

Another great sign that companies are looking to hire more.  Great news!

Hope you enjoy the list.  If you have any articles I should add to the list feel free to add them to the comments or send me an email at chris@smashfly.com or follow us on Twitter @smashfly.