Here is our weekly feature in which we share the top articles we enjoyed from the past week about recruitment marketing, social recruiting and anything else in the recruiting space. This week we’ll be talking about Google’s company culture, guaranteeing a job, the changing role of a recruiter, efficiency vs. effectiveness and training managers.

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

The Real Reason Everyone loves Google in Silicon Valley by Nilofer Merchant (@Nilofer)

Really interesting read on how Google has created a robust company culture and great relationship with it’s employees.

The Changing Role of the Recruiter by Dan Kaplan (@ERE_net)

Great overview of where the role of recruiters are headed.  I totally agree with the assessment.

Would you guarantee a job? by Tim Sackett (@TimSackett)

Interesting idea from Tim to help candidates feel more comfortable with switching jobs in the current economy.

Are you Effective or Just Efficient? by Ali Hale (@aliventures)

Great delineation and clarification by Ali.  A really interesting question you should ask yourself.

Do the Job, Get the Job, Get Trained by Sharlyn Lauby (@Sharlyn_Lauby)

Nice post on promoting employees to managers and deciding when management training should occur.

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.