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. In this article, we’ll be talking about Big Data, Recruiting Videos, Talent Communities, Work Metaphors and Used Car Salesmen.

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

Big Data: The Question Matters most by John Sumser (@JohnSumser)

John shares his thoughts on Big Data and what it can help us learn.  Well worth the read.

The Blog Squad: Creativity, Engagement & Talent(ed) Community a... by Crystal Miller (@TheOneCrystal)

Interesting piece on Talent Communities and what they really need to be about to be successful.

Can you spot the big error in this recruitment video? by Andy Headworth (@AndyHeadworth)

Thought this was a great example of the importance of a call to action on your recruitment marketing content.

Marriage, Chess & the Zoo: How Metaphors Reveal our Thinking by Jason Lauritsen (@JasonLauritsen)

Jason shares his favorite metaphors for work and what it means to his view of work.  What metaphors do you use?

Recruiting: Things I’ve learned from Used Car Salesmen by Meredith Soleau (@LifesCrazyJoke)

Nice post by Meredith on some key traits recruiters could learn from car salesmen.  Number 4 is a big one.

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 follow us on Twitter @smashfly.