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 candidate experience benefits, job boards, closing the loop, recruiting on Pinterest, best TrenchHR blog posts and mobile recruiting.

Before I get into the articles, I would like to do a call out for the Candidate Experience Awards (for which we are a proud sponsor).  Deadline is now July 13th, 2012.

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

Perception is Reality: Talent Magnets Attract the Best People by Meghan Biro (@MeghanMBiro)

Love this post by Meghan on why the candidate experience matters.  Well worth a read.

What’s Wrong with Job Boards? by Glen Cathey (@GlenCathey)

Nice post by Glen on Job Boards and how talk about their death may be premature.

Survey: Half of All Job Applicants Say They Never Got a Response Back by John Zappe (@TLNT_com)

The title says it all.  This is a major problem in today’s recruiting.

The Best TrenchHR Blog Posts of 2012 by Charlie Judy (@HRFishbowl)

Join Charlie’s crowdsourced effort to compile the best TrenchHR blog posts of this year in honor of #SHRM12.

5 Best Employer Brands on Pinterest by Jessica Miller-Merrell (@Blogging4Jobs)

If you are interested in recruiting on Pinterest, here are 5 good examples to get you started.

BONUS: Should Brands Build an App or Mobile Site? [INFOGRAPHIC] by Don Michael Acelar De Leon (@dmacelardeleon)

This is a great infographic that frames the discussion on the pro’s and con’s of each mobile strategy.  Great to keep in mind when determining your mobile recruiting strategy of your Career Site.

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.