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 the 2013 HR thoughts, re-visioning recruiting, text messaging, effective recruiters and employee brand advocates.

As he typically gets it out before me, here is John Sumser’s 5 Links article with some great articles.

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

What HR should be thinking about in 2013? by Paul Hebert (@Incentintel)

Great post on some key areas HR should focus on in the coming year.  Well worth a read.

Recruiting, Reenvisioned by Tim Sackett (@TimSackett)

Tim ponders how we can improve recruiting and how we can find better matches between organizations and candidates.

The most engaging method of communication you’re not using by Steve Boese (@SteveBoese)

Great point by Steve on using text / SMS.  The key here is obtaining permission to engage on this platform with candidates.

The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Recruiters by Lou Adler (@ERE_net)

Some great points on the skills and habits for valuable recruiters.

Turning a Happy Employee into a Brand Advocate by Amanda Ashworth (@recsocially)

Good piece with some ideas on how to get your employees involved in branding your organization.

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.