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, setting goals, geocoding, recruiting tech and Sharknado.

Also make sure to check out our article on the Mobile Candidate Experience this week.

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

Analytics, Big Data, and Moneyball for Recruiting – What Big Data i... by Glen Cathey (@GlenCathey)

Comprehensive post from Glen (what isn’t!) with some great pearls on analytics and big data.  Worth a read.

Recruiting Tech “State of the Union” by Elaine Orler (@ElaineOrler)

This is a month old but I never highlighted it when it came out.  It’s a great Q&A about the state of the recruitment technology space.  Also be sure to follow Elaine’s work with The Candidate Experience Awards.

Geocoding Jobs and Twitter Automation by Aaron Lintz (@aaronlintz)

Aaron shares some workarounds to use geocoding to better target your message to the right candidates.

Setting Reachable Goals by The New York Times

Really good interview with Andre Durand (@andredurand) on setting goals and hiring the right people.

Sharknado: Titles, Markets, and the Big Picture by Steve Boese (@SteveBoese)

Interesting look at the social media sensation and some takeaways from it’s success.

Hope you enjoy the list and see you on Twitter @smashfly.