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 vendor consolidation tips, blogging insights, talent succession, mobile recruiting and recruiting optimization.

Before I get into the articles, I would like to do one last call out for the Candidate Experience Awards (for which we are a proud sponsor).  Today is the last day to sign up to participate as an employer.

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

Naomi’s Top 10 List – Coping with Vendor Consolidation by Naomi Bloom (@InFullBloomUS)

Helpful list from Naomi on how to deal with your vendors in today’s shifting environment.

Top 10 Ways Your Recruiter or Sourcing Blog Will #Fail (And How to ... by Shally Steckerl (@Shally)

For beginning bloggers, these are some tips for making your blog successful.

Calibrating your Talent for Succession by Tim Sackett (@TimSackett)

Tim shares some great views on how to handle your best employees and their movement in the organization.

Recruiting on the Move by Keith McIlvaine (@kufarms)

Well set up blog article on what you need to consider in terms of mobile in your recruiting strategy.

Recruiting Budget Shortfalls on the Horizon: Optimize Resources for... by Brin McCagg (@brin_mccagg)

Great tips for Brin on how to make your recruiting budget go further.  I agree Recruitment metrics are key.

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.