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 80/20 rule, Yahoo’s new CEO, contextual mobile phones and employer branding.

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

The 80/20 Rule of Sourcing Talent by Brian Ruther (@b_ruther)

Really like this piece on the using recruitment metrics and your source of hire data to focus your sourcing efforts in the most effective places.

Help Us Marissa Mayer You’re our Only Hope by Brad Stone (@BradStone)

Five Questions about Yahoo’s New Pregnant CEO by Todd Raphael (@ToddRaphael)

New Yahoo CEO is 6 months Pregnant [INSERT GASP] by Meredith Soleau (@LifesCrazyJoke)

One of the bigger stories in the business news is Yahoo making Marrisa Mayer their new CEO.  Not only is it big news that they’ve hired the former Google exec but with the recent pregnancy news it’s brought up a number of interesting HR and recruiting questions as well.  I’ve included 3 view-points above.

Gaining Commitment from Candidates: A 10-Point Checklist by Nancy Parks

Nancy shares some great insight into how to ensure you secure the great talent you find in the recruiting process.

Here comes the contextual mobile phone from GIMBAL. Can contextual ... by Michael Vandervort (@MikeVanDervort)

Michael shares some really interesting technology development in the mobile space.  And there may be some great potential for this technology in the recruiting space, once it comes to fruition.  I’m thinking especially for retail jobs.

Perception is your Employer Brand – What are you going to do about it?
by Autumn McReynolds (@AutumnMcRey)

Nice piece by Autumn on your Employer Brand and what you can do to shape and enhance it.

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.