Are you an A, B or a C?
While everyone can agree that networking is an important part of a job search, the members of these organizations actually go a step further to develop the individual into a better and more educated job seeker readying them for the challenges of today's job market. I have a strong belief that tomorrow's economy will be driven by those between the ages of 25-45 and also that the positions that these individuals will eventually have are not even currently envisioned. Think all new job titles, new responsibilities and new focus.
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Marketing teams across the globe are tasked daily with defining the features and qualities of a product while also attempting to communicate this message to the widest audience most interested in purchasing their product. Now let’s be clear here. Marketing teams rarely look to knock down new doors, investigate uncharted waters and sell their product to those who are not in the market for it.
read moreSocial Media Tips for Recruiters
I was asked on Friday by a private recruiting firm exactly how Social Media could find better qualified candidates, and obtain them quicker. Of course while time to money is important, I wanted to identify what other areas were key in recruiting the best and the brightest. Who participates? By definition, social media is meant to be consumed by choice, not by force. Therefore, your job candidates may participate in one social networking site or many or not at all, The information they post about themselves may be different based on the type of site. For example, LinkedIn participants tend to...
read moreAdded BashFoo.org feeds to LinkedIn
The newest technology innovations today all call for loosely coupled integration points. For lay folks, loosely coupled technologies refer to an approach to designing interfaces across modules to reduce the interdependencies across these modules or components. This essentially ensures that changes made to one system do not cause fault within another. Social media and Social networking services all have embraced in some way this system of loose coupling of services. Either by API call, the rendering of a messaging service (such as XMPP) or even the use of asynchronous email these service...
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