Ever wondered why you were left-handed and your sibling or parent wasn't? 23andMe provides an analysis of your DNA, where you can learn more about yourself, your immediate family, and even your ancestry. You can even better ...READ»
I am the first to try anything new out there. Problem is I usually I find that I am bored with whatever the TechCrunch flavor of the week is pretty quickly. Twitter was one of these tools.
Microbloging (the act of blogging ...READ»
The rules have changed and blogging is not just for geeks with a knack for writing anymore. Employees who want to smear you, recruiters who don't want to hire you, PR Departments who want to snow you - are all blogging; is HR ...READ»
Many of my colleagues recently attended the Web2.0Expo in San Francisco. From over 2K miles away I followed those twittering the fine details, longing for a way to easily get to the West Coast. This expo captivated my attention ...READ»
How do you get 60 bloggers to create a huge buzz for a book none of them has read?
Just ask Rohit Bhargava, Internet marketing whiz and author of the just published Personality Not Included: Why Companies Lose Their ...READ»
I've been fascinated lately by the ways that journalism is blending with social networking. I first started thinking about this in regards to Facebook, with its "news" feed. The news on that site is mostly about friends ...READ»
O ponto mínimo da multidão seriam as pessoas inseridas na rede. Não propriamente as pessoas mas o movimento entre essas pessoas e a influência criada entre elas seja através de um contato próximo ou através de ...READ»
A woman, who as a girl in gradeschool taunted me enthusiastically, contacted me through a social network site asking if I planned to attend an upcoming reunion.
At first I didn't think much about it. I assumed she was on some ...READ»
A decade ago the hot app on everyone's desktop was PointCast, a personalized headline service of content emblazoned across your screensaver through a pre-RSS feed. No typing required, no link to click through. While on the phone or ...READ»
There are endless reasons to build a strong network of professional contacts. But perhaps none is more compelling in 2008 than the goal of establishing a career safety net.
In a recession jobs are last to get hit, yet are the ...READ»
Do you ever get the feeling that you're writing graffiti in cyberspace?
I get this disconnected feeling when I post a status update on Facebook, Twitter or LinkedIn. There's certainly an art to writing a one sentence blurb ...READ»
Organizations everywhere are being held back by the very people they have put into place to further the growth of the company. Wether they are individuals that are entrenched in their current position and are warding of the threat ...READ»
I got a call yesterday from a recruiter at a major insurance company. She was investigating the use of “web 2.0” technologies (aka ‘social media‘)
for recruiting and wanted some advice. It was a refreshing call. We
think ...READ»
User generated content will one day be dominated by people who write personal and highly believable recommendations that are fake.This undetectable form of free advertising spoofs the system. Clog the tubes if you will. It's already ...READ»
In honor of Robert Scoble's social media starfish, I created a recruiting version called the social media recruiting starfish. These are tools any employer can use to promote themselves and attract candidates.
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Several prominent employers now podcasting their jobs as part of their recruiting strategy.
Is your company looking for a different way to advertise your jobs?
A growing number of employers are beginning to use podcasts ...READ»
Social Media writer Monica Hamburg has just written a great post entitled Recruitment 2.0/HR 2.0. There is a particular passage which caught our attention:
Companies should keep in mind that there is now, more
than ever, ...READ»
