Archive for March, 2008
Monday, March 31st, 2008
Why are current Social Network sites' accessibility controlled a simple switch - an on and off switch of permissibility if you will? The major players in the field MySpace, Facebook, even LinkedIn - all have a common theme in whether or not you deem this person a connection / friend or not. If you do ...
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Thursday, March 27th, 2008
That cute, affable guy who brags of his drunken exploits on FaceBook.com may be meeting a lot of other partiers online, but he's probably not getting added to the "friends" lists of many corporate recruiters. A recent study by the executive search firm ExecuNet found that 77 percent of recruiters run ...
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Tuesday, March 25th, 2008
Aging demographics and the necessity of knowledge management and knowledge transfer practices is an area that has been getting a lot attention in the Human Resources arena. I read a good article today at the SHRM website summarizing the challenges that Human Resources Managers and Learning organizations will be facing in the ...
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Friday, March 21st, 2008
I had coffee at Zeitgeist with Brien Thompson from Haystack Creative. We were meeting after being introduced by a mutual connection from LinkedIn. I don’t accept invites on LinkedIn if I haven’t had at least one fairly substantial value added conversation with the requester.
I have thought much about Open Networking lately, there is ...
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Wednesday, March 19th, 2008
Align everything you do in life. Evaluate how you spend your time and create efficiencies. If you can’t create any more efficiency, analyze how you can add more value to the process, your personal brand, or your company.
or example, I am a Seattle recruiter (one of my hats, along with ...
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Monday, March 17th, 2008
I had a lively chat with my boss today about "The Lasting Tale of the Web," that is the immortality of sorts that one achieves through active or reactive life events captured on the internet through various channels. We were talking specifically about the fusion of generational effects of social media and ...
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Sunday, March 16th, 2008
Sourcing Seattle is about the transformation of human resources and recruiting in the social media and startup space. Traditional practices will fall short of the effective solutions that companies and professionals will need to be successful in today's agile and chaotic workplace. Social Media websites and networks are all gathering ...
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