Archive for July, 2009

Beware of the Glowing LinkedIn Recommendations

Wednesday, July 8th, 2009

I ran across a great article from The National Law Journal on the legal implications that LinkedIn recommendations might have on employment lawsuits. It is a definite read. "Management-side lawyers are warning employers about the hidden dangers of LinkedIn, the popular business networking site that posts recommendations for job candidates. Specifically, ...

Thug Management

Tuesday, July 7th, 2009

Thug management AKA coercive management is where the manager tells their subordinates what to do, usually with threats of punishment or adverse actions. We have all seen or heard about them. I, for one, had a thug manager when I was in the military. I don't use the word hate lightly, hate is ...

Visible Technologies Needs to Take a Look at their Meta Tags

Monday, July 6th, 2009

[caption id="attachment_76" align="alignleft" width="863" caption="Visible Technologies Management Team Google Results"][/caption] Visible Technologies still has their old CEO on their meta description tag after 5 months of a CEO transition. Really? 5 months? The second search result on Google? No one in the company saw this? The devil is in the details, ...