Somehow it seems that job scams and social media are all too often turning up in the same articles, if not sentences. While job scams exist and can be devastating to your personal identity and finances, the reality is that they are few and far between. There is much more fear about scams than there are scams. And although that is certainly true, we all know that it only takes one bad experience with a [...]
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Posted by Jason at 7:46 AM Tagged with: job hunting, job postings, job scams, Jobs, JobSeekers, socail recruiting, social media, social networking
Posted by Jason at 10:36 PM Tagged with: career, career advice, career event, interview tips, job fair, job hunting, job seekers demographics, JobSeekers, resume tips, social networking
Ideally, a well developed employment brand strategy will include activities geared toward attracting both the active and passive candidates. Active seekers can be attracted with traditional job posting advertisements and by posting jobs on your own website, and making them search engine optimized (you’d be shocked by how many job searches start in a Google search field).
Posted by Jason at 5:56 AM Tagged with: employment brand, Employment Branding, hiring, HR Professionals, recruiting front lines, social networking, staffing philosphy
This was just passed internally to our company from a person I think very highly of, and I thought it was worth anybody’s two minutes to read- though I don’t know where it originated (OKAY, SINCE POSTING THIS, I HAVE BEEN CONTACTED BY THE AUTHOR OF THIS, AND HAVE BEEN ASKED TO GIVE PROPER ATTRIBUTION, WHICH I’M HAPPY TO DO: Law of the Garbage Truck Based on the book by David Pollay: http://davidjpollay.typepad.com/ One day [...]
Posted by Jason at 6:18 AM Tagged with: doing well by doing good, organizational dynamics, social networking
As previously stated in my post about Social Media Bucket #3: Information Sharing, I feel strongly that all social media resources fall into one or more of three distinct buckets: Social Networking, Professional Networking, and Information Sharing. In this edition, I’ll share my thoughts on bucket #2, Professional Networking. Again, here’s my disclaimer: Please note that these are my own thoughts and biases, so I willingly accept all criticism, skepticism, and responsibility surrounding the following [...]
Posted by Jason at 6:37 PM Tagged with: LinkedIn.com, professional networking, social media, social networking
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