Archive for Social Media

The reason why there aren’t more women leaders in social media

Social MediaPublished May 17, 2010 at 4:57 pm 21 Comments

Honestly, its because we women often suck. We are competitive and jealous and insecure and catty and feel that we need to tear each other down to build ourselves up. We look at other successful, beautiful, intelligent women and think that we have to be better from them vs. learning, supporting & partnering with them.
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How much is a Social Media Job worth?

Social Media TwitterPublished September 7, 2009 at 8:02 am 4 Comments

Lets face it, for a lot of us – we use social media on a regular basis.  Twitter, Facebook, Linkedin, Myspace, Blogs and a number of others is part of a HR/Recruiting Industry pro’s life.  We use social networks to not only recruit – but to retain, onboard and market to the world around us
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Job Boards Challenging 2Q09 Numbers – Its not the Economy

Branding Job Boards Mobile Recruiting Social Media TwitterPublished July 31, 2009 at 12:53 am 27 Comments

In a late night posting (10:49 pm) ERE released an article about the financial results of both Monster and Careerbuilder/  Both job boards saw major drops in revenue in the 2nd Quarter – Careerbuilder by an astonishing 31% but still looking better than Monster’s 37% drop.  On the plus side – even with the loss,
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Don't know what you heard about me…I'm a P.I.M.P

Recruiting Process TwitterPublished July 30, 2009 at 12:00 am 6 Comments

It’s true.  I am Sarah White, P.I.M.P, C.I.R, A.I.R.S, B.A and every other thing that ever came along that I can tag onto the end of my name.  Over the last few weeks there have been some lengthy discussions amongst my tweeple (those are my people on twitter) about the value of certifications in our industry.
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Not all vendors are struggling right now…

Applicant Tracking Software HRMDirect ICIMS Recruiting Technology Social Media Twitter Vendor IssuesPublished July 29, 2009 at 1:04 pm 2 Comments

I know it wasn’t my job – But,  I am pretty sure that SOMEONE for got to tell the HR Technology Vendors about the bad economy?  I mean what else would explain the results seen (and published) by some of my favorite vendors in the space. The twitter wires were buzzing this morning with the
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Social Media & Personal Branding from the Eyes of a Millennial

Social Media TwitterPublished July 27, 2009 at 9:03 pm 5 Comments

Earlier today, before my breakfast of Excedrin and Coffee (keeps me slender), I remembered a brief convo I had with @animal about Personal Branding. I said most of it is common sense – everything else is “smoke and mirrors”. While it may be common sense to me, I’m sure there are plenty of people who
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Why'd ya have to go and make things so complicated…

Busy Social MediaPublished July 21, 2009 at 2:50 pm No Comments

I am not sure why or when social media and my blogging habits got so complicated, but all of a sudden it was.  So the decision was made to consolodate and so that has been what I have been working on and while I didn’t get it all – I got enough.  If I ever
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The Role of Social Media at Work (It's Likely not what you think!)

Social Media TwitterPublished July 20, 2009 at 6:53 pm No Comments

“Thanks for taking the time to talk” He started.   ”I am really interested in learning more about your background and what exactly it is you do at HRMDirect.”   As I paused for a moment to think about how I was going to respond it hit me that “this” was the new normal.  Before I had
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Buying for all the wrong reasons…

Applicant Tracking Software Branding Software Selection Process StarrTincup TwitterPublished July 14, 2009 at 11:46 am 2 Comments

I was reading Seth Godin’s blog this morning about why people purchase what the do and how little of it is dependent upon the facts. From a logical perspective – It makes no since at all.  Why wouldn’t someone look at their needs and look at the products logically and determine what is the best product
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Will you be one of the lucky 100 at Recruitfest???

Conferences HRMDirect Recruitfest Social Media TwitterPublished July 13, 2009 at 8:49 pm 2 Comments

Ok, so you are like – What is Recruitfest? Recruitfest is an “Unconference” type of Conference – Only 100 recruiting, branding & social media pros will even be able to get a ticket to attend.  You may be thinking to yourself, “That’s Dumb”  - but it really isn’t.  Recruitfest wants everyone to learn in an
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