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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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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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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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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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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“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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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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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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With a pretty big birthday rearing its head on Saturday I (like others before me) am having a mid-mid life crisis and decided it was time to get in shape. One of the things that is helping me do that is knocking Butterburgers out of my diet. If you aren’t from the midwest, you are
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This past month has been overwhelmingly owned by twitter. I was first introduced to twitter by @marenhogan at the Kennedy Recruiting Conference in Orlando, FL last year. I will be honest; I didn’t get it at all. Finally, @DouggR (who also didn’t get it) and I were determined to figure it out…with each other only
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