Blogging4Jobs

March 2010

Bacon Means Business

by Jessica Miller-Merrell

It’s hard to explain but bacon is revered by Human Resource professionals all across the world.  It’s a common theme that binds and brings us together.  Many of you know that I purchased the domain HRBacon.com.  Not sure where and when inspiration will strike for the site but I’m betting it will. What you don’t [...]

March 31, 2010 CONTINUE READING THIS POST →

How HR Views Personal Branding

by Jessica Miller-Merrell

As someone who has worked as a Recruiter, I understand how important social media is in finding quality job search candidates. I’ve used tools like chat rooms, online communities, blogs, Twitter, FaceBook, and even internet dating sites to source and place candidates.  As a blogger, I have used Blogging4Jobs, my blog to develop an online [...]

March 29, 2010 CONTINUE READING THIS POST →

Blogging–It’s More Than a Brand

by Jessica Miller-Merrell

I have often said that being a blogger has been the best and most important career decision I have made, and it’s true.  I enjoy writing and being a thought leader in my industry.  Bloggers who are serious about putting out quality and interesting content often before major publications and newspapers do, work very hard [...]

March 26, 2010 CONTINUE READING THIS POST →

Announcing–Texting4Jobs

by Jessica Miller-Merrell

As someone who has worked in HR and Recruiting for 10 years, I can tell you how tough it is to find good candidates.  The old methods like newspapers, radio, and traditional job boards aren’t working.  Gen X and Millennials don’t traditionally read the paper or listen to the local radio station.  Job board posting [...]

March 23, 2010 CONTINUE READING THIS POST →

Wanted–Twitter Chat Directory

by Jessica Miller-Merrell

My co-moderators and I, @cornonthejob & @mscareergirl have hosted our own Twitter chat successfully for the last month and a half, called #JobHuntChat. For those of you that don’t know, Job Hunt Chat is a Twitter chat held every Monday night at 10 PM EST.  Using Twitter we aim to answer 4 job search questions [...]

March 21, 2010 CONTINUE READING THIS POST →

How to Get Popular on Twitter

by Jessica Miller-Merrell

This YouTube video by my friend, @animal about how to get popular on Twitter has some very good points, but the best point of all is painfully obvious.  You have to original in order to stand out.  Recruiting Animal is well-known in the recruiting industry because of his brash sense of humor.  He is quick [...]

March 19, 2010 CONTINUE READING THIS POST →

March Madness, Bracketology, & Blogging4Jobs

by Jessica Miller-Merrell

March is one of my favorite times each year.  I love basketball and this year is no exception.  It doesn’t hurt knowing that my team is the Number 1 seed ranked overall.  Yes, my friends I’m a University of Kansas basketball fan! (Go Hawks!)  This year my friend and fellow recruiter, Brian Batchelder has thrown [...]

March 18, 2010 CONTINUE READING THIS POST →

“Kiss Me I’m Irish” Carnival of HR

by Jessica Miller-Merrell

Welcome to the Carnival of HR hosted by Blogging4Jobs.  It’s only appropriate that the Carnival is hosted by me on on of my favorite holidays, St. Patrick’s Day.  I am happy to celebrate any holiday that celebrates green beer, food, and green beer.  This Carnival’s theme is “Kiss Me I’m Irish” which in my opinion [...]

March 17, 2010 CONTINUE READING THIS POST →

We Should Be HERE

by Jessica Miller-Merrell

I just got back from the largest interactive media and technology conference, South by Southwest or SXSW for short.  It was amazing.  The conference was more than nerd heaven.  It was full of cutting edge technology and start ups and entrepreneurs who are blazing the trails and setting the bar. I met some wonderful people [...]

March 17, 2010 CONTINUE READING THIS POST →

Validation: SXSW Halfway Recap

by Jessica Miller-Merrell

As Sunday comes to a close for South by Southwest, I’m taking the opportunity to look back and reflect over the last three days of the conference festival.  For those of you not familiar with SXSW, it’s an interactive festival held in Austin, TX that celebrates media, music, and film each year.  More than 20,000 [...]

March 15, 2010 CONTINUE READING THIS POST →

Branding & the Story of Blogging4Jobs

by Jessica Miller-Merrell

I’m not shy to admit that blogging has been the single most important and defining career move for me.  Not because I’ve made millions of dollars because of blogging but because of the opportunities I’ve had and the great people and friends I’ve made a long the way.  Blogging has opened up another world for [...]

March 11, 2010 CONTINUE READING THIS POST →

Social Networking & the Evolution of the Business Card

by Jessica Miller-Merrell

Your business card is an important part of you and your company’s brand. It’s an essential part of the business networking process. A good business card can say a great deal about you above and beyond the basic website and contact information. Done correctly a business card can to elevate your status and make you [...]

March 10, 2010 CONTINUE READING THIS POST →

Announcing the “Unofficial” SXSW Tweetup

by Jessica Miller-Merrell

By nature it seems that the HR and Recruiting community is very social.  We like to have a good time and sometimes we like to take those online connections offline at events, unconferences, or tweetups (twitter meetups).  It’s nice to have a beer with a social media someone who in many ways you know better [...]

March 8, 2010 CONTINUE READING THIS POST →

New Tools–Twitter for Job Seekers

by Jessica Miller-Merrell

Being in the job search is tough and as a job seeker you are not alone especially with the more than 15 million who are out of work and in the job hunt.  People don’t prepare for the job search although they should at least six months in advance.  This provides you opportunity to grow [...]

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