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TRU London Day 1 Recap

by Jessica Miller-Merrell

Hats off to @billboorman and @radicalrecruit for an amazing first day of TRU London.  The conference proved to be especially “unconferencey” in the fact that the scheduled tracts changed multiple times deviating from the unofficial official schedule.  There are over 100 Recruiters from all across the world that have graced their presence in London.  Some of the highlights: @jimstroud provided [...]

February 18, 2010 CONTINUE READING THIS POST →

The Other Glass Ceiling: Parenthood

by Jessica Miller-Merrell

Glass Ceilings:  One size does not fit all   This subject comes up several times throughout any given year.  It always refers to women in the work place and how they either sabotage their own rise up the corporate ladder  or they choose not to climb on the ladder in the first place. A glass [...]

February 17, 2010 CONTINUE READING THIS POST →

Undercover Boss–What’s Your Management Type?

by Jessica Miller-Merrell

Poor Jimbo. Jimbo, last name unknown is a manager with Hooters and after the airing of the second episode of “Undercover Boss” can now officially be thought of as the poster child for poor management everywhere.  And after Jimbo’s performance on the show, I can honestly say the bar of acceptable forms of management has [...]

February 15, 2010 CONTINUE READING THIS POST →

Job Search Secrets–New Name, New Network

by Jessica Miller-Merrell

It’s been almost six months since my first show aired on MomTV and it’s been an incredible journey.  We’ve had guests from all over the world provide job seekers with tips, tricks, and advice on how to navigate the job search.  I’ve loved helping job seekers learn about social media, networking, and the unwritten rules of the [...]

February 14, 2010 CONTINUE READING THIS POST →

6 Timesaving Business Social Media Tools

by Jessica Miller-Merrell

Time management is something that most of us struggled with long before social media.  As we become more involved in the world of social media and the see the importance of building personal business relationships, managing your time both inside the social media space and outside as a business professional and human being becomes ever [...]

February 9, 2010 CONTINUE READING THIS POST →

Rock the Vote: Okie Blog Awards

by Jessica Miller-Merrell

So earlier today, I logged on to my blog and realized that March 1 isn’t so far away mainly because of my travel next week to London for the TRU London conference which I plan on discussing later this week.   I was stressing that I wouldn’t reach my arbitrary goal of 8 blog posts [...]

February 8, 2010 CONTINUE READING THIS POST →

Dry Powder Job Market (Part 3)

by Jessica Miller-Merrell

This is the third of a three part series about the Dry Powder Job Market. (Part 1 & Part 2).  In Part 2, we began to discuss some ways that job seekers can differentiate themselves in this new market. Picture the stock market as a high stakes football game.  Just like the stock market, a football game [...]

February 8, 2010 CONTINUE READING THIS POST →

Measuring Social Media

by Jessica Miller-Merrell

More often than not when meeting with a new client I am asked questions surrounding Social Media ROI or Return on Investment. Potential clients who are unfamiliar with social media as a form of lead generation, brand awareness, networking, research, or customer service platform are extremely skeptical and quick to ask the ROI question. While [...]

January 26, 2010 CONTINUE READING THIS POST →

Dry Powder Job Market (Part 2)

by Jessica Miller-Merrell

In Part 1 of “It’s a Dry Powder Market,” I introduced the dry powder theory. The dry powder theory is an investment term used to describe tactics investors employ during an economic recession where they maintain a very liquid amount of assets that are quickly available to adjust to the turbulent market.  Companies keep cash (the most liquid of [...]

January 24, 2010 CONTINUE READING THIS POST →

Change Your POV & Change Your Life

by Jessica Miller-Merrell

One of the techniques often suggested as a good method to find an employment opportunity is networking.  Some job seekers believe that the sole purpose of networking is to ask other people for employment opportunities or job leads.  They view the process of meeting with people with a, “What’s in it for me attitude.”  The question they [...]

January 20, 2010 CONTINUE READING THIS POST →

Job Search Bailout–An Interview with Jeffrey Gitomer

by Jessica Miller-Merrell

Part of my own strategy to build my brand, gain business, and establish myself as an expert in my field is by using my blog to write and interview other experts and companies promoting them while continuing to build and strengthen my own relationships. Last Friday was no exception. Through a simple LinkedIn invitation to [...]

January 18, 2010 CONTINUE READING THIS POST →

Sourcing Talent & Building Pipelines with Geolocation

by Jessica Miller-Merrell

Geolocation systems seem to be on every social media expert’s mind these days.  Like any new technology, geolocation is an interesting and untested tool that I believe can be used as a way to further strengthen your company’s brand, drive consumers to your multiple locations, and as well as a great way to inexpensively market [...]

January 12, 2010 CONTINUE READING THIS POST →

My Book (Tweet This!) Has Arrived

by Jessica Miller-Merrell

While I was out on maternity leave, I got a lot of calls from friends, peers, and business people who had questions about social media, specifically Twitter.  While I was relatively new to Twitter I had plenty of time on my hands while on maternity leave from my corporate job and I quickly became a [...]

January 12, 2010 CONTINUE READING THIS POST →

It’s a Dry Powder Job Market (Part I)

by Jessica Miller-Merrell

Is our economy recovering? I’d like to think yes, but after viewing the most recent December Job Report, I’m not quite so sure.  In the United States we had 85,000 new people file for unemployment benefits this last month.  My concern for the economy and our reported recovery is three fold. November and December are historically [...]

January 10, 2010 CONTINUE READING THIS POST →

What is Twitter?

by Jessica Miller-Merrell

Twitter was a service originally created for friends, family, and co-workers to communicate and stay connected through the exchange of quick, frequent answers to one simple question: What are you doing? It was originally developed for use with SMS text messaging. Twitter users post tweets written in 140 characters or fewer. Think of Twitter as a virtual cocktail party. [...]

January 6, 2010 CONTINUE READING THIS POST →

How to Build a Relationship with a Job Recruiter

by Jessica Miller-Merrell

Whether Recruiters, Headhunter and Executive Search Firms, Just Don’t Miss these Job Opportunities! To get the most out of possible job opportunities, building a relationship with a  job recruiter is essential in your job search. You need to have respect for your recruiter. No matter what you have heard about recruiters or what you think [...]

January 6, 2010 CONTINUE READING THIS POST →

Running with Scissors, the Auto DM

by Jessica Miller-Merrell

Door-to-door salesmen, junk mail, telemarketers, urgent recorded phone messages, and Viagra emails. Utter just one of these words to a family member or friend and chances are they will elicit words of anger, frustration, and just flat out negativity. Automatic DM’s are no different. There has been a great debate on Twitter ever since the [...]

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