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Up Your Cool Factor with 21st Century Resume Tips

True or false? There is an abundance of resume advice available online. True or false? There are many ways to receive feedback on your resume at no cost. True or false? There are still too many job seekers who have terrible resumes. True, true and, yes, true. How did you do? There’s been some debate in [...]

April 1, 2013 CONTINUE READING THIS POST →

11 Cool LinkedIn Tips for Job Seekers at SXSW

by Stacy Donovan Zapar

South By Southwest 2013 is just around the corner and there’s quite a lot of online buzz about it… What started out as a small festival back in 1987 is now a giant mega-conference catering to lovers of music, film and all-things-interactive. More than 30,000 attendees are expected at this year’s event and that’s a [...]

March 4, 2013 CONTINUE READING THIS POST →

Don’t Be a LinkedIn “Don’t”

by Stacy Donovan Zapar

Every now and then, I’ll be networking on LinkedIn when I’m suddenly reminded of the “Fashion Don’t” page at the back of Glamour Magazine. You know, the one where the poor, unsuspecting victim is walking around committing some fashion faux pas with a little black box covering her eyes to conceal her identity. And just [...]

February 18, 2013 CONTINUE READING THIS POST →

7 Things You Need to Know About LinkedIn Search

by Stacy Donovan Zapar

You’ve built your LinkedIn profile, updated your work experience and education and you’re all set to launch your job search, land new clients and/or grow your business. But how do you stand out from LinkedIn’s 200 Million other members? How do you make sure that people and opportunities can actually find you? It all comes [...]

February 4, 2013 CONTINUE READING THIS POST →

Five Tips for Improving Your Online Presence

by Lisa Bonner

Does your online profile tell a purposeful and compelling story about who you are and get you through the door of a prospective employer? So many of my colleagues fill their profiles with facts, figures and accomplishments. This information is important, but not nearly as crucial as tying your pertinent tidbits to your career objectives; compelling someone [...]

December 31, 2012 CONTINUE READING THIS POST →

Spam Factory, AKA LinkedIn

by Ray_anne

Nice so nice and clean anymore… Is LinkedIn considered social media? I think it wants to be… Because of the enormity of Facebook (over 1 Billion Registered Users) and the ever-increasing size of Twitter, LinkedIn may have slowed only a bit but remains a strong recruiter’s tool. Most of its functionality resembles Facebook, as of late. But has [...]

November 16, 2012 CONTINUE READING THIS POST →

Twitterocity = Mutual Respect Based in Reciprocal Information Exchange

by Ray_anne

Remember when Transparency was a buzz word? As time has gone by, the relevance of transparency has changed only slightly. We cannot really speak of transparency or authenticity without speaking of honesty, integrity, and accountability. It has become more important than ever. Social networking allows us each to connect with individuals we never would have otherwise. I receive [...]

November 2, 2012 CONTINUE READING THIS POST →

I Was Fired For Recruiting on LinkedIn

by Jessica Miller-Merrell

Recruiting on LinkedIn The year was 2009 just a mere 3 years ago. Social recruiting was just a baby and a number of recruiters were dabbling in hiring on Twitter, Myspace, and Facebook including myself. Just as it is now, LinkedIn was a popular recruiting choice. Back in those days LinkedIn Recruiter had been launched [...]

October 30, 2012 CONTINUE READING THIS POST →

Job Seekers: Using Social Media for Job Hunting

by Ray_anne

For the Job Seeker Many employers have figured out how to use social media to improve their corporate and employment brand. If this is the case, then it makes perfect sense that this is where potential employees / job seekers can now go and should go to find out more about the culture and [...]

September 19, 2012 CONTINUE READING THIS POST →

Recruiting & Hiring on Twitter, Facebook, & LinkedIn by Country

by Jessica Miller-Merrell

As we enter a more globalized economy, managers and their scope of responsibility has also grown. And increasingly, manager’s are responsible for employees in more than one country than where they in fact live. The global economy presents a challenge for managers as they learn the cultural norms of their employees, employment laws, and expectations in this [...]

May 30, 2012 CONTINUE READING THIS POST →

All Growth Depends on Activity

by Ray_anne

I spent many days this summer kickin’ it on a beach chair watching surfers and consuming copious amounts of water and electrolyte-infused drinks. My teen-aged son and daughter recently took up the sport and it has been fun to join them at the ocean and enjoy their learning process. There are always experienced surfers who show [...]

January 10, 2012 CONTINUE READING THIS POST →

The Evolving Rules of Social Media

by Ray_anne

How often should you update your social media profiles? Recently, I did a walk through our offices and reminded the employees that they need to go to LinkedIn and update their profiles. Several looked at me blankly, one even said to me, “Am I supposed to have a profile?” I nodded patiently and said [...]

January 9, 2012 CONTINUE READING THIS POST →

A New Revolution

by Ray_anne

A world that finds distress necessary seems to be emerging. I don’t really understand it, but it seems to be true even as we recognize the need to ease distress, solve an issue, change a course, innovation and provoking thoughts or actions occur. Provocation has, on more than one occasion, driven home the need to [...]

December 15, 2011 CONTINUE READING THIS POST →

The Elevation of Innovation: What’s Next?

by Ray_anne

Is relevance just a matter of perspective? Of course, it is. I attended a marketing summit recently. It was not a recruiting conference or a recruiting unconference. It was a meeting of local marketing minds from mobile, public relations, social media, and…, wait for it…, the soon-to-be extinct direct marketing. I have attended multiple tech [...]

October 13, 2011 CONTINUE READING THIS POST →

How to Memorialize Social Media Pages When Loved One Dies

by Jessica Miller-Merrell

Losing a friend or family member is painful enough. When someone passes away, what happens to their social media profiles and digital footprint on the Internet? As someone who has lost several close family members over the past several years, it’s a draining and overwhelming process sorting through papers, pictures, and making plans for the [...]

September 19, 2011 CONTINUE READING THIS POST →

Google Isn’t Earning the Google+ Hype

by Ray_anne

I can remember when I bought my first stereo, it played cassette tapes and had a radio. It was post-the LP /vinyl album era and pre-compact disc. I LOVED it! Since I have already dated myself, I’ll go one further: the first album I ever bought was Billy Joel’s The Nylon Curtain. Eight-track tapes had recently [...]