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 [...]
Sunday, March 7, 2010
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 [...]
Tuesday, March 2, 2010
I would like to begin by thanking my lucky stars that, in this economy, I have had the good fortune of being gainfully employed for the past two years since graduating college. But, as I start a new chapter in my life, one that I hope turns out to be about a fabulous new career [...]
Tuesday, February 9, 2010
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 [...]
Tuesday, January 12, 2010
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 [...]
Wednesday, January 6, 2010
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––posts written in 140 characters or fewer. Think of Twitter as a [...]
Monday, January 4, 2010
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 [...]
Sunday, October 25, 2009
Dear OKDOT (Oklahoma Department of Transportation), I read recently in the Oklahoman about your use of Twitter as a way to update Oklahoman travelers about construction, heavy traffic, and weather conditions. Twitter is a fantastic way for you to connect with drivers and travelers whether its during our daily commute to work or if someone is [...]
Sunday, October 4, 2009
Have you all seen that commercial from Verizon? The one where the kids are making fun of their parents for jumping on the Social Media bandwagon with their kewl new phones? I know you have (if not, here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=14CKzskjn4s). That is what most of my friends are like as well. Hell, in my [old] office, people [...]
Sunday, September 13, 2009
For those that take the time to learn and embrace Twitter, it is a great tool to promote your brand, build a wider network, and as a marketing and business tool allowing for companies and consultants to better understand and instantly poll their target customers and market segment. The presentation featured below is one I [...]
Saturday, August 22, 2009
By year’s end, Twitter will be rolling out new commercial accounts says, co-founder Biz Stone. Commercial accounts will offer additional tracking features and business oriented applications but for a price. Twitter was created in 2006 during a brainstorming session at think tank company, Obvious Corporation and was designed to communicate in short bursts like SMS or [...]
Saturday, August 15, 2009
With almost 27 Million users in the United States, Twitter is a must for businesses and professionals looking to build their brand, promote their business, and develop new relationships. Reports from companies like Nielsen and others claim Twitter retention is between 40-60%. Most who log on for the first time find out, “Twitter Ain’t Easy.” Twitter [...]
Saturday, August 15, 2009
First the NFL, the Marines, and now the SEC. Is your company next? What a difference a year makes. Twitter and other social media platforms like Facebook and Friendfeed have grown at an enormous rate over the last 12 months. According to Quantcast, a website quantifier, there were 26.5 Million Twitter users in the United States [...]
Sunday, July 5, 2009
Folks, Apparently, Twitter has suspended some accounts inadvertently due to some sort of Twitter spam that is making the rounds. Unfortunately, I have been caught up in the mess. Our accounts, @blogging4jobs, @xceptionalhr, and @soonerexecrec have been suspended. If you are on Twitter, I’d appreciate it if you would send @spam a Direct Message or @reply requesting [...]
Friday, July 3, 2009
I was lucky enough to be part of Friday’s HR Happy Hour featuring China Gorman, the SHRM COO, Steve Bose, Jessica Lee, Peter Clayton, and a cast of other well-respected bloggers and HR professionals. During the show, we discussed the National SHRM Conference which just wrapped up this week. And sadly I was unable [...]
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