October 2009

If You Recruit Via Social Networks, You Discriminate

28 October 2009

That’s the main point of this article that I recently finished reading titled, “Discriminatory Twist in Networking Sites Puts Recruiters in Peril” (link here).  The thesis of the article was that many recruiters are seeking alternated methods of sourcing potential candidates.  Some of those sources may be through online social networks.  The article continues to [...]

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A Little Help

14 October 2009

I was attending the Enterprise 2.0 conference in Boston this past June when I got a phone call from a friend of mine.  I’ve written about this friend before.  He and his company (my former company) are trying to figure out how to leverage social media for sales or marketing or…  heck, they aren’t trying to leverage [...]

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Open Connections on LinkedIn

6 October 2009

I recently had a discussion with a friend-and-colleague (Friend #1) of mine about opening up one’s connections on LinkedIn. It’s been a while since I set up my profile, but as I recall, that is the default action. If a user wishes to not open up their network, they need to specifically indicate this. When [...]

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The Power of the Soapbox

2 October 2009

  Last week, Google announced its Sidewiki application.  If you happen to have been under a rock the past week, you can un-rock yourself by reading here.  There are lots of ramifications relating to this, and I’m not going to offer up anything significant at the moment, mostly because others already have (and I suggest [...]

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