Joongel.com: Plug-in Makes Social Searching Easier As a follow-up to my posts on Going Green With Your Career, and HR going green, I just ran across a post on How to Use Green Social Media. Last but not least… Is Facebook a Movement or a Business?

Is it time to roll the dice? Research and Markets: How to Prevent Damaging Employee Lawsuits: The Employer’s Practical Legal Guide About Current Employment Law Atomkeep celebrates 1 month of service. This Web 2.0 service allowed users to synchronize their profiles between major social networking web sites, job boards, blogs and other sites. Removing personal […]

“Is it enough just to be on LinkedIn and Facebook?” “I just got an invite from a friend who’s on Plaxo. What is it and should I join?” “Will I dilute my networking effectiveness if I’m on MySpace, LinkedIn, Facebook and Twitter?” Read “Beware of social networking overload“, By Eve Tahmincioglu. One company that seems […]

By Jason Buss. Like it or not, your personal brand and reputation is built in many ways – consciously or unconsciously – by what you do, the sites and tools you use, where you work, your profile, and more. You likely use social media and social networking sites along with a variety of tools on […]

Chris Isidore, from CNNMoney.com today wrote about the overall outlook on jobs and the economy.  Economists predict the bottom isn’t here yet, and expect job losses and unemployment to rise through the first half of 2009. All five component indices in the CEO confidence index fell – current, future, business, investment and employment. Employment and […]

NotchUp has been testing its’ career agent site for months, and today opens its service to all businesses. Since January, NotchUp has been approached by more than 1,000 companies to test run its service. 12 were selected based on diverse criteria to take an up close look and give it a try. NotchUp has received […]

Just when HR and Recruiting professionals thought the big boards lost all innovation, CareerBuilder launches job searching for iPhones.  While giving credit for trying to innovate – will successful, passive talent search and apply for their next career move on an iPhone? Meanwhile, Monster puts money where its’ heart is, and like rival Yahoo! HotJobs,  both are focusing on banner ads.  […]

Where are you at with the whole social networking thing? YAHOO! reports social networking will generate $2.5 trillion by 2020. And, while Facebook’s estimated value increases by billions in the past month, Monster has decided to shut down Tickle this month. Still not a believer? Think about the possibilities…  Twitter alone has proven valuable in recruiting and networking, in finding a […]

In the past couple of weeks I have received about a dozen invites to join Plurk.  I haven’t joined yet, not because I don’t want to be an “early adopter”, but more so as a result in how much time in the day there is to blog, network, and connect with others.  Sure, there are tools […]

A Professional Development Seminar from Kennedy Information Thursday, June 12, 2008 at 1pm (ET):  Click here to register. Social Media, Social Networking, Web 2.0, LinkedIn, Facebook, Twitter – How are these “social media” sites changing the landscape of recruiting? Gone are the days of placing an ad in the paper or on a job board, […]