Today’s post is an excerpt from the article HIRE POWER, published in PM Network on July 1, 2010, and authored by Jenn Danko, a writer based in Chicago, Illinois. The excerpt below was featured in a sidebar entitled A Virtual Foot In the Door. It’s not all about after-work cocktail hours and lunchtime panel discussions [...]
I get it, some of you may never like soccer. Some of you just can’t stomach the annoying buzz of the vuvuzela for 90 minutes just to watch a game end in a 0-0 tie. Like it or not, the World Cup is the biggest sporting event in the world. So big in fact, that [...]
The power of social media is not rocket science – it provides a channel to increase connections and enhance communications by exponentially expanding your reach. What you do with those connections and your now boundary-less network is up to you – no tool will convince people to buy your services, be your friend, or connect [...]
Over two hundred years ago, a bunch of really smart guys in bad wigs drafted and eventually adopted a Bill of Rights to limit the power of federal government and ensure the protection of what they saw as fundamental liberties of the people. The freedom of speech became the First Amendment, adopted on December 15, [...]
Nearly every time I tell my friends, family, and even coworkers that I’m on Twitter the SAME thing happens: They look at me like I just told them that I secretly play Dungeons and Dragons in my basement. Or Farmville. Or maybe that I run a secret Star Trek book club on the weekends. Let’s [...]
Most of you have probably already seen this video (if your browser doesn’t display the video, get it on YouTube here). It’s message is pretty difficult to refute – the Social Media Revolution is upon us. I mean, the one stat alone that ‘If Facebook (with over 400 million active users) were a country it [...]
A few Friday’s ago I spoke candidly about what I thought about Casual Fridays, and the message was pretty clear: The dress for your company should be driven by your culture, and your culture should be aligned with your business. When companies recruit and hire good, smart candidates that are a fit for their culture [...]
There is one absolutely indisputable fact about social media – It brings the #GEEK out. Early adopters, for the most part, will try anything – and trust me, it’s a slippery slope. One day you are setting up a fancy RSS Reader and the next thing you know….. FARMVILLE! Nothing like missing out on actual [...]
Imagine your candidates showing up to their interview totally unprepared – not at the top of their game – expecting you to look past the wrinkled clothes, poor resumes, and bad attitudes and hire them anyway. It isn’t the first impression you hope for when you greet the candidate in the lobby. First impressions matter [...]