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Posts Tagged ‘Social Media’

Hands on NEPA workshops on building and leveraging social networks

Nov 17, 2011 |  

The power of social media is in building relationships enabled by the vehicle. It takes some learning and finesse to understand how to be truly effective - or, you can slog through it by trial and error, key and click and hope you land on your feet.

Here’s My Resume and The Finger’

Oct 05, 2011 | 11

Many occupations have hazards... HR people and recruiter types get threatened, stalked and sometimes the unconscious finger. Like today...

Ruminations on Google+ as the new positive G force

Jul 30, 2011 |  

"Googol" may have been the origin of "Google" but Google+ has much more in common with G force. I felt there were serious parallels that needed to be explored and so I did it just for you.

Recruiters Will Love Honestly.com SocialLink

Feb 04, 2011 | 2

Recruiters, get ready to have your socks knocked off... The least I can do when I use a free product or service is give it a fair critique. Today's is on Honestly.com's SocialLink. Read, install, use and enjoy.<-- You are going to thank me for this, I just know it!

What are the preferred job search web sites/resources?

Jan 23, 2011 | 3

I belong to the LinkedIn group PROS in Workforce and Economic Development, closed to industry professionals. I really enjoy some of the dynamic conversations and resources that are shared among members. However, once in a while it becomes painfully obvious to me how much of a divide there is between the work and understanding of many workforce development professionals and the work of Corporate America...

Achieve a Social Media Trifecta

Jan 08, 2011 |  

I would like to call to your attention the most effective ways to use Twitter with Facebook and LinkedIn together. Hint: It is NOT to have every single tweet show up in your friends and contacts time lines on all three of these mediums like an echo in the Grand Canyon.

10 LinkedIn Tips for 2011 Job Seekers

Dec 13, 2010 | 7

Baby, it's cold outside here in the northeast! That means it's the perfect opportunity for a LinkedIn lesson - YAY!!!! Grab a cup of something steamy and satisfying (I won't tell if it's a glass of something fermented and chilled) and log into your LinkedIn account for the virtual professional networking ride of your life...

I Survived the Crash of 2010

Oct 10, 2010 |  

I typed Craig N. Piso, Ph. D. to Present Increasing Employee Engagement and Satisfaction at .... and I was distracted by someone outside of my office calling out that we were down. I couldn't save, send, open, nada.. It was true. I lost what I was working on but it was OK, I would just go to lunch a little early, stay a little long and come back to normal to pick up where I had left off. Wrongo...

Wilkes U Social Media for Students Today

Sep 29, 2010 |  

Today I made a visit to Wilkes University to talk to the Career Planning class about how students can optimize the use of social media to advance their career objectives. But first I made you a video..

A Call to All Rational Thinkers

Aug 31, 2010 | 5

The difficult times of the past nine years and resulting trauma to our national psyche have put us in a position of fear and defensiveness. It's not an intelligent stance and it's not becoming to us as a nation and a people. We are better than this. We are more innovative than this. We love life more than to allow ourselves to be dominated by this. Life is too short to live in hate.