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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.

How to Shake a Bokor – A Zombie Job Seeker’s Guide

Aug 29, 2010 | 10

Zombie job seekers feed off of retweets of their online profiles and are slaves to bokors who promise magical coincidental instances of the right recruiter online at the perfect moment. Zombie job seekers are recognized by their docile nature, by their glassy empty eyes, and by the evident absence of will, memory, and emotion. Don't worry... if the symptoms are recognized in time there is hope.

When They Search You Who & What Will They Find?

Aug 17, 2010 | 5

Unless your parents gifted you with a unique consonant laden multi-syllabic moniker, chances are your name gets lost in the Google shuffle. Unless of course, you work hard at your personal brand and online reputation. After all, you don't want to be confused with an unsavory character right? I swear it wasn't me...

10 Job Seeker Steps to LinkedIn-Ability

May 06, 2010 | 7

I've said it once and I'll say it again - If you haven't looked for a job in 5 or more years you're in for a surprise. The landscape has changed. Classified ads in newspapers and paper applications have gone bye bye.. HR departments and recruiting budgets have been slashed. You need new job seeker skills. Here are some LinkedIn-Ability enhancers that can help.

Solutions – Pathways to Employment in a Tough Economy

Apr 30, 2010 |  

I'm here on a break between my two sessions speaking on social media for older job seekers. I had many requests for copies of the presentation in the first session so I am using my break to upload it. I hope you enjoy.

THE Conference to Attend in 2010

Mar 17, 2010 |  

A team of us have been hard at work planning THE Conference, an event with professional development for everyone. This should be especially attractive to HR peeps who are feeling the pressure to get some exposure to other business disciplines. The best part? Anyone can afford it. The second best part? It ends with a networking mixer...

Why Social Media Scares L

Jan 22, 2010 | 2

Fear of losing time, being publicly vulnerable, providing instant access to yourself to the whole world ... yeah, the whole world, that's huge. That's what you do when you put yourself out there on the Internet in social media. That's what scares L, one of the most rational people I know. No, don't worry, I'm not giving up this gig and going underground with L.....

I’m About Done With “Un”

Nov 17, 2009 | 11

Time to jump off the bandwagon and stop undoing things. "Un" kind of makes my skin crawl. I think of progress and moving forward, accomplishments and achievement. "Un" makes me feel like I'm not accomplishing anything. As a final hurrah to undo something here is an unblog post. Please don't faint.