Archives for January, 2010

How Should I Deal with a LinkedIn Recommendation Request I Don’t Want to Give?

January 20th, 2010

If it hasn’t happened to you yet, it will soon: the dreaded request for a LinkedIn Recommendation from a former co-worker or employee that you may not want to give one to. Why? Well, every time you make a recommendation, it appears on your profile and becomes part of your LinkedIn Brand. Perhaps you don’t [...]

Facebook in Japan: Will It Blend?

January 19th, 2010

It is rumored in Japan that Facebook will be establishing an office in the island nation sometime in 2010. This comes after Twitter successfully launched their Japanese operations in 2009 and now supposedly have more than 2 million registered Japanese users, more than it is estimated that Facebook has in Japan. If this is true, [...]

6 Tips on LinkedIn for Recruiting: My Advice for Recruiters & Headhunters

January 18th, 2010

I will start out this post by letting you know that I am not in any way nor have ever been a recruiter or a headhunter. While I have been a hiring manager for previous companies, my experience in being able to write this post comes from helping out many recruiters looking for candidates on [...]

HOW TO: Tweet Your Way to Finding a Job on Twitter

January 12th, 2010

I have given many presentations on social media and your job search. Everybody is finally “getting” LinkedIn, but few are looking at Twitter or even Facebook as platforms which could aid those in transition in their job search. Today I want to talk about one strategy that I discuss on Twitter and your job search, [...]

Meteoric Growth in Social Networking – “It’s a Small World after All,” or Is It?

January 8th, 2010

Today’s guest blog post is from someone I met Windmill Networking on LinkedIn: my new friend from Holland Rudolf Kriens (it is coincidental yet fitting that Rudolf comes from the land of the windmill!). Rudolf Kriens is an engineering management advisor, educator & keynote speaker. His specialty is streamlining of clients’ product development processes. Rudolf’s [...]

Jobseeker in 2010? Why LinkedIn for Your Job Search will Become the New Monster.

January 7th, 2010

It’s no surprise that jobseekers flocked to LinkedIn with this past recession after realizing that most recruiters were already heavy LinkedIn users and were using the social networking platform to find new talent. So many jobseekers are utilizing LinkedIn that some are calling it less of a professional networking site and more of a jobseeker’s [...]

YouTube and Your Personal Brand: 5 Reasons Why Every Professional Should Have a YouTube Channel

January 6th, 2010

Hey, it’s 2010, so it’s time to shake things up a bit. You’ve seen me blog a lot about LinkedIn and Twitter, but yesterday I let you know that I wanted to add more Facebook content to my blog. Today I continue to expand my horizons, and hopefully yours, by talking about YouTube. No, I [...]

Social Media Strategy for 2010: How To Avoid Social Media Distractions

January 4th, 2010

Social Media Strategy for 2010 As we start a new year, it is important for all of us to create our own personal social media strategy to avoid all of the social media distractions that exist. I never think of social media in itself as a “distraction,” but if it keeps you busy to the [...]