Posted on October 22, 2009 by totaltrust
There’s a very good column today in today’s Wall Street Journal that discusses the benefits of using social networking tools such as Facebook and LinkedIn to market your talents and capabilities:
Except in the case of bulk hiring positions, employers and recruiters are Googling candidates’ names as well as searching on Facebook, LinkedIn and Twitter, [...]
Filed under: Careers, Networking, Technology | Tagged: career strategy and development, Careers, facebook, headhunters, job candidates, job searchers, linkedin, linkedin.com, recruiters, social networking, Web 2.0 | 1 Comment »
Posted on January 4, 2009 by totaltrust
Never say never, as my father-in-law used to tell me. I’m back on Facebook, thanks to a high school friend who said I needed to rejoin as part of our planning for our upcoming 30th Reunion at Okemos High School in 2010. I’ve actually renewed some friendships several old high school friends, and making “new” [...]
Filed under: Interpersonal, Rants and Raves, Technology | Tagged: communication, connections, facebook, friends, linkedin.com, social networking, Twitter | 1 Comment »
Posted on October 23, 2008 by totaltrust
We met with Emily Meehan, former WSJ reporter last week and asked what she learned writing her 20-something column for the WSJ. She mentioned that 20-somethings don’t know how to network. They don’t realize until it is too late that they need to know more people–in related fields or folks who are older than they [...]
Filed under: Careers, Coaching, Interpersonal, Networking, Trust | Tagged: Careers, emily meehan, linkedin.com, Networking, social capital, social networking | Leave a Comment »
