Tag Archives: social
Cubicle Hell: Dealing with Distractions in an Open-Office Environment
Are you in a cube farm or other open-office environment? If so, you know that no amount of snack machines, sofas, or fancy Herman Miller furniture can make up for the constant noise and interruptions. For many years I worked on a team of introverts sandwiched between two of my company’s most extroverted teams. Sitting out [...]
- Sunday, July 18th, 2010,
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6 Keys to Finding a Job in the Internet Age
Technology has changed how most of us do our jobs. It’s also changed how we find jobs. The Internet allows us to find job listings all over the world. But it does more than give us unlimited classifieds. It offers new ways to connect to people who are looking for candidates and for candidates to [...]
- Saturday, July 10th, 2010,
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7 Tools to Automate Your Social Media Management
There seems to be two types of people who use social media: Those who use automation tools to multiply their presences across the Internet and those who think auto-anything is a sin against nature. That may be simplifying things a little, but it’s not too far fetched. As for me, I fall somewhere in between [...]
- Monday, July 5th, 2010,
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Social Bookmarking: The New Search Engine?
Search engines seem to be increasingly useless in producing relevant results when users search for something specific. Even Google – which used to solve all query problems – often produces mediocre results, giving users paid search results that aren’t quite what they’re looking for. Social bookmarking often produces not only relevant but also better results, [...]
- Tuesday, June 29th, 2010,
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Burn Your Resume: Alternative Strategies to Get Your Dream Job
A dream job usually isn’t something conventional. Nor should your approach to getting hired. Have you ever thought of the whole resume process? You spend many hours, and in some cases many dollars, creating – fabricating – a document for that your potential employer is going to probably dedicate less than 30 seconds to reading it. [...]
- Wednesday, June 23rd, 2010,
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5 Ways You Can Go Wrong with Social Media at Work
Social media is the greatest thing for the working class since the water cooler. In a 10-minute break we can update our Facebook status, comment on our cousin’s photos and share links to new Muppet videos. But there are professional uses too. You can research solutions to problems, make new connections in your field and [...]
- Friday, May 7th, 2010,
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Balancing Work And Social Media Addiction
So, you have a normal 9 to 5 job. You are also addicted to social media like FriendFeed,Twitter and the rest. How do you balance your activities so nothing really suffers? The first thing you must do is figure out what type of commitment you want to make to your social media sites. You can pick [...]
- Friday, October 16th, 2009,
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Social Networking and the Job Search
by Lou Huskey, CPRW, ResumeEdge.com Editor The traditional job search is no more. With an employment market that is more competitive than ever, sending your resume into the abyss of a job search engine or “digital recruiting” site such as Monster.com can be hit or miss, as you are competing with countless other individuals just [...]
- Tuesday, October 6th, 2009,
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