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Social Media Can Help You Get Hired

Numbers out today show that 45% of employers surveyed use social media sites as a way to screen job candidates. I’m sure this is true for other types of perspective business relationships as well (i.e., business to business).
When survey results like these are released, it is typical to focus on the negative. Yes, we know [...]

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Facebook Doesn’t Want You to Tweet Anymore

My how the internet moves fast. We can barely keep up. Yesterday there was every indication that Facebook wanted to move in on our favorite little Twitter bird. It now seems they mean sooner rather than later.
Late last night, news broke that Facebook was launching “Facebook Lite.” No one knows exactly what it is, but [...]

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Facebook Makes Stride In Bid To Be Internet Champion

Hang onto your hats, the social media landscape is far from set in stone. We discussed last week how the kids weren’t on Twitter. We also discussed how the first company to seize on the best aspects of social media combined with more traditional forms of e-communication like email would “win the internet.”
As of yesterday, [...]

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How to Avoid Social Media Collateral Damage

I felt this post from Mashable was worth a mention. As we discussed a few weeks ago, anyone can get themselves in trouble on social media – even Britain’s top spy. Now it’s more likely that if you behave badly online, you will get caught. Employers everywhere are cracking down on social media usage. A [...]

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LinkedIn, You Have Been Lazy & It’s Only A Matter of Time

Thank you for trying, but it may be too little too late.
Your mission has been commendable as in Facebook’s younger days it was purely a friends and social gathering site. The internet lacked a way to connect professionally and needed a place to go where you look your best that wasn’t clouded with tons of [...]

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