I had a lovely meeting this morning with a friend of a friend who’s trying to get started in the business world. She’s bright, well-educated, personable, and kind of lost. As we were talking, I realized that she’s in a situation similar to lots of folks so I thought today I’d briefly share some of the things we discussed in the hopes that since you’re on one side of the hiring equation or the other (looking for work or looking for workers) you’ll chime in. Continue reading
Tag Archives: LinkedIn
Do Yourself A Favor
It was yet another innocuous piece of LinkedIn group spam – you probably get them in your in-box all the time as well. Unlike most of the others I get on a regular basis, this one really caught my eye and I read it over a few times to make sure I hadn’t misread it. Unfortunately for the author , I hadn’t. But I did get a good laugh out of it and maybe you will too. Maybe you’ll also do yourself a favor and learn from it. Continue reading
Filed under Consulting, Helpful Hints
Real Friends
I’m sure you’ve reconnected with some old friends via digital media. Seems like every on-line service – LinkedIn, Facebook, Twitter, you name it – wants to rummage through your address book or biography to hook you back up with those folks to whom you were once connected so that no good embarrassing moment goes unremembered.
I’ve connected with some of my peeps that I’ve known since we were single digits old. People with whom I spent nearly every waking hour – in school, at college, even at old jobs. At there’s one thing I notice almost every time that we start to reengage and I think it’s something from which businesses can learn. Continue reading
Filed under digital media, Growing up, Helpful Hints
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