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Map Your Network
LinkedIn Labs is a little known LinkedIn initiative where employees of the company are encouraged to develop projects and experimental features to enhance LinkedIn. Recently, I stumbled upon one of their newest features – InMaps. InMaps allows you to visually ... Read More »
You Have 118 Seconds
I love Harvard Business Review’s “Management Tip of the Day” – here’s a good one. The average length of an elevator ride in New York City is 118 seconds. If you use that as a guide, it means you’ve got ... Read More »
Social Media Infiltrates the….Convent?
Catholic sisters aren’t always known for being fun. Loving? Sure. Strict? Absolutely. Prayerful? Of course. But along with their rosary beads, habits, bibles, and holy water can we picture the typical sister toting around a laptop and checking her Facebook ... Read More »
Sharpening Your Social Media Persona
There are hundreds of classes, seminars, webinars, teleseries, and events centered around learning how to effectively use social media for both personal and professional means. Anywhere you turn in today’s web 2.0 world, there is an “expert” purporting definitions and ... Read More »
5 Situations to Avoid at Office Happy Hour
Are you heading to happy hour with some friends or coworkers tonight? Think ahead. It’s easy to get to happy hour, have a few drinks, and make mistakes you wish you hadn’t. From drinking too much to saying too much, ... Read More »
How to Create a Kickass Facebook Cover Photo
It used to be that your Facebook page said very little about you to anyone you chose not to be friends with. Someone searching for you would, with the right privacy settings, see just your photo, your alma mater, and ... Read More »
5 Reasons to Work On a Political Campaign
With the economic situation in the United States over the last few years, recruiters and hiring managers are regularly seeing resumes from individuals who have been unemployed for extended periods of time. Gaps on your resume, as a result of ... Read More »
Mentor So That It Means Something
Dave Balter and Jennifer Lum over at Inc. recently published an article hailing the excitement of the start-up network that is growing steadily in the Boston are called “Mentor So That It Means Something.” Boston has successfully created an ecosystem ... Read More »
Skyping for Success
When you’re networking, whether you’re generally expanding your network, looking for a job, or meeting vendors for your business, it may be tempting to explore only individuals or companies who are close in proximity to you. But in today’s world ... Read More »
Facebook and The Job Search
Mind your Facebook profile, job searchers. It’s advice I’ve given before, and advice the best recruiters and HR professionals in the business stick to when asked about candidates. What you put on social media can absolutely affect your chances at ... Read More »
