How To Use Your Facebook Friends to Land Your Next Job

Simply Hired.com is a job search engine. Recently it added a new feature that is guaranteed to change the way people look for jobs. By integrating Facebook with it’s job search, individuals can now search for jobs and see openings where their Facebook friends work. Watch the video below as I demonstrate how it is [...]

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Protecting Your Facebook Privacy From Corporate America

Today I received an email from a friend and it read: My boss wants to be my FB friend!?!?! I can’t even pose this as a question on my page! What’s the protocol? I can’t believe she did that? I’m feeling kinda pressured now -- but we sit right next to each other (ugh) and [...]

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LinkedIn: “The Facebook for Grownups”

LinkedIn has been called “Facebook for grownups” and “the world’s biggest networking group.” It’s both of those — and more. Used correctly, LinkedIn can be one of the most valuable weapons in your job-search arsenal. To get the latest and best tips, I interviewed Rob Mendez, an expert onLinkedIn and other social media, who helps [...]

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Legal Trouble for Companies Recruiting on Facebook?

Today, I read a very colorful post from my friend, Jim Stroud. In his post, Jim interviewed Dr. Lisa  Harpe who is a Industrial Psychologist and Senior Consultant at Peopleclick Authoria Research Institute. Dr. Harpe’s expertise is  in developing and evaluating employment systems. She currently works in the employment discrimination arena where she conducts statistical [...]

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How To Master Online Career Networking

Did you know that networking is still the #1 way that people land jobs today? Two decades ago it was called the “good ole boy” network. You had to have an inside connection with a group of insiders. This closed group connection was not easy to break into.  Today, online career networking has changed the [...]

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