71 Million People Created Content on Social Networks in 2008: You Don’t Use Social Media?
“. . . even if you’re new to the party, you’re still well ahead of the curve.” –Mashable’s Adam Ostrow on the adoption of social media and blogging According to eMarketer.com, cited in a great Mashable article “82 Million User-Generated Content Creators and Counting” by Adam Ostrow : “More than 82 million people in the US created content online during 2008. . .71 million people created...
Read MoreLook Who’s Joined Facebook
If you are someone who thinks of Facebook as strictly a gathering place for college students and the uber young adult, look again. Earlier this month Facebook announced that its fastest growing segment of new users in recent months is women aged 55+. According to Hitwise, there has been a big shift in audience demographics over just the past year. While users aged 18 to 24 represented a 42% share of the Facebook audience in January 2008,...
Read MoreJob Search 25 Years Ago: Is This You Now?
I landed my first corporate, aka “real”, job out of college in early 1985. The company, Moore Business Forms the largest printing-forms provider in the world, was just finishing a hiring push for sales and business development talent. Please read this article; I have a question I would like you to ask yourself at the end of the piece. Here are some facts about my job search. State of Technology In 1985 there was no Internet, no...
Read MoreJob Seekers Strategy: Make the Hiring Manager Happy
Silicon Valley star Guy Kawasaki did not intend for his chapter “The Art of Driving Your Competition Crazy” in Reality Check to be job seeker’s advice; yet the main theme is vital for any job seeker’s success. The chapter outlines 8 steps to drive your competition crazy aimed at helping entrepreneurs and corporations understand how to win at the art of business.The most valuable theme and step is “Focus on the...
Read More10 New Year’s Career Resolutions For Job Seekers
The Web 2.0 Revolution, blogging, and social media tools like Linkedin and Twitter allow all of us to become our own marketing machine, brand identity, and valuable resource. The following are 10 New Year’s Resolutions and steps any job seeker can take to begin to differentiate themselves and stand apart from the rest of their competition. 10 New Year’s Career Resolutions for Job Seekers 1. Direction: You can not begin a job...
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