Thought For The Day: “Whatever you can or think you can, begin it. Boldnes has genius and magic in it.” – Goethe Would you like fries with that? Google lays off 100 Recruiters, 25% of its recruiting team. Good career coaches should always tell recruiters to negotiate for more severance at the start of the […]
Thought For The Day: “The bad news hasn’t arrived yet.” It’s Geek to You, but Not to Them: Meet the Early Adopters Anyone reading this piece is probably an early adopter. The difference between EAs and the rest of the consuming public is significant. When early adopters develop new products, they make a host of […]
Word For The Day: “Recruiterati” (Thanks, Jerry) An Hour With…. Over on RecruitingBlogs.com, there is a great conversation about intimacy in networking. There are a number of interesting threads, many revolving around the notion of setting limits (privacy law, banning and defriending). In the interests of building deeper intimacy between members, JD launched “Spend An […]
Thought For The Day: ““We’re having a word wide going out of business sale.” It’s that serious. Clearance sale time. Everything must go.” – Dave Winer Facebook Prepares To Launch FriendFeed “Like” Feature Consolidating platforms into single communications channels is trend number 2 right after defriending. “Something happening here. What it is ain’t exactly clear.” […]
Thought For The Day: “Hindsight is 50/50” Recruiting Predictions for 2009 Wavy Davy Manaster (check out his picture) offers some predictions. Most of them reflect economic uncertainties. We’ll add 1) Explosion in the adoption of RPOs; 2) Price wars in the job boards; 3) Reductions in sourcers (the technique solves a shortage not a surplus); […]
Thought For The Day: “The best website is the one you leave the fastest. Outbound links make for loyal audiences. (Sumser’s Paradox) “ Why I Love Twitter Tim O’Reilly’s job is “redistributing the future”. He uses twitter to do that. Facebook firing sparks ethics debate Are you fired if you don’t open your Facebook Inbox? […]
Thought For The Day: “Twitter is a River. The most notable characteristics are depth, flow, temperature, difficulty (rapids). The tributaries are particularly visible. “ How to Change Your Twitter User Name Your name on Twitter is your brand. It’s very important that you have the right user name. When I initially set mine up (johsumser), […]
Thought For The Day: “Transparency means authentic communication, warts and all. “ Working At AppleSend this to your friends. It is the single best example of a powerful employee testimonial ever. This is what employment branding is supposed to be like. (From the Guardian) CrowdSourced2009 PredictionsThe Silicon Valley Financial Community gives 2009 Forecasts in seven […]
Thought For The Day: "For your "to don’t" list: Never say at a job interview: ‘Can I have my resume back? It’s my only copy.’ " Most Media To Suffer Retrenchment in 2009Advertising slump will b broad based and will accelerate the decline of already weakened properties. Institution with the ability to actively experiment will […]
Thought For The Day: "If leather shrinks when wet, how big were the cows before it started to rain?" @mkapor Your Guide to Alternative Business Models for NewspapersThis piece is a part of a larger offering by PBS called MediaShift. While it purports to be a survey of business models (and, it IS the best […]
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