unemployment
Can Your Social Profiles Affect Your Job Search?
More people are pounding the pavement in search of employment than ever before. People from all walks of life and age are vying for the same positions. With thousands of people on the same quest, how do potential employers narrow down their decisions? What happens when two candidates are equally qualified? Years ago, the hiring [...]
Underemployed Developers to Receive Software and Tools
Project Phoenix understands that the economy isn’t doing so hot right now. They also understand that developers are an integral part of moving technology AND the economy into the future. Even though you may be underemployed – or even completely unemployed – right now, the folks at Project Phoenix wants to help. Over the next [...]
How Do You Break Up With Your Job?
Add to iTunes | Add to YouTube | Add to Google | RSS Feed According to a recent poll over at Mashable, Lamarr discovered that an alarming number of people would break up with someone simply by changing their Facebook relationship status or posting a Wall story. When reading this article, he started thinking about [...]
How To Use Google to Land Your Dream Job
Alec Brownstein was bored with his job. He wanted a challenging new position with a top creative firm. Googling his favorite creative heroes one day, he noticed that none of the results had sponsored ads attached to them. Brownstein bought Google ad words for the creative directors’ names, which cost him $6. “No one else [...]
Can a Company Take Social Networking too Far?
Word on the street is that Best Buy is now requiring applicants to not only be on Twitter – but to have at least 250 followers, as well. When I read this, my mouth hit the floor. In effect, the company thinks that hiring people with a large Twitter following will garner more business for [...]
One Small Act of Kindness…
Reading through things today in our community, I came across yet another post that gave me pause for thought. That seems to happen daily, doesn’t it? It’s so great to have all of you posting things that makes us all stop and think about life… often in a different way than we might otherwise have. [...]
What do You Treasure Most in Life?
I love how during my travels through our sites every day, I come across something that really makes me stop and think. Today’s post is found on Geeks, and it’s called What do You Treasure Most in Life. Not only did I have to stop and take time to think this through for myself, but [...]
