by Barbara Safani | Aug 19, 2011 | career management, networking, on-line identity
My three closest friends don’t participate in any form of social or business networking. You’ll never find a business profile, status update, family photo, or even a poke from any of them on any online networking platform. While I ponder a “social...
by Barbara Safani | Jul 18, 2011 | resume
This month my Career Collective colleagues are discussing tactics for giving your job search strategy a mid-year checkup. My tips for a resume checkup are below. Be sure to check out the sage advice of my colleagues as well by following the links at the end of this...
by Barbara Safani | Jul 6, 2011 | interviews, networking, on-line identity
Getting face time with networking contacts and hiring authorities just got easier. Facebook recently announced the launch of Skype-powered video chat and I’m predicting that this will be a huge boon to job seekers and hiring managers alike. Facebook claims...
by Barbara Safani | Jul 1, 2011 | interviews
Time magazine editor-at-large and MSNBC analyst Marc Halperin, botched an interview yesterday on Morning Joe when he made a derogatory remark about President Obama during a discussion about Obama’s press conference earlier this week. Halperin thought he could...
by Barbara Safani | Jun 30, 2011 | on-line identity
I’ve been writing about employers who Google candidates prior to interviewing them or hiring them for some time, but the stakes on using information found online to make a hiring decision just got higher. AOL recently reported that the Federal Trade Commission...