Could Facebook help more in a job search than Linkedin?

Linkedin is a professional network. Facebook is a social network. So which will get you your next job? Turns out, they both can! Bryce Christiansen from Balanced WorkLife brings us an interesting perspective on how Facebook can be more useful than Linkedin for landing a great job. Bryce gives lots of ways that Facebook can [...]

Ways to Get Online Recommendations

Want a way to boost your online credibility?  How can you make your Linkedin profile more impressive without adding content?  Ask for recommendations! If you want to, but don’t know how to request them, you’re in luck… John Sumser  gives us 10 tips for how to ask for and get great recommendations you’ll be proud [...]

Be Easy to Connect with on Linkedin

Privacy on the internet is definitely a concern (we talk about it frequently related to Facebook).  But making your information so secure that employers can’t contact you will not be of any use to your job search.  Recruiters use Linkedin to find candidates. And once we find a candidate we are interested in, we try [...]

How to Shine Up Your Linkedin Profile

Has your linkedin been created, but not updated in years? Does it contain common phrases like dynamic, results-oriented, and team player but nothing really outstanding or unique? Vickie Elmer from the GlassDoor.com has 7 great tips to “power up your Linkedin profile“.  Here are 3: Add a great photo. Take one that shows joy and [...]

5 Linkedin Disasters to Avoid

I love Peggy McKee’s description of Linkedin: “It is the online world’s equivalent of a first impression”… It’s true. We recruiters search Linkedin first when we’re looking for job candidates – and if your profile is terrible, we won’t put you forward. McKee gives us 5 Linkedin disasters to avoid: Avoid Typos – Proofread! Pick [...]

Research Your Boss, Before Your Interview

Hank called me on Tuesday last week. He had an interview scheduled for Friday. I like helping give people the inside story on potential jobs, but I had never heard of the company where he was interviewing. Bummer. But that was no problem, because Hank was way ahead of me. He had already used Linkedin to [...]

Don’t Post your Birthday or Hometown on Facebook

Social Media is supposed to be personal: a way for former, current and future friends to find, greet and meet you. But Shirley George Frazier warns that we may be giving away too much information. She says that posting your hometown and birth date on your social media sites is dangerous! It gives outside sources [...]