Hi Everyone, I was just reading about John Sumser's "Key Influencers" project, and I have to say, I'm jealous. I'm envious. I help who ever will listen, try to keep active within my network, etc. etc. etc. How do I get on that list? No, how do I even get on the radar? Your opinions? your thoughts? your guidance? feel free to respond here, or my blog page.…

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Reason #1 - Increased strain on resources affects your ability to adapt to the market turn around.



While the fear of being downsized is in itself a major mental hurdle affecting employee morale and productivity, the modern lean and mean organizations look more lean and sickly (think Isabelle Caro instead of Georges St.… Continue

I just finished reading Chris Brogan’s blog entry for Tuesday, called “Shut The Hell Up You Self-Promoting Turd”; a diatribe against businesses that shamelessly self promote themselves. It occurred to me that the same principles apply to people looking for work...



..Like in business, nothing is more powerful than word of mouth advertising, or external referrals from people that stand to gain nothing… Continue

Please respond on my blog page at

http://www.beyond.jobs/my-personal-problem-with-facebook/





I just finished reading Steven Woods’ Blog (CTO of Eloqua) regarding the

merits of using Facebook as a B2B marketing tool. He argues that even

though his organization is specialized in B2B e- marketing, his isn’t

sure whether Facebook… Continue

Hi everyone,



I know this is nuts, but I was up all Sunday night, thinking about all my candidate and recruiter contacts who keep harassing me on how to use linkedin. I have to admit that most users of this group are pretty connected and use linkedin pretty aggressively, but then there are so many other of my contacts that are on linkedin but still don't really use it effectively.



Many of my contacts know that I believe in a big linkedin network. (on the quality - quantity… Continue