The big social networking story from yesterday was how the French press fell for a major Facebook prank. Specifically, how a single Facebook user managed to pull off one of the biggest pranks and how the press bought it.

In case you missed it, everything started a few weeks ago when a simple…

On the Radar: Thursday, Januray 10th, 2007

From the Silicon Alley Insider reporting Brendon Cassidy's move selling for LinkedIn to climbing TheLadders:

TheLadders stands by its revenue forecast of $60 million for 2008, while LinkedIn appears to have reduced its own from $100 million to $75-$100 million. Perhaps that's because the executive recruiting business that LinkedIn…

In a study that will be published in the Journal of Family Psychology, researchers have just discovered that 80 percent of parents in the US do not consider their 18-25 year-old college students to be adults. At least in the group of people they surveyed.

Strangely enough the students had the maturity to agree with their parents assessment, so that’s a start.

The conclusion of the study was…

By Dave Mendoza, Master Cybersleuth, Affiliate Partner, JobMachine Inc.

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Elvis is tan and rested …. actually since last gracing the virtuality of SixDegrees… he’s become a daddy. He enters 2008 a global sensation.

Given my passion for global staffing practices and social networking, I found the January 17th Webinar event sponsored by…

The intricate manner in which online advertising constantly evolves, not just from a technology perspective but a business perspective, never fails to impress me. At the moment geographic concerns seem to be important... <more>…

NEW YORK

Shares of Divx Inc. soared Tuesday after the video technology company announced a distribution agreement with Sony Pictures Television Inc.

Sony said the deal was part of its attempts to find legitimate ways of distributing its content online.

Sony Pictures Television oversees digital distribution for parent company, Sony Pictures Entertainment Inc., responsible for selling major Hollywood titles including…

I'm a sucker for jokes. Love hearing them, love telling them even more! Even the bad ones.

Here’s a Sales Joke from Basic Jokes…

Good Points And Bad Points

“This house,” said the Real Estate…

Here’s an interesting news item from over the weekend that I forgot to post about yesterday in our weekend wrap-up edition.

An invention described in a newly published Microsoft patent application aims to make sure workers meet their deadlines and do what they’re supposed to…

While a great lyric to a classic John Fogarty song, I’ve found that this is the mindset of many Peak Performers in Sales.

While many of these first-class sales professionals are sales leaders within their organization, there still seems to be this inherent desire to be led and/or motivated by another great leader above them - - to an extent.

That brings…

I ran some searches and It appears to have changed quite a bit from last year. Some great features still remain though. In case you didn't know this is a google testbed for new features…

What can I say ?

New shiny boy kev started with me today , well he was in training last week for one day!

Shiny Boy as Ill call him has surprised me , no rec experience at all , he goes and gets cv's fresh ones from the deli counter ( aka - social network site ) and ends up with 6 new shiny new candidates to market plus shiny boy gets a job order from dubai !

6 possible hires from one client , now I have now idea…

By Dave Mendoza, Master Cybersleuth, Affiliate Partner, JobMachine Inc.

(720) 733-2022

Recruitingblogs.com announced today that “SixDegreesfromDave.com” was recognized as…

I know several recruiters who work very hard and are not being rewarded for that work. I am creating this page as a safe place where candidates and recruiters can share their experiences. I am also hoping to network and create a solid network of colleagues, clients and people who are committed to helping each other be successful.

What do you feel is your biggest upcoming challenge in 2008?