Louis Bina's Blog – August 2011 Archive (5)

4 Awesome Facebook Apps For Recruiters and Employers

Meeting your candidates where they are is the biggest part of social recruiting these days. Syndicating your jobs to Indeed, SimplyHired etc., is great, but more and more job seekers are straying away from the traditional job boards and looking to social media sites to find jobs and learn about companies they may want to work for. Here are four… Continue

Added by Louis Bina on August 31, 2011 at 5:16pm — 7 Comments

3 Things Driving Can Teach Us About Growth Management

How do you set your focus to achieve your business goals? How do you manage your growth so as to move toward a goal but still be open to other opportunities? Here are 3 things that driving a car can teach us about business development.

Don't Stare at The Road

What happens when you are driving down the… Continue

Added by Louis Bina on August 26, 2011 at 3:23pm — No Comments

CATS Gets Clicky

Tracking your website traffic, sources and interactions is crucial to any company that has any online presence. The more you know about where your visitors are coming from, what they searched for to find you and what they did on your site once they did find you, the better you can focus your efforts to grow your business.

The Standard

Most of you are probably familiar with… Continue

Added by Louis Bina on August 23, 2011 at 12:30pm — No Comments

How To: Effective Boolean Searching

A little background first, for those that are not familiar.

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Boolean searching uses the functions of Boolean algebra to deliver the most relevant results. Boolean algebra was developed by George Boole in 1854. Instead of using numbers like traditional algebra, Boolean algebra uses truth values or equivalency to deliver the results. See more on the history of Boolean algebra…

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Added by Louis Bina on August 11, 2011 at 4:47pm — 16 Comments

Does Bad Credit = Dishonest Employee?

More and more industries are starting to include credit checks on all their applicants as a part of their qualification process. Does bad credit mean one is more likely to steal from the company, leave or be terminated?

A colleague of mine has been struggling with this process quite a bit recently. Not because he has poor credit, but because the company he works for will not allow him to hire, much less interview anyone whose credit is below 650. There… Continue

Added by Louis Bina on August 1, 2011 at 5:30pm — 12 Comments