Chad Sowash's Blog (79)

Halloween Survival Skills

I enjoy what the staff over at Common Craft is doing to explain new technology in good ‘ole plain English. But this video, below, goes far beyond the call of duty to provide serious Halloween survival information EVERYONE…

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Added by Chad Sowash on October 30, 2007 at 5:19pm — No Comments

Persist or Annoy? That is the question!

Sitting down in the bar, at the Planet Hollywood Resort, to enjoy a few drinks and conversation with our member companies and the topic of annoying vendors cropped up. This is not a new topic and will…

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Added by Chad Sowash on October 25, 2007 at 9:20pm — No Comments

ERE Washington D.C. in a nutshell

Kudos goes out to the ERE staff on last week’s conference in Washington D.C. I was able to catch some great speakers, connect with friends, network, and have Jason Davis take all my chips again in a semi-friendly game of poker. (Proceeds to the ERE Foundation)

You know an event is big when Gerry Crispin chooses to bring his newest product out of R&D and unveil to the market at…

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Added by Chad Sowash on October 25, 2007 at 9:16pm — No Comments

RSS for Beginners

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Added by Chad Sowash on September 11, 2007 at 12:32pm — 1 Comment

Holy web 2.0 Batman!!

Today’s bit of Friday morning humor focuses on two characters in the online recruiting industry. Personally, I think it’s interesting how people view characters in our industry; some as heroes, some as villains, but we all play some type of role somewhere. Like Animal, who I see playing the “Creepy Uncle” role, you know the…

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Added by Chad Sowash on September 7, 2007 at 10:44am — No Comments

Hitwise, your competitive intelligence answer?

Real analytical data and competitive intelligence is vital in understanding how to better leverage your corporate career site and since Alexa has been unofficially labeled as a…

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Added by Chad Sowash on September 6, 2007 at 7:59am — No Comments

IBM STRIKE in Second Life?!?

One word… RIDICULOUS!

IBM has a widely …

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Added by Chad Sowash on September 1, 2007 at 8:42pm — No Comments

Video Vertical, Funny videos = YouTube

It’s nothing new, you’re having a bad day and need something to lighten it up, or you’re creating a new PowerPoint presentation and want to start with an ice-breaker, you know something funny. What do you do? You start searching for funny videos that will make you laugh, break the ice, or jumpstart your day.

How do you search for funny videos?

Earlier this month,…

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Added by Chad Sowash on August 29, 2007 at 8:39am — No Comments

Homer Simpson can boost your traffic!?!

Burger King struck pure advertising gold in July with the clever Simpsonizing of their commercials, which provided a 774% increase in site traffic.…

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Added by Chad Sowash on August 20, 2007 at 3:55pm — 1 Comment

Alexa is a toy, comments from the gallery

I have long thought of Alexa as more of a toy than a tool, but instead of focusing on my thoughts let’s see what others are saying.

Alexa needs an overhaul. It’s long since become less than useful. -…

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Added by Chad Sowash on August 17, 2007 at 1:19pm — No Comments

More gruel, I mean more VIDEO please!

After announcing the addition of VIDEO, to JobCentral Employer Pages, I was asked by several companies “Can we list more than one video?“…

But of course!

Check…

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Added by Chad Sowash on August 16, 2007 at 11:38am — No Comments

XEROX is Optimized with Jobs2Web

Early last year I introduced one of Xerox’s staffing leaders, a friend of mine who we’ll just call Dave to ensure his phone doesn’t ring off the hook after this post, to the concept of Search Engine Optimization for recruitment purposes. After only a few conversations Dave took the SEO ball…

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Added by Chad Sowash on August 7, 2007 at 8:16am — No Comments

Video Stats and Ramblings..

Stats…

During the month of May, in the United States, 3 out of 4 internet users streamed video.

comScore reports - In total, nearly 132 million Americans viewed online streaming video in May. Google Sites also…

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Added by Chad Sowash on July 31, 2007 at 10:36am — No Comments

Is Second Life too risqué for business?

According to the LA Times, companies in Second Life are working too hard and paying too much to reach too few visitors, compared to other traditional and more cost effective advertising mediums. End result, many companies are closing their doors in Second Life. The question is, will they return another day…

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Added by Chad Sowash on July 30, 2007 at 3:43pm — No Comments

YouTube, Video Resumes & P. Diddy

I’m sure you’ve heard about P. Diddy using YouTube to attract a new Personal Assistant. If you haven’t, Diddy has requested interested candidates upload their…

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Added by Chad Sowash on July 26, 2007 at 1:30pm — No Comments

Building a labor rocket ship!

Building a national labor exchange might not be “Rocket Science“, although it’s far from an easy task and does not happen overnight.

Last week I was lucky enough to spend some quality time with the Connecticut Department of Labor staff, as a consultant, helping with the…

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Added by Chad Sowash on July 19, 2007 at 9:55am — No Comments

The 4th of July means...

The 4th of July is about celebrating our freedoms and remembering just how we were able to win and defend them. To me, the 4th of July is represented in the symbols of our freedom, the Pledge of Allegiance, the National Anthem, and…

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Added by Chad Sowash on July 4, 2007 at 2:21pm — No Comments

YouTube killed the Radio Star?

Last month I blogged about YouTube Advertising becoming mainstream, while asking the inevitable employment brandingquestion “When are employers going to join the mainstream?“. I then ended the post by throwing a proverbial line in the water asking for YouTube demographic information, hoping for a bite… Not only did I receive numbers from our friends at HitWise, but information from a Goo-Tuber, and the following comScore…

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Added by Chad Sowash on June 8, 2007 at 5:11pm — No Comments

Google’s fatal flaw?

Robert Cringeley takes the pulpit in his latest article titled “The Final Days of Google: It is going to be an inside job“.

Cringeley writes:

Google is an amazing entrepreneurial petri dish. Yet at the same time, it is doomed to disappoint nearly…

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Added by Chad Sowash on May 29, 2007 at 8:59pm — No Comments

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