Digital Darwinism

Brian Solis, new media expert and best selling author, has observed what he refers to as Digital Darwinism, when society and technology evolve faster than the ability to adapt. Certainly, businesses are struggling to adapt but what about Career Professionals?

Social Media has Changed Everything

Web 2.0, social media, mobile technologies, and the ability to analyze massive amounts of new data to discover new correlations, patterns, and insights have fundamentally changed business.  Certainly, these examples have had a huge impact on society as evidenced by the growing amount of people who have access to the internet, engage… >>>

Do job seekers enjoy spending hours researching job openings, completing online applications, and emailing their resume to countless employers only to never get a response?  This process is analagous to the old-fashioned sales mentality that if you knock on enough doors giving your pitch, you’re bound to get a sale.  No one likes it, yet so many job seekers conduct their search this way.  Wouldn’t it be great if the jobs found you?

The Reverse Job Search

The reverse job search describes the process of marketing one’s talents, skills, achievements, qualities, and reputation to a target audience so that those… >>>

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What is a Listening Post?

A listening post is simply an automated method of monitoring what is published on the web.  The web is full of content and to filter the noise from the news, listening posts are excellent tools that save time while monitoring relevant information.  Automating your job search with listening posts can help you stay informed quickly and efficiently but whether or not you are currently seeking a job, I highly recommend that you always use listening posts to monitor the market.  Why?

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I tried aninteresting technique to help motivate my students and to make the class more interesting. I had the students do the teaching. It was a spur of the moment idea during class, I told them I was tierd and they could teach the class. They all pitched in and read the lesson as well as discussed the lesson. We had alot of laughing and joking but I believe they learned and were most definately motivated. JBurk

The Power of a Brand

When you think of brands you love, what comes to mind?  Ask any Apple user if they'd ever use a PC and they'd laugh in disgust.  Ask a Coke person what they think of Pepsi and they can't even believe you would ask such a question.  The point is that brands have power.  Brands influence people's thoughts, decisions, behaviors, and even their feelings.  A brand is the value perception placed on an entity and powerful brands influence people.  Now, if you haven't thought of your Career Services department as a brand, think again.

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WHY DO PEOPLE ENGAGE ON SOCIAL MEDIA?

When I think of the people on social media platforms with whom I engage, the first universal factor that keeps me engaged is that I love the content they publish.  I love the content they publish because it is valuable, helpful, and relevant to me, therefor they are a resource for me.  How does your career center act as a resource to employers beyond their hiring needs?

FIND OUT WHAT INTERESTS YOUR EMPLOYER PARTNERS

Employers have challenges beyond hiring talent.  How else is an employer's relationship with you valuable to them?… >>>

USING SOCIAL MEDIA AS A JOB BOARD MISSES THE POINT

Social media is about relationships and the only way to build relationships is to engage in meaningful interaction. Maybe using social media to post jobs is analogous to using a 3rd generation 64GB 4G iPad for nothing more than reading an e-book. In reality, a job board, whether it is on Facebook, a blog, or a wiki space, is no more valuable than a piece of paper with jobs on it yet many career services professionals who start to use social media as part of their career center strategy… >>>

SOCIAL MEDIA BACKGROUND CHECKS ON THE RISE

The rise of social media has already had numerous implications for career professionals both in the way they provide service to constituents and in the way constituents go about their job search.  One of the hottest legal issues centers around the social media background check.  The social media background check grew in attention when the company, Social Intelligence Corp was given the green light by the FTC to scan and collect user profile information to be used in social media background checks as a service for employers.  Employment Screening Resources (ESR) named… >>>

I am a student of probability.  I am so appreciative of being in this virtual lounge.  I wish to exchange experiences related to the process of mind reprogramming; out with the old and in with the new.   

Networking -  Finding a job is a job

Welcome to the brand new Placement Performance Group! Simply put, this is the 80-20 rule in action! It’s probably safe to say that 20% of development is through formal training and 80% is through informal learning. We learn by doing and by sharing. So let’s get our learning community for Placement started. Who is going to break the ice?