Status: Looking for Work on Facebook - New York Times

SOCIAL NETWORKING and THE JOB HUNT?

Do social networking sites factor into one's strategies for the most effecient way to find your next gig? They certainly should. If potential employers are looking at these sites, shouldn't you also factor into these sites. Finding future co-workers. Finding ex employees of a target firm or industry is certainly possible. You would do this normally using your phone and through your friends. Why not start the process by doing it online. I recently heard a Stamford U podcast on social entrepeneurship and film making site that the networking done online actually saved a persons life.

This documentary filmmakers Michaelene C. Risley was detained by the police while filming in Zimbabwe. The police apparently let her go with the order to report back the next day for further questioning which according to her is standard practice there as they are in short supply for food for prisoners. Well after communicating with a friend familiar with things on the ground. Her friend went online and Twitter'ed or Facebooked her friends for her. An American consulate/embassy person then inserted themselves on behalf of the Ms. Risley who was subsequently released that very same day (with her footage that was not to positive on the Robert Mugabe govt). So Facebooking does help, but can it help on the job? You decide after reading the following....

"In a survey by the National Association of Colleges and Employers published in March, employers indicated that whereas in the past they used social-networking sites “to check profiles of potential hires,” said Marilyn Mackes, the group’s executive director, today “more than half will use the sites to network with potential candidates.”"


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When Web Time Is Playtime - New York Times

HOW FIRMS ARE AIMING FOR YOUR KIDS ON LINE:

Playing a video game against a computer is one thing. But online services are increasingly being targeted at kids. Showing that interacting with actual humans can be much more interesting, especially when the person behind that other avatar might be your own child.

When Web Time Is Playtime - New York Times

The Key To Management: A Balanced Scorecard - Forbes.com

Balanced Score Card - Is it overly complex, to hard to implement, or only for the big enterprise? Gene Mark says no: and that small businesses can benefit too from BSC. Enjoy this Forbes article, but recognize its just a scratch of the surface. You decide if its big impact from simple solutions or little yeilds from little steps....

Ever try to keep a scorecard at a little league baseball game? After a while, you learn to track what's most important, ignore the niggling errors and just make sure there's a snack at the end. Well-managed businesses--large and small--use a similar approach.The concept of managing by "balanced scorecard" has been around awhile. It boosts performance using a combination of metrics, goals and process improvements. The U.S. Navy, City of Newark and the Atlanta Public School System are just a few large organizations that have benefited from this approach. Small businesses can too.
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The Key To Management: A Balanced Scorecard - Forbes.com






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