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Slideshare. Mexico Turns to Twitter and Facebook for Information and Survival. 5 Tips For Onboarding Remote Workers. The Digital Careers Series is supported by Elance, the world’s leading site for online work. Check out Startup Cloud for tips on how to build a remote team. There might be an assumption that recruiting is easier when unemployment is high, but that’s simply not true. According to Manpower Group, 52% of employers reported having a difficult time finding qualified employees to fill jobs.

Employers cast a wide net when it comes to finding candidates, and remote workers can be attractive to companies because they can fill an opening that’s difficult to place with a local. It’s more important than ever to ensure that new hires become engaged immediately upon entering their new place of employment through a well-designed onboarding process. Successful onboarding programs aren’t just a paperwork-filled orientation: They create a connection between employees, their work and the goals of the organization. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5.

What advice do you have for companies looking to onboard remote employees? Video: Thanksgiving Live Special. Facebook 101: A “4WARD” Approach To Teaching Social Media at Syracuse University. Why Email Can’t and Won’t Die. When you think about it there are really only two things that are unique to every individual, their email and their phone number. This is important when we talk about emergent collaboration especially when the topic of moving people away from email comes up. I know that there are many people who believe in the death of email, minimizing the usage of email, or perhaps switching people away from email to another platform, but I don’t think this is really going to happen. Let’s assume for a moment that there was no email and you wanted to get in touch with me, your options would be to leave a comment on my blog (assuming you read it), send me a message or a reply on twitter (assuming you use the service and can find me), a note on linkedin (again assuming you can find me), or a facebook message (also assuming you can find me and can friend me).

I wonder if integration is really the answer here. I’m going to talk about this more in upcoming posts as I have several ideas. Don McMillan: Life After Death by PowerPoint. CRAdVErtising. Our topic for our Social Media Class teaching presentation was International Social Media. We researched different parts of the world, exploring how cultural differences reflect on the way we use social media, the platforms we use, and the purpose for these. We focused on Latin America, The Netherlands, and Asia. They all differ in the variety of preferences for social, professional, private, and personal usage of social media. A neat tool to connect with people from around the world is Twaitter, in which you can schedule tweets to different time zones, and translate tweets to different languages.

Our research consisted not only on search engines such as Google, but mostly on actual social media platforms like: Is Facebook looking to challenge LinkedIn in job postings? Twitter. How Far Did Your Tweet Travel?

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