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Director Standards and Practices. Find VP Marketing jobs at Dice. Job Posting: Vice President Marketing & Communications, United Way Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California. How Pinterest Can Help Boost Your Career. Pinterest is a new type of social media website that serves as a virtual bulletin board (or “pinboard”) where web content can be shared.

How Pinterest Can Help Boost Your Career

This unique site is changing the way people share web content related to personal interests, using a design style that relies on images rather than text. Pinterest can help your career. We’ll explain how below. Pinterest members (referred to as “Pinners”) gather and share images of interesting things that they find online, creating “Pins.” Pinners can create multiple pinboards, each representing a collection of Pins that relate to a different interest or category.

The social aspect of Pinterest comes into play when Pinners browse each other’s pinboards or search for specific types of Pins. Pinterest’s rising popularity proves it as a new alternative for connecting people around the world based on shared tastes, styles and interests. The Linkedin Profile. Just a few years ago, professional networking meant printing off your resume, attending job fairs, and scheduling coffee dates with old co-workers or friends of friends who could help you land your next dream job.

The Linkedin Profile

That has all changed with LinkedIn. Now you can publicly display your resume, easily interact with industry professionals, and discover that your new boss is connected to your favorite college professor. And with its recent IPO, LinkedIn has been all over the news. After talking with my colleagues at Lab42 about our LinkedIn profiles, we were interested to find out exactly how other users were interacting with the site. Lab42 surveyed 500 Americans who were registered LinkedIn users to discover how they utilized their profile and to see if they valued LinkedIn as a professional networking tool.

Click image to expand About the Survey This survey was conducted online via social networks from July 1 to July 5, 2011 among 500 social media users who are members of Linkedin. Job Networking with Social Media [INFOGRAPHIC] 570 Flares Twitter 250 Facebook 52 Google+ 18 Pin It Share 250 570 Flares × Social media is becoming increasingly important for job networking.

Job Networking with Social Media [INFOGRAPHIC]

The last couple of years have been hard on the economy, and if you’ve been forced to hunt for a job during that time you know this all too well. On the bright side 63 percent of recruiters say that their organizations are exhibiting signs of recovery from economic difficulties, but job networking with social media is here to stay. The last time I was unemployed I still looked for work through traditional channels. Entrepreneurs realized the troubles that regular people have with finding employment and have moved to innovate job searching in the online space. LinkedIn Everyone knows that employers will often check out their social media profiles before hiring potential applicants.

Tweet my Jobs One of the newest entries in the online job sourcing industry is California based Tweet my Jobs. Resume Bear. Bridging the digital literacy divide - Business of Life. Updated: Sun, Mar 04 2012. 08 42 PM IST When Anne Klein shut down its designer line in 2008, Eileen McMaster was among the fashion professionals there who found themselves without a job.

Bridging the digital literacy divide - Business of Life

After years of working long hours, she took some time off, turning her attention to improving her health, becoming a Pilates instructor and wellness consultant along the way. Now, with signs that the struggling economy is improving slightly, she is looking to get back into the fashion industry. To help strengthen her position in the job market, she returned to the classroom last year to develop expertise in social media that she can layer on top of her deep marketing and corporate communications experience. Not to be ignored: Integrate Facebook and Twitter in your work. About. Guerrilla Freelancing is a website dedicated to helping every freelancer still in the trenches, working as hard as they can to build up a solid freelance business.

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Our main objective is to be a voice for those who have not “made it” and provide straight to the point advice and tips for the guerrilla freelancer. » Should I start a blog? Yes, you should start a blog.

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It’s the best way to brand yourself the way you want to be seen. Your job title may not currently be what you’re striving for. Even if it is, there are decisions and priorities beyond your control. With a blog, you have the control to write in-depth on the things you care most about and give people insight into how you think and tackle problems.It forces you to reflect on what you’re doing well and poorly. Disney Toontown Online. Intangible Benefits, Tangible Rewards - Remodeling, Business, Consultants, Sales, Awards - Remodeling Magazine. At the heart of every great remodeling company is a great workforce: productive, resourceful, accountable, and loyal.

Intangible Benefits, Tangible Rewards - Remodeling, Business, Consultants, Sales, Awards - Remodeling Magazine

From what I'm hearing, it's the loyalty part that can be the hardest to nail down. Why do employees leave? It's usually not the money: even companies with market-rate compensation packages — handsome salaries, benefits, titles — struggle to hold onto top-quality employees. Many workers leave because they don't feel valued for their contributions, or they don't feel a sense of belonging. Building on last month's column, here are some more ways remodeling companies are appreciating and recognizing employees. Social Recruiting Infographics. RecruitersSocialNetworking-Bullhorn-final.png (1000×5370) Social Recruiting Reports. How to Secretly Update your LinkedIn Profile - The Social Media Guide.