Wordless Wednesday – Broken Link

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Linked Cat Sez Merry Christmas

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The Unlikely Success of Ruben Gonzalez

As I mentioned last week, the b5media Business Apprentice Contest has now become a solo competition, and my Best Business Advice I Ever Received post managed to get me through to the next round. Here’s this week’s challenge:

Everybody loves a success story. New business owners find them inspiring. Tell Kay a success »

Asymmetrical Relationships and LinkedIn

Any time you take the complexity of real human relationships and try to break them down into very simple codification, you’re bound to have some challenges. In LinkedIn, you’re basically either connected or you aren’t — in or out. Some people let everyone in, others only let in those that they know well.

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The Best Business Advice I Ever Received

Over the past few weeks here in the b5media business channel, we’ve been having a little contest — sort of our own version of The Apprentice. We were divided into two teams, "The Aces" (my team) and "The Pros", and given the following initial challenge:

Kay just started a new business marketing aprons »

Beyond Sourcing – 15 Creative Ways Recruiters Can Use Professional Networking Sites

I gave a presentation for ERE Media Tuesday entitled “Professional Networking – Beyond Sourcing”, which focused on the many ways that recruiters can use professional networking sites to support their business and their own career, not just for sourcing candidates. The way I see it, any hack can figure out how to type »

Free Webinar – "Professional Networking: Beyond Sourcing"

I’ll be giving a free webinar Tuesday, Dec. 11, 2-3pm ET, entitled Professional Networking – Beyond Sourcing, sponsored by ERE Media and LinkedIn. The event is intended for recruiters, and the gist of it is this: any hack recruiter can figure out how to search LinkedIn, Jobster, ZoomInfo and the blogosphere to source »