Last week, I looked out the window in my home office and noticed a spider had spun a web just outside my window. I found this interesting since it … Read more
Conducting a Quality Search: Let Keywords Be Your Guide
That title is kind of a ‘duh’, isn’t it? But it’s amazing how often developing a good list of keywords, and then putting them to … Read more
HotJobs Joins Monster For $225 Million
HotJobs officially became part of Monster on Tuesday, completing the $225 million purchase announced last February. The acquisition — and arguably its most … Read more
The Yahoo! / Microsoft Search Alliance
Yesterday, Yahoo! Sr. VP Search Products, Shashi Seth, posted a note on Yahoo!’s search blog about the Yahoo!-Microsoft search alliance that’s … Read more
QR Codes and Sourcing – Is It Social?
A cool new technology that has gained popularity over the last year is the QR code. A QR, or “Quick Response”, code is a matrix barcode (or … Read more
Location, Location, Location!
LBS (Location-Based Services) are the new ‘black’ when it comes to shiny new sourcing tools. Everyone (including me!) talks about how we can … Read more
Talentag: the Social CV Site for “Friends” Only
There’s an FAQ on the new site, Talentag, that asks the right question: “What is Talentag and why do you need it?” Precisely what I was wondering after … Read more
Glass Houses
Not too long ago, someone asked me a question about spelling errors on resumes and cover letters, and how I felt about them when I was looking at a resume … Read more
Data, Information, and Knowledge
Data: a collection of facts Information: data that have been processed into a format that is understandable by its intended audience Knowledge: … Read more
Google “Wave”s Goodbye
At 2pm Pacific time today, Google posted on its official blog that it would discontinue developing Wave as a stand-alone product. It states however that it … Read more