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Survey on Employer Use of Social Network Sites in Recruiting and Screening

Data on employer use of applicant social network site information in recruiting and hiring process, including an infographic video.... (Continue reading)

Celebrating 6 Years of Blogging — Law Blogs and How the Online World Has Changed (Part III: Lawyer Blogs and 3 Views of Blogging)

Today I’m continuing my sixth-blog-anniversary observations about the changes I’ve seen in blogging and Internet content in general, in law blogs in particular, and my own meandering personal journey as a lawyer with a blog. Part I of this personal... (Continue reading)

Celebrating 6 Years of Blogging — Law Blogs & How the Online World Has Changed (Part II: Solving or Aggravating Information Overload?)

Today I’m continuing my sixth-blog-anniversary observations about the changes I’ve seen in blogging and Internet content, and my own meandering personal journey as a blogger. Part I of this personal history of blogging is here. Blogs, Web 2.0, and Information... (Continue reading)

Celebrating 6 Years of Blogging — Law Blogs & How the Online World Has Changed (Part I: Birth of a Blawg & Blogging’s Evolution, 2003-09)

photo credit: Tanel via flickr Birth of a Law Blog (Blawg) A bit over six years ago (on May 12, 2003, to be precise), I stumbled out into the blogosphere, then in its infancy, with a short post explaining my... (Continue reading)

Successful Personal eBranding Strategies

Guest post by Dan Schawbel introduces "e-branding" concept and offers some suggestions for successfully e-branding yourself.... (Continue reading)

Search Engine Tip: The “AND” Operator with a Punch

The following is a guest post by Moises Lopez, via Recruiting BlogSwap. Moises is a 15+ year veteran in the recruitment field and is the National Sourcing Manager for PDS Technical Services. He is recognized for his expertise in sourcing... (Continue reading)

St. Louis-Based Company Attracts Gen. Y Grads — and Used Car Customers

Shopping for a used car, I came across a company that seems to be doing the right things to attract the new generation of employees -- “Gen Y” -- including creating an appealing, interactive, and information-packed career website.... (Continue reading)

Guess Which Blog Is #17 in the “Career 100 Global Ranking of Top English-language Career Blogs”?

I just discovered a new inbound link to this blog from a site call RiseSmart, a job search site that says it “brings the human touch to online search.” The site explains that it uses a “proprietary search engine [that]... (Continue reading)

Live, From Dublin, It’s Blawg Review

Reminding us of the “World” in “World Wide Web,” this week’s Blawg Review is from Dublin, assembled by Daithí Mac Síthigh, a graduate researcher working toward his PhD at Trinity College, the oldest university in Ireland. His research is in... (Continue reading)

Anti-Union Website Credited in Nurses’ Union Decertification Vote at Hospital

This story from today’s St. Louis Post-Dispatch would be just a local story, in my view, except for the role played by an anti-union website claiming to have been created by “an independent group of nurses – not supported or... (Continue reading)