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My head hurts

Posted in Personal, tagged , , , on 18 June, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

Sometimes I can’t believe the stuff I see on LinkedIn.  To wit: someone asks “Are arranged marriage more successful, and why or why not?” I’m flabbergasted by both the question and some of the responses.  I just blew a few brain cells.

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Answer me this, LinkedIn…

Posted in Personal, society, technology, tagged , , , on 31 March, 2009 | 2 Comments »

…Why do we put up with obnoxious people just because they’re registered on LinkedIn? I find LinkedIn very useful, but I’m amazed at how some people waste their time to write, my time to read, and some poor innocent electrons in order to provide useless answers in the Q&A section. Mood-relevant links: Bob Sutton: the [...]

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LinkedIn, but with light little links

Posted in technology, work, tagged , , , , , on 25 February, 2009 | 2 Comments »

LinkedIn just borrowed yet one more feature from Facebook — and that’s a good thing. As of this week, you can see two little links that say “Reply privately” and “Add comment” after the status line updates of each your contact. So if one contact says he or she is preparing a white paper on [...]

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LinkedIn for job seekers — and German speakers

Posted in job search, technology, workplace, tagged , , , , , on 10 February, 2009 | 2 Comments »

Blogger Guy Kawasaki had a good post last week on 10 ways to use LinkedIn for job search. A day later, Adam Nash followed with his own thoughts on the official LinkedIn blog. If you know nothing of LinkedIn, I suggest you take a look — especially if you’re thinking about a possible job change [...]

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More career tips and tools

Posted in books, employment, job search, workplace, tagged , , , , , , on 26 January, 2009 | 13 Comments »

I have a frightening number of friends who are looking for jobs right now; either they have been laid off or they feel they might be about to. Fantastic people, with lots of qualifications in a variety of domains and great personalities, reliable, experienced. Web designers, technical writers, librarians, teachers, purchasers, project analysts, plant ecologists, [...]

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LinkedIn languages and apps

Posted in job search, technology, workplace, tagged , , , , on 30 December, 2008 | 6 Comments »

I recently wrote about the good and bad aspects of the LinkedIn professional networking site. Since then, I’ve discovered or explored some of the good features a bit more and I wanted to share the information. Languages Since last November 18, LinkedIn offers the option of saving your profile in 44 different languages. For example, [...]

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LinkedIn and online networking

Posted in job search, technology, workplace, tagged , , , , on 9 December, 2008 | 11 Comments »

Today I take a break from local environmental issues to talk about things I love and things I hate about LinkedIn, as well as Facebook and other online networking platforms. You can blame Jason Alba for putting me up to it. Things I love First, LinkedIn does really provide a fantastic way to accomplish the [...]

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More job search comments

Posted in books, job search, tagged , , , on 1 July, 2008 | 5 Comments »

I had quite a long interview yesterday, and a good one, I think. I spoke to a dozen people, some in person and some on conference call from other branch offices. I sent thank-you notes to each today; all of them were interesting and helpful — and some asked sharp, insightful questions. And today I [...]

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