Tag Archives: linkedin

Social Honesty

During a recent pundit retreat several of us discussed the age-old problem of lying on your resume. And although we touched on some of the typical issues, my friend and colleague Kris Dunn brought a very original perspective when he described LinkedIn as a potentially trustworthy source of an individual’s actual work experience. In his own words: [...]
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Five Reasons to Take Online Friendships Offline

First things first – Does any of this sound familiar to you? Your following on Twitter is growing and your retweets, ratios and direct messages are solid; You have hundreds of Facebook friends who nudge, poke, pic and update constantly; Professionals are lining up on LinkedIn to connect to you, join your groups and network; [...]
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How JobAngels (And You) Have Changed My Life

[NOTE - The demographics in this post were updated on June 5, 2009] This is the longest time between posts in the history of our little blog. If you’re thinking, “This is an outrage!”, I agree completely. So who is to blame for this travesty, this lapse in judgment, this abandonment of an HR community [...]
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