Have you joined Linkedin but you’re not sure why?
Over the past few months when I have been talking about using social networking for business one of the most common comments I have had is along the lines of "I ...
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Re the fuss about social media – can you remember when you started using e-mail?
Anybody over the age of - say - 40 should be able to remember a time before e-mail. And indeed they may also remember the time when e-mail was introduced to ...
Why small talk is important in social networking
I recently attended a seminar on networking for business. The speaker described the model he used which started with meeting, moved onto building relationships and then finally led to doing business together. To ...
Young employees and social networking -using the best skills for the job
I was interested to learn about a recent initiative by Strathclyde Police in tackling gangs and related knife crime. According to a report on the radio yesterday they have police ...
Learning about Enterprise 2.0 from 16 year olds
According to an article by Martyn Sloman in the CIPD quarterly update "Impact" here in the UK "only" 20% of organisations use Web 2.0 technologies for recruitment purposes in a survey of 1700 ...
Serendipity and the power of the www
My son is looking for his first job since graduating. I had names of a couple of people who could be useful contacts and I e-mailed them to him using ...
It’s time to support bloggers writing on UK HR issues
Yes - I do have a vested interest here. But I like to read other blogs on HR issues - leadership, management, careers, engagement, retention, reward, recognition, etc and I ...
What I learned from Social Networking
I was reading my feeds and catching up on my e-mail and dipping into online magazines ...and wondering what I should blog about today. A lot has happened this week. I have ...
