Archive for March, 2008
Carousel of LinkedIn postings
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LinkedIn rolled out a new interface this past weekend, which means it is time for a bunch of horded LinkedIn links. I’d call this a Carnival of LinkedIn, except that I’m the only one posting. A small part of a carnival is that round rotating structure with the oscillating beasts: A Carousel! Here’s my LinkedIn carousel for 03 March 2008:
- What Do You Think of the “New” LinkedIn?
by Judi Sohn, on Web Workers Daily
- Use Face-to-Face Interactions to Get More from LinkedIn
by Kevin Purdy, on LifeHacker.
- Is LinkedIn a Better Utility than Facebook? For Professionals “Advantage LinkedIn”
by John Furrier on Furrier.org – Business & Technology Blog.
- The LinkedIn Corporate Solutions Team has introduced their Pro Plus Account package. This includes 50 InMails, 3 Job postings and a way to save notes.
- Best Description of LinkedIn…Ever
by Scott Allen on LinkedIntelligence
The description Scott found is great:
What really cracked me up, though, was this description of LinkedIn:It’s like Facebook, except with fewer piercings.
YES!
Thumbnail images of the Elitch Gardens Carousel in Denver courtesy of Dr. Richard Gardner’s Philadelphia Toboggan Company Carousels page. Thanks, Doc! Click these to see the best carousel in the West!
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Quote of the Day: "Office is out!"
“There comes no lovely day in spring when the doors of America’s businesses fly open and employees rush away singing:
Office is out! Office is out!
Management let the monkeys out!
No more faxes! No more phones!
No more taking laptops home!”
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NotJobs: How not to reply to an inteview request
At the end of last month, I was deep in a series of interviews with candidates for three different Financial Analyst positions. One candidate, here named “Chad”, was referred by a hiring manager, and could have had an inside shot at the job. However, the communication style he chose knocked him out of contention.
I’ve included his side of the conversation for review. My side was a standard series of e-mails inviting him to interview, and asking for good times to talk. All spelling and capitalization is exactly as sent.
Chad is a perfect example of How Not to Get a Job.
From: chad
Sent: Saturday, January 26, 2008 2:12 PM
To: Troy Bettinger
Subject: Re: Let’s talk about Financial AnalystWell since im unemployed right now I dont really do anything besides look for a job, sleep and work out so whatever time works for you will most likely work for me. And for whatever reason the link works but i cant login, I tried to use the forgot login/password but everytime i submitted the only possibility it said not recognized, so im not really sure whats going on with that to be able to read the job summary.
From: chad
Sent: Monday, January 28, 2008 12:05 PM
To: Troy Bettinger
Subject: Re: Let’s talk about Financial AnalystSounds good, ill talk to you tommarow.
From: chad
Sent: Monday, January 28, 2008 4:16 PM
To: Troy Bettinger
Subject: Re: Let’s talk about Financial AnalystWell i got the password (thanks for the help with that) and i can login to the main page now but when i try and click on that link you sent me it says i have improper credientials. but i searched for financial analyst from that main page after logging in and i think i found the right description.
You may find it hard to believe, but we didn’t hire Chad.
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