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2009 November

Build Your Network With Top Users And Popular Groups

By Alexis Grant | 3 Comments | November 30, 2009

The biggest benefit that Brazen Careerist provides is the ability to meet and connect with other young professionals from all over the world. Making those connections and continuing the relationship both on the site and off, can lead to new jobs, new businesses and even new friendships. We just released two new features that make […] Read »

Death and Facebook

By Vintage Brazen | No Comments | November 30, 2009

How a friend’s Facebook wall became a digital memorial to him after his sudden death–and how grieving in the Facebook age has changed. Read »

Use Social Media to Make Every Employee a Recruiter

By Ryan Healy | No Comments | November 23, 2009

This post was originally posted at Employee Evolution Linkedin started the concept of Social Recruiting when they launched in 2003, and now it’s the buzz of the recruiting world. ERE just hosted a social recruiting conference to discuss the do’s and don’ts of social recruiting. Of course, some of the hot topics are around whether Twitter, Facebook […] Read »

Follow Group Activity From Your Fan Feed

By Ryan Healy | 1 Comment | November 15, 2009

We rolled out an improvement to the fan feed that lets you follow all of the conversations going on in your groups. Before this release, your fan feed displayed what your fans were doing, but the only way to see all of your group activity was to go directly to the group or to receive […] Read »

What Does “Experience” Really Mean?

By Vintage Brazen | No Comments | November 13, 2009

When a company says you must have three to five years of experience, what does that mean? What “counts” as “experience” these days? Read »

Forget Work-Life Balance And Build A Lifestyle

By Ryan Healy | No Comments | November 12, 2009

This post was originially posted at Employee Evolution In a recent talk, Tony Hsieh, the CEO and founder of Zappos was asked about how the company manages work-life balance. Hsieh replied, “For most companies (work-life balance) implies that work must suck so much you need a life on the outside. At Zappos we’re more focused on creating […] Read »