Social Media Perspective from a Left Coast Architect

I know that advertising and public relations folks are really focusing on these interactive social media, because I’ve seen this happen in several professional environments in which I circulate. But for the average working stiff many of these things are major time sinkholes.
All my colleagues have played with twitter, for example, likewise with facebook–and abandoned [...]

Job websites and open resumes

I was recently asked the question whether you should open your resume on websites such a TheLadder.com or other senior executive sites. My answer is empatically no. It’s no whether you have a job or not. Here’s why:
If you have a job:

HR Dept use these sites. Companies make them use it whether they want to [...]

Bloomberg or Bust

Well, I busted. I couldn’t in good conscience vote for this guy. Did he do a good job the last 8 years? I think so. Am I happy with his approach to public schools? Pretty much–though I don’t understand why our part of Brooklyn (Park Slope) doesn’t have a decent high school. So why am [...]

Interesting blog

Many years ago I interviewed the guy who writes this blog: http://go-digital.net/blog/.
I thought he was brilliant then and even more so now. Too bad my clients at the time couldn’t see this. So what kinds of lessons does this teach me about the type of candidates I find and those that find me–and tidbits I [...]

Open Jobs

Looking for the following immediately:

senior manager for nothern NJ company, must have either dm/email or digtial crm, not commutable by public transportation
Online campaign manager: end to end management, creative, online acquisitions, value of leads, email, display,SEO
Online DM manager: end to end program management, lists, merge, purge, creative development, analysis

Smart Phones replace computers

http://www.usatoday.com/tech/news/2009-10-20-social-network-smartphone_N.htm
Great article. How do marketers and advertisers capitalize on the use of smart phones for everything?

Networks too big???

This past Sunday there was a rather intriguing article in the NYT Jobs section titled “Networks too big for their own good” http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/18/jobs/18pre.html?_r=1&scp=1&sq=networks%20too%20big%20for%20their%20own%20good&st=cse
It was a rather intriguing article about the effect of having too many connections and how much empasis is placed on who you know rather than what you’ve done. The article goes on [...]

Brand People Beware (and not because it’s halloween)

A friend sent me this link. I thought I’d share…I’ll comment later.
http://adage.com/cmostrategy/article?article_id=139593

Should you stay or should you go?

I meant to comment last week about the NYtimes Sundayjobs section. The article addressed what to do if you were passed over for a promotion–either someone else getting promoted into the spot you wanted or bringing someone in from the outside. It discussed how not to be confrontational with the decision makers, try to find [...]

Culture Research

One of my professional groups sent me a link to a research study about how cultural fit affects your job. They looked at various questions across male/female–different countries and a few other criteria.  Here’s the link:
http://www.adc.uk.com/page.aspx/239/Research_Findings
I would love opinions about the value of this research and what companies could learn about how to apply cultural [...]