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Online IT Recruiting Site Puts on "Best Face" With Wowza Media Server Pro

MondayJobs, Ltd. is the UK's only IT recruiting site offering both free listings and free video CVs resumes. To further differentiate and enhance its services, MondayJobs envisioned a unique functionality that would let candidates put their "Best face forward" with video CVs to effectively sell their qualifications to prospective employers...

Tags: Information Technology, Video, CVS Corp., Wowza Media Systems, IT Recruiting Site, Corporate Communications, Strategy, Marketing, Management

Case studies 2007-10-01

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How to know when to send your email to the cloud

RE: How to know when to send your email to the cloudEverything you need to know...China Expands Cyberspying in U.S., Report Says http://online.wsj.com/article/SB125616872684400273.html?mod=WSJ_hpp_MIDDLTopStoriesI'm right with youCorporate data needs to be behind the firewall and under total control of the IT department and the legal departments policies.NeverI would never use the...

Tags: e-mail, Google Inc., e-mail server, server

Discussion threads 2009-10-22

Perks for all workers: remote/metro, small/large firms, etc.

Leveling the playing field for workers' perks I’m on the board of a firm with operations throughout the United States. About half of their workforce and plants are in major metropolitan areas while the other half are in some pretty remote areas. Management is challenged to find...

Tags: Employee, Worker, Next Jump, Brian Sommer

Blog posts 2009-09-25

The disruptive nature of cloud computing

Maybe a little overstated don't you think?Let's really think about the amount of disruption from 1-10 on these examples: Gas Lamps to Light bulbs 10, nobody uses gas lamps anymore. Steel Mill example, maybe an 8 or 9. Open Source a 7 because even those that haven't used it benefitted...

Tags: Virtualization, cloud computing

Discussion threads 2009-08-12

Fortune 500 Series: How EMC used social media to recruit, re-brand, rebuild

EMC can best be described as an entity. Not only in the Fortune 500, the infrastructure information provider was recognized by Fortune as one of the 10 most admired companies for product and service quality. This success didn't come easy to the giant, which needed to significantly rebuild its business...

Tags: Social Networking, Brand, Social Media, EMC Corp., Storage, Hardware, Jennifer Leggio

Blog posts 2009-08-11

Job-seeking college grads may require an extreme social networking makeover

Job-seeking college grads may require an extreme social networking makeoverJob-seeking college grads may require an extreme social networking makeoverI don't know, I think the keg stand pics should stay. It shows that the student can cooperate in teamwork and be social, both of which are good for any employer....

Tags: Recruitment & Selection, job, extreme social networking, Job-seeking college, social networking, network, recruiting, jobseeker, Facebook

Discussion threads 2009-07-27

The Reference Letter Redux

Brian Revisits an Earlier Blog Believe it or not, I read the comments that many of you post to my blogs. I read them all. When I covered the Satyam saga, layoff rumors and other topics, the topics generated a lot of comments. However, few comments really...

Tags: Reference, Herewith, Chances, Sales Strategy, Social Networking, Recruitment & Selection, Sales Force Management, Sales, Online Communications, Marketing, Advertising & Promotion, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Brian Sommer

Blog posts 2009-07-07

H-1B legislation to watch - What it's really about

Both L-1 and H-1B visa law changes could impact SIs, outsourcers and more Dick Durbin is one-half of the Durbin-Grassley senatorial duo that is proposing new legislation re: H-1B and L-1 visas. Lately, a number of publications have opined about the latest proposed legislation and its impact...

Tags: Legislation, Worker, Dick Durbin, DOL, Enforcement Issue, H-1B, Human Resources, Labor Relations, Brian Sommer

Blog posts 2009-06-05

Google outage isn't reason enough to avoid a cloud strategy

Google outage isn't reason enough to avoid a cloud strategyhybrid approachThe hybrid approach is really the only approach you can afford, not "at least initially", but forever or until proven stable enough for you.Most people DO have a hybrid approach, with apps both local and cloud, so when their online...

Tags: Manufacturing, Cloud strategy, Google Inc., outage, strategy

Discussion threads 2009-05-14

Burton Group study reveals enterprise social networking priorities

Burton Group principal analyst Mike Gotta recently published the first of six parts of his Enterprise Social Networks Field Research Study. The study aims to determine whether or not social networking has reached critical mass within the enterprise or if the concept is merely buzz. The first...

Tags: Burton Group, Network, Social Networking, Online Communications, Marketing, Advertising & Promotion, Jennifer Leggio

Blog posts 2009-03-24

Enterprise 2.0: innovation is the name of the game

I'm at the Microsoft FastForward conference in Las Vegas, and seeing and hearing quite a bit about the growing movement to open up enterprises and drive greater innovation with Enterprise 2.0.  Here are some observations: There's what I call it the LIFT phenomenon -- Linked In, Facebook,...

Tags: Game, Innovation, Network, Social Media, Enterprise 2.0, Social Networking, Online Communications, Marketing, Advertising & Promotion, Joe McKendrick

Blog posts 2009-02-10

DreamForce clouds deluge San Francisco

Rock legend Neil Young surprised and delighted the audience at SalesForce's DreamForce conference today by having his electric and natural gas powered 1959 Lincoln Continental Mk IV convertible driven onto the stage silent and beautiful as the clouds above San Francisco unleashed intermittent torrential rain. ...

Tags: Facebook, Sales Force, Neil Young, Sales Force Management, Sales, Oliver Marks

Blog posts 2008-11-03

Facebook, Salesforce.com aim to create common developer network

Facebook and Salesforce.com today announced that the two companies will partner to make it easier for Force.com developers to utilize Facebook's API while creating hosted applications. According to Facebook, the new relationship is designed to create a more established development community between Facebook's 120 million users and Salesforce.com's 100,000 developers....

Tags: Salesforce.com Inc., Facebook, Network, Force.com, Sales Force Management, Sales, Jennifer Leggio

Blog posts 2008-11-03

Inside India's CAPTCHA solving economy

No CAPTCHA can survive a human that's receiving financial incentives for solving it, and with an army of low-waged human CAPTCHA solvers officially in the business of "data processing" while earning a mere $2 for solving a thousand CAPTCHA's, I'm already starting to see evidence of consolidation between India's major...

Tags: CAPTCHA, Dancho Danchev

Blog posts 2008-08-29

Look Now: Digital TV Transition Already Here

The digital television transition has begun. And it has little to do with Feb. 17, 2009. Yah, that’s the date that all local TV broadcasters have to be sending out all their signals in digital form. And there are going to be a handful of clueless TV...

Tags: Advertisement, Digital Television, Digital Television Transition, TVs, Tv & Home Theater, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, Tom Steinert-Threlkeld

Blog posts 2008-06-15

Oil's superspike may make telecommuting the norm

Oil's superspike may make telecommuting the normUnlike the Music Industry - Never heard of "oil payola"Superspike? Really. It's interesting that we have so much of the stuff that why don't the companies start paying us to use their fuel? I guess that would probably be "illegal" at...

Tags: Gas Prices, telecommuting

Discussion threads 2008-05-09

What would News Corp. do with LinkedIn?

Last week, Mike Butcher of TechCrunch UK reported that News Corp. was in talks to buy the professional networking site LinkedIn. As well as claiming a "well-placed" source, Butcher speculates that an acquisition on News Corp.'s part, makes a lot of sense, as social networks are replacing newspaper classified ads...

Tags: Advertisement, Aspect, Network, LinkedIn, News Corp., Networking, Steve O'Hear

Blog posts 2007-11-28

The Halo 3 effect and its impact on Blackwater's future

Guest post: Chris Matyszczyk ruminates on the arrival of Halo 3 and finds connections between the video game, lattes, aspiring snipers, Blackwater and Britney. A couple of weeks ago, Wolf, the innocent-looking boy who makes my latte extra hot, seemed a little extra hot himself. Even...

Tags: Corporate Communications, Dan Farber, Game, Games, Marketing, Nothing, Personal Technology, Video, Video Game, Wolf

Blog posts 2007-10-07

Irony Dept: Thanks to social nets, Craigslist, etc, pro recruiters may have to find new careers

Irony Dept: Thanks to social nets, Craigslist, etc, pro recruiters may have to find new careersFunny you should mention this now.I just got done applying for a local job on the internet wherever they are, much easier than going to a brick-and-mortar a few miles down the road.As far as...

Tags: Professional development, Recruitment & Selection, pro recruiter, social net, new career, Craigslist, career

Discussion threads 2007-07-30

Irony Dept: Thanks to social nets, Craigslist, etc, pro recruiters may have to find new careers

If you're a professional recruiter (particularly one that works for a recruiting/headhunting firm), then it's probably time to start thinking about a career change. The reason? Once money starts talking, the mob of Internet users-cum-recruiters will be impossible to compete against. By "money talking," I mean, once employers start...

Tags: Web technology, General

Blog posts 2007-07-30