Why Blogging Best Practices Are BS
Posted on March 4, 2014 Leave a Comment
Paris Syndrome is a psychological disorder, clinically proven, that, while rare, presents itself in very specific situations: almost unilaterally, it affects Japanese tourists visiting Paris, hence its name (although, occasional cases have been documented in Florence).
In many cases, these tourists report to having either full blown panic attacks or outbursts of pure mania, visual and aural hallucinations as well as a complete sense of disorientation, or an out of body, uncontrollable experience.
Press Release Released For Sake of Releasing Press Release
Posted on February 14, 2014 Leave a Comment
TALENT, OREGON – Feb 11, 2014 (WORTHLESS WIRE) — GenericTech, a leading provider of people empowerment solutions, announced today that the company is putting out a press release simply for the purposes of putting out a press release.
This revolutionary PR approach goes far beyond traditional content marketing to focus on an engaging user experience for any clients who might happen to click on the “In the News” section of GenericTech’s “About Us” company page, showcasing that, by virtue of their ability to spend money on a wire service, that they are truly an HR Technology that’s built to last and grow with any size business, despite a lack of investors or actual clients.
More Fun With Stalking/Sourcing on Twitter.
Posted on February 13, 2014 5 Comments
I’ve already written a post about how to stalk someone via Twitter for sourcing and recruiting, but I thought that it might be interesting to try showing an example of how job seekers might be able to apply this trick to proactively engaging with recruiters. Recruiters talk a lot about ‘candidate experience,’ but here’s a chance to actually get feedback (or at least get noticed) if you’re a job seeker. This is a real life example, so my apologies to my target, but again, all information here is publicly available.
The Gospel of Social Recruiting
Posted on February 12, 2014 8 Comments
I’m no theologian – my apologetics tend to be limited to defending snarky blog comments – but one thing that’s always struck me as kind of odd is the striking semblance that social has kind of always had to spirituality.
I’m not talking about those who would, like the Pharisees, display their faith by live tweeting televangelists (and based on Joel Osteen’s hash tag, this actually exists). The whole dialogue around social media in general, social media for recruiting in particular, has always had the same characteristics as a religion.
A Questionable Post: Interviewing’s Greatest Weakness
Posted on February 3, 2014 1 Comment
If you want interviewing advice, there’s literally millions of options out there, and more or less, most of them say exactly the same thing. “Research the company, prepare questions to ask, show up 10 minutes early, make eye contact,” the sort of thing that seems pretty obvious to any candidate who makes it through even a perfunctory screening process.
The thing that none of these posts tell you, however, is the fact that if you prepare for and approach an interview by more or less doing the same stuff as everyone else, you’re not doing yourself any favors.
Snark Attack 