Leverage the tools of social networking

Companies should not be afraid to embrace social networking sites.

Despite the current recession, buisness is still global. Social networking offers cost effective toolds to help keep employees and teams connected to each other and to management.

When we recover from this recession the knowledge of how to integrate social networking will provide a competiive edge to the companies who embraced it.

Social Networking. Time to turn on the privacy settings?

A survey by CareerBuilder.com of about 2,700 executives in America last year found that 45% of them looked at job candidates’ social-network pages as part of their research, and more than a third of those had unearthed information there that put them off hiring someone. Time to turn up those privacy settings?

In recessionary times it is very smart to stay in touch with as many social and professional contacts as possible. Reinforcing the connections with the people you work with and improving your ability to stay in touch with and expand your “network” of contacts, is a great way to join the digital revolution - in the unlikely event that you are not already on board. I’d like to share a quick and simple method that I use for researching contacts. CLICK HERE to read a short article I wrote.