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Mashable!:
Dan Schawbel is the author of Me 2.0: Build a Powerful Brand to Achieve Career Success, and owner of the award winning Personal Branding Blog.Between current economic conditions and the technological evolution of the Internet, the traditional approach most job seekers have taken in the past is no longer viable. The approach (Read More)
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: This was a great blog on Social Media job hunting, until point 5 which will look like desperation. Point 6 is stupid advice unless you have a media career, and rate 10/10 on the Heidi Klum people scale!
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LiveJournal, one of the longest-running online communities, is apparently being hit harder by the recession than most. The company has reportedly laid off 20 of 28 employees, “leaving only a handful of finance and operations workers.” The blogging site has gone through several changes in ownership since its inception, fir (Read More)
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Valleywag:
The bubble in social networking has burst, decisively. LiveJournal, the San Francisco-based arm of Sup, a Russian Internet startup, has cut about 20 of 28 employees — and offered them no severance, we're told. The quirky site, part blog and part social network, is best known for its users' weird obsessions — lik (Read More)
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—Tanking job market a boon for LinkedIn : While LinkedIn laid off some 10 percent of its staff in November, the financial crisis hasn't been all bad for the business-focused social network, USA Today reports. It has seen increases in performance stats like page views (up 9 percent), invitations sent (up 10 percent), connect (Read More)
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paidContent.org:
It's not surprising that during a downturn, the clear metrics and ROI offered by performance based ads are looking more attractive. But in his wide-ranging '09 outlook, JP Morgan analyst Imran Khans expects marketers to treasure performance-based ads even when the larger economy begins to grow again. So the market share gai (Read More)
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The LinkedIn Blog:
Some of you might have read my earlier blog post from last year on how LinkedIn can help you build a professional network that lasts. As we begin this New Year, I’d like to suggest four key ways in which LinkedIn can help you put your best foot forward professionally in 2009. Be found by people looking for your skills (Read More)
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paidContent:UK:
Social networks face a tough time in 2009, when the twin realities of disappointing ad sales and the worsening economy will dawn on the sector. Deloitte analyst Paul Lee's insightful forecast says the networks have quickly gathered, but failed to profit from, tens of millions of users: "Average revenue per user for some of (Read More)
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