If you're in PR, Marketing, Social Media, Journalism or any other word-centric profession you might think math, who needs it? Turns out, you really do. You'll be seen as an asset to your company if you can measure a campaign, turn likes and follows into actual hard data and can explain the numbers to your … Continue reading Math, smath
Are paper resumes outdated?
A recent article from CNN makes a pretty good case for the single page, double spaced resume to go the way of cassette tapes. The article quotes Gretchen Gunn, a principal at MGD Services, a staffing firm in Stockton, New Jersey as saying she doesn't accept paper resumes and instead asks for them electronically. Further, potential employees are … Continue reading Are paper resumes outdated?
Background Checks Now Include Twitter, Facebook and more
More and more employers are checking the social media profiles and posts of potential hires. Any post or group that could be taken out of context, or construed to make you out as "somebody who likes a racist joke, drinks too much booze or maybe is a bit too fond of guns" can be grounds … Continue reading Background Checks Now Include Twitter, Facebook and more
How to know when it’s time to go
The recent Quora question: How do you know when it's time to leave your current company and move on? is a good post to read no matter where you are in your career and regardless of your happiness level in your current job. As many of the respondents point out, there are red flags on … Continue reading How to know when it’s time to go
Managing email
For the millennial generation (full disclosure, I'm a millennial), email is too slow and no one uses the telephone. Texts are much faster, but the truth is the rest of the world still relies on email as a way to communicate. That means if you don't already, someday you will have multiple accounts to manage … Continue reading Managing email