by Alex Putman | Mar 20, 2011 | Facebook, Human Resources, Location Based Social Networks, Social Media, Social Networking
[tweetmeme source=”alexputman”] I have wanted to post about “location-based social networks” for sometime now. I started doing my research on the basics; Facebook Places, Foursquare and Gowalla along with a handful of others. I loaded the...
by Alex Putman | Feb 6, 2011 | Human Resources, Social Media, Social Networking, social t-rex, socialtrex, Twitter
[tweetmeme source=”alexputman”] Several weeks ago I was on Twitter and my 7-year-old daughter walks in. She said “Daddy, are you on twitter again”? I asked, “what do you know about twitter”? Her response was a simple “I...
by Alex Putman | Dec 18, 2010 | Human Resources, LinkedIn, Slideshare, Social Media, Social Networking
[tweetmeme source=”alexputman”] Communities, Tribes, Social Networks; whatever term you use to describe “your peops” most people fall short on the most important thing in social media: Engagement! In this post I want to discuss how to best...
by Alex Putman | Nov 27, 2010 | Facebook, Human Resources, LinkedIn, Recruiting, Social Media, Social Networking, Talent Management, Twitter, YouTube
[tweetmeme source=”alexputman”] Many people (talent acquisition and human resources professionals) think of themselves as social media experts because they have a Facebook and/or a LinkedIn account. They update their status and even place job post (with...
by Alex Putman | Oct 28, 2010 | Human Resources, Job Search, LinkedIn, Resume
[tweetmeme source=”alexputman”] Remember the days of sending your resume via snail mail. You purchased the perfect stock of paper and envelope, addressed it ever so carefully, bought a….ugh…what’s that sticky thing called, oh yeah, a...