All Entries Tagged With: "Facebook"
Your Boss Wants To Be Facebook Friends. Now What?!
By Donna Fuscaldo
You friend your family, acquaintances and even high school rivals but should you friend your boss on Facebook? Social networks have changed the way we communicate, share information and even find a job. But even if we don’t think…
Network Maintenance: Keep Your Old Connections
Much has been written about how to expand your professional network – attend events, make connections, build relationships, et cetera, ad nauseam. Building your network, of course, is a worthwhile pursuit, but while you’re busy looking for new connec…
7 Tips To Make Your Profile Picture Professional
By Justin Thompson
In past posts, we’ve offered up best practices for using social media in your job search. That’s because more and more recruiters and hiring managers are utilizing social networks to learn about and even contact potential candid…
Woman Cursed Out By Barbecue Restaurant, She Says, For Bad Yelp Review
More and more servers are outing customers who skip on their their tips. A Brooklyn delivery man has been uploading tales of bad tippers to his blog 15 Percent. Other slighted waitstaff have been venting their frustration on Lousy Tippers and Stained…
Study: Millennials’ Facebook Use Melds Work, Personal Lives
More people are jumping on the social media bandwagon. And for workers who post on popular social networking websites, such as Facebook and Twitter, the line between what to share with co-workers and friends is increasingly blurred.
That’s especial…
150 U.K. Police Officers Disciplined For Inappropriate Facebook Posts
It seems every week another employee gets fired or disciplined for posting an inappropriate something on Facebook. Some jobholders are particularly vulnerable, like teachers, who can get in trouble for uploading photos of themselves drinking, for exa…
Facebook And Bain & Company Employees Explain Why Their Companies Are Best Places To Work [Video]
Glassdoor’s fourth annual Employees’ Choice Awards reveal the 50 Best Places to Work in 2012, an award solely based on reviews by employees. Employees at the #1 company overall, Bain & Company, and the #1 tech company, Facebook went beyond the re…
The Best 50 Places To Work In 2012
Several publications produce lists of the best companies to work for. Fortune magazine analyzes metrics like benefits, voluntary turnover, and work/life balance to determine which employers are the best. The Boston Globe surveys employees at a couple…
USAJOBS Turns Frustration to Friendship With Social Media
When USAJOBS — the online portal for federal jobs — shut down for a few days in October to launch it’s new website, government job seekers and recruiters had high expectations for the potential features and functionality. With fresh updates that in…
Workers Fight Efforts By Employers To Stifle Facebook Posts
Criticizing your employer on social-media sites such as Facebook may not be the smartest career move there is, but can companies fire you for expressing such opinions?
It depends. Until recently, it was thought businesses had free rein to dismiss w…
