What is the quickest way to make oneself an undesirable candidate for future employment? What is the quickest way to damage your brand reputation? To answer the first question, it’s as easy as writing a blog post where you slam your former employer for i) firing you over email and ii) proceed to detail your [...]
One year ago today I launched SPARKER Strategy Group with a formal social media kick-off event at a local Winnipeg restaurant. My dear friend and social media marketing BFF, Jennifer Powell of Hart and Galla, helped pop the cork on this endeavour and it’s been non-stop ever since. SPARKER Strategy Group is like my fourth [...]
Reports are surfacing about Facebook poised to jump into the #HR and #recruitment game by becoming the newest job posting site in coming months. While this may be causing tremors among the executives at LinkedIn and Monster.com, the ones who should be most concerned are Facebook users who will likely be risking their personal and [...]
Whenever I meet someone new at a networking event or come across a new name in my Follower stream on Twitter, it is highly likely the next thing I’m going to do is check out their LinkedIn profile. (Don’t blush; I know you do it too.) And yet, it never ceases to amaze me how [...]
How often do you visit your ‘About’ section on Facebook? If you’re like most people, the answer is likely not very often. Most of us filled out that information when we signed up for Facebook then quickly forgot about it. Last year Facebook launched a branded email program where they encouraged users to sign-up for [...]
