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By Sean R. Nicholson The Skills feature of a LinkedIn profile is one of the most often overlooked features, but one that is critical to anyone leveraging LinkedIn to develop a social network or look for a job. In addition to listing your education and experience, the skills section can help your profile by adding [...]

With the economy picking back up, it’s only a matter of time before job turnover also starts speeding up again. Unsatisfied workers will begin looking for a better job environment and if your office morale is lacking, your company could be the one losing team members. But making some tweaks to your office and work [...]

Social media is primarily text-based. While there are sites that focus only on rich-media sharing (Instagram and YouTube, for example), they still allow comments, favorites and shares. When you want your social media profiles to stand out, it’s important to find your voice and then to maintain this consistent voice every time you post. This [...]

One of the most important skills a copy editor can have is a dirty, skeptical mind. If you can spot sexual innuendo from a mile away and pick up on unintended racial slurs, you might have a future in headline writing and proofreading. The people at these newspapers and websites clearly didn’t possess that necessary [...]

By Sean R. Nicholson Finding a social media professional to help you with your online activities can sometimes be a tough process. There are plenty of “experts”, “gurus” and “wizards” out there and many of them don’t have the experience you need. Hopefully, these 1o questions can help you in the process of finding someone [...]

It’s not that I find the pain of employees funny, but the shortsightedness of companies in their efforts to ignore new technologies always makes me wonder what they are thinking. Over the course of my career, I have worked for companies ranging from small boutique shops all the way up to Fortune 500 and 100 [...]

By Pedram Tabibi Recently I read an interesting article about whether Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn can really help people find a job. The article noted how nowadays, a college degree and even years of experience do not necessarily translate into a good job. This is especially true for young professionals entering the work force for [...]

By Pedram Tabibi Imagine landing a job interview. How do you prepare yourself?  You might read about the company, prep for questions, bring your résumé and arrive on time. Then, the interviewer begins by asking for the username and password of all your social media accounts. Surprised? Don’t be. Recent employment practices show your interview [...]

At some point, everyone – not just over-scheduled students, parents, and professionals – struggles with time management, organizing, and other components of a productive lifestyle. Everybody’s coping mechanism differs, of course, but experts in such fields still proffer a bevy of advice suitable for divergent needs. Most of them write books, speak, and maintain individual [...]

Legally tweeting: 5 legal issues for Twitter users By Pedram Tabibi ⋅ March 30, 2012 Twitter’s popularity is growing by the day, and the Tweet is now a daily (and preferred) method of communication for many.  According to a recent infographic, there are currently over 465 million registered Twitter accounts and well over 100 million [...]