Tag Archives: social media

The buzz concerning social media for promoting an employment brand and recruiting has reached a fever pitch. What was once thought not possible, namely access to social media sites at many companies and agencies, is now possible.

Recently, Market Connections released their survey about Social Media in the Public Sector (see below) showcasing the changing tide in how government agencies and contractors can access social media to promote their organizations, support customer services and retain key top talent. Now that the gates have opened many are in a quandary as to how to implement. 

Start small. The pressure will be on many recruiting teams to implement all forms of social…

LinkedIn was launched in Reid Hoffman’s living room in 2003 and in this LinkedIn social origins CNN interview, Reid Hoffman shares how he started LinkedIn. LinkedIn had 40 million users in 2009, but today it has over 100 million. Of all the social networks, LinkedIn has always positioned itself as a professional network to connect professionals for career and business opportunities. When LinkedIn went public in May 2011, it was listed as a job board. Employers have been using LinkedIn from its inception as a tool to source candidates. And while LinkedIn has been around for 8 years, it has only been in the last few years that…

As the story goes, Facebook was started in a Harvard dorm room in 2003 and was used as part of a final assignment project. Since then it has grown considerably in its membership, features and challenges. Some of the major challenges with Facebook are that Facebook constantly changes how information is arranged and how to use some of the basic features. More than any other social media platform, Facebook is the one social network where a security cleared professional needs to thoroughly and frequently familiarize themselves with the profile Privacy and Security Settings because these do change or are enhanced frequently. Here are some reminders of online security…

Social media is now a common means of communicating, doing business and supporting career search and development. But as with everything there is a huge divide between those who adopted technology early and most of the rest of us.

I was reminded on a recent family visit that there is still healthy skepticism, suspicion and confusion about social media and technology. Just like explaining how to use a Droid phone to my mother — Droid is an operating system, not a style! — we need to lay a foundation and explain how the most prevalent social media tools are being used to support a career search. And while numerous articles…

Fred Wellman with General Petraeus in Iraq

Fred Wellman, President ScoutComms, brings us his weekly review of defense industry news via The Scout Report. Fred served over twenty years as an Army officer in both aviation and public affairs. You can follow Fred on Twitter @ScoutComms.

Special report: DoD’s Budget Quandary

Phil Ewing, DoD Buzz. Phil dispenses with the short blog format to do a deep dive on the defense budget challenges from a host of angles. It’s a nice little roll up of the many competing factors and realities that are getting muddled in the debate in D.C. right now.…