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The Cure For Fake Harmony

This is a repost with permissiobn from EmilyBennington.com. Gallup recently reported that 71% of American workers are either “not engaged” or “actively disengaged” in their work. Wha? Imagine if only one-third of your team were top performers while the other three-quarters just phoned it in. How would you ever get anything done? Fortunately, there is [...]

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‘Tough Love’ for Job Seekers. Time to Change Your Outlook?

Editorial Note: This was previously written and reprinted with permission By Charles Purdy, Monster.com Senior Editor Recently, via our @MonsterCareers twitter handle, I had a brief discussion with someone about a topic that comes up sometimes when I talk one-on-one with job seekers: the notion that recruiters assess people using “unfair” methods. I’ll call him [...]

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5 Drivers of Business Innovation

Innovation is critical not only to business success, but to its very survival.  Why is innovation so important? Fresh approaches, new ways of delivering ideas, visual and content changes all keep people interested and coming back. Innovation is NOT exclusive to big brands, but is, in fact, essential for ALL brands. Fast Company lists the Top 50 Most Innovative Companies, those firms [...]

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4 Social Media Practices That Boost Results

Is your business in the current social media cycle? If not, then you seriously need to think about changing that. Here’s the reality and the truth … Social Media is NOT a fad. It has done nothing but grow in use and popularity since its inception. And now, in 2012, people are going beyond blogging [...]

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9 Percent of Facebook Users ‘Friend’ Coworkers Without Privacy Settings

This article is by Charles Purdy, Senior Editor of Monster . We recently asked visitors to Monster.com, “Do you typically connect with your coworkers on Facebook?” Here’s what they had to say: Yes: I connect with my coworkers; my Facebook is an open book. 6% Yes: I connect with my coworkers, but I limit what they [...]

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Social Proof is Tangible and Measurable!

For anyone who still has any reservations about social media marketing, blogging, video, content marketing, mobile and online marketing, there is tangible, measurable  ”social proof” that not only does it work but is the leading media now. Social Proof  is a credibility, measurable source of success results and metrics.  Are you still questioning it? Don’t. [...]

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