In the last few weeks, there has been much discussion about a study that came out which reviewed recruiters’ resume scanning behavior. The key points of the study show that recruiters only scan resumes for 6 seconds and look for key pieces of information such as name, current title and company, past titles and company,Read… Read more »
I was privileged to see in person the flybys and final landing of NASA905 and Discovery yesterday at Dulles. The event vividly brought back my boyhood dreams of being an an astronaut and the thrill of space exploration. Today, I want to share with you terrific insider’s blog and lesson learned on “How We NearlyRead… Read more »
Jay Deragon has written a post, Social Shifts In Thinking, about how the American economy has fundamentally changed, and not for the first time! It’s a short post, well worth a read. His last sentence is You can’t see the solutions unless you change how to think about solutions. The same day I was treatedRead… Read more »
One question I was asked at the last Social Media Surgery was – could I say something about employers access to employees Facebook accounts. Yes I can. There has been a trend in the US of employers asking to have access to employees Facebook accounts. This has gone so far that Facebook have reacted toRead… Read more »
Do you struggle with this too? It can take different forms: ‘Doing it yourself’ when it would be better to let someone else handle it. Gold plating, which is adding more features because you think they are ‘cool’. Putting extra effort towards something other than your product without any potential value to the customer. AndRead… Read more »
Over the past week, we have been inundated with articles surfacing in response to the UK government’s first open standards roundtable discussion hosted by the Cabinet Office that was held on the 4th of April. It was described as “a resounding call to scrap the government’s policy on open standards“, as Mark Ballard from ComputerRead… Read more »
Mark Drapeau (Washington, DC) — Even when a successful nonprofit takes in a lot of money, much of it is earmarked for carrying out their main mission. Things like advertising, design work, and other activities, while valuable, are expendable if funds are limited. Now, a creative services company is helping them, pro bono. Crowdspring– aRead… Read more »
Hi Everyone, I just wanted to take a minute to put an upcoming event in Ottawa on your radar. Indochino, a (Canadian!) custom menswear company is coming to Ottawa next week as part of its Travelling Tailor promotion and from what I’ve heard from friends in Vancouver and Calgary this is like the Apple StoreRead… Read more »
So, many, many things I’d like to blog upon at the moment. I’m in Brasilia at the Open Government Partnership meeting, so obviously lots to talk about there, and, of course, Canada Post has completely lost it and is suing a company over postal code data but it’s been twenty hour days and those postRead… Read more »
I’ve just been let know that the Australian Centre for Broadband Innovation (ACBI) is hosting a Broadband Apps Day at Australian Technology Park in Sydney on Friday 27 April. As their summary about the event states, Apps – simple, useful applications that run on smart phones and tablets – are becoming increasingly popular, but whereRead… Read more »
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