Shally's Blog
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Google now has "instant search"
Last night you may have noticed the Google logo went "grey" until you started typing into the search box. That was their way of hinting about the new "Google Instant" - an enhancement that runs your querry as you type. Google says they created Google Instant because people type slowly, but read quickly, typically taking a tenth of the time to glance at another part of the page. According to Google, a typical searcher spends nine seconds entering a query, and 15 seconds searching for answers.... |
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SEO tip for your LinkedIn Websites
A common SEO recommendation is to include "Website" links on your LinkedIn page. Unfortunately LinkedIn has recently succumbed to pressure from Google and made most of those links "no-follow" to search engine spiders to stop abuses from SEO "spammers." What this means is those links do not show up to search engines, thus negating their SEO value. BUT... with two exceptions! You can add or edit your links from Profile > Edit Profile. Click on Edit. The choices for website links are: My... |
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Recruiting with the "wayback machine" for Twitter
Are old tweets good tweets? Sometimes! While the main purpose of status updates is to answer the "what are you doing right now" question for our friends and followers, historical data can also prove very useful to recruiters. SnapBird lets you find other people's Twitter messages posted much further back than what's archived in the results of Twitter search itself. You just need to know their Twitter username. For example, Glenn's handle is gutmach, so type that in the "Who?" field. Type your... |
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Making Sense out of the Unemployment Numbers
I really like Bob Marshall's positivity regarding the unemployment rate so I thought I would share his message with you. This is what he wrote: Bob Marshall’s BLS Analysis 8/6/10 The unemployment rate is published by the Bureau of Labor Statistics, a division of the US Department of Labor. The rate is found by dividing the number of unemployed by the total civilian labor force. On August 6, 2010, the BLS published the most recent unemployment rate for July, 2010 of 9.5% (actually it is... |
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Lissa with nephew Sha'an
Shooed! Whopee! Playing catch Put the phone down and catch dad! |
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Guest Blog Post - Is Unemployment Really that Bad?
I received an email from a friend, Bob Marshall, about "real" unemployment and I thought what he had to say was so interesting it was worth sharing. Here's what he wrote: Bob Marshall’s BLS Analysis; 6/4/10 The unemployment rate is published by the Bureau of Labor Statistics, a division of the US Department of Labor. The rate is found by dividing the number of unemployed by the total civilian labor force. On June 4, 2010, the BLS published the most recent unemployment rate... |
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Searching LinkedIn Public Profiles by Metropolitant Area using Search Engines
JayT asks a great question on my Recruiting Trends article titled "Is LinkedIn Actively Preventing Recruiters from Searching Profiles via Google?" He wants to know how to do a "radius" search using the site:TLD.linkedin.com hack for profiles located outside the US. Not all countries are broken down by metro area. I've discovered 97 TLDs in use, but only 20 have metro areas. The biggest ones are of course the US, Canada and the UK.Using the UK as an example, you can search for:site:uk.linkedin.com... |
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Introducing the Australasian Researchers Network
I've always been a HUGE fan of Australia ever since I was a little kid and picked up a book about Australia. I even did a show-and-tell in school and brought pictures of platypus, echidnas, kookaburras, and wombats. During my postsecondary education I took a year sabbatical to go live there and adventure around the country on a motorcycle from 1992 to 1993. It was the best year of my young adulthood, second only to my Peace Corps experience in how it influenced the person I have become. I've visited... |