If you’re only using LinkedIn as a glorified business-card collector, an email replacement or some kind of Facebook counterpart for business contacts, you’re missing out on its recruitment potential.
With 200 million users, LinkedIn has been making great strides lately to offer better tools for searching and posting jobs. With that in mind, here are five ways your small business can use LinkedIn to catch the next great candidate.
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Saturday, May 4, 2013
5 quick steps for using LinkedIn for recruitment
Saturday, September 1, 2012
The truth about cat people and dog people
Are you a dog person or a cat person? It’s likely that you align yourself with one of these labels, and research shows that your preference for one animal or the other reveals a bit about your personality.
Sixty-two percent of U.S. households have a pet, according to the American Pet Products Association. Dogs are the most popular pets with 39 percent of U.S. households owning at least one canine, but cats come in second with 33 percent of U.S. households having at least one cat.
But can our choice of furry friend really say something about who we are? Sometimes.
Friday, August 31, 2012
Quake of 7.6 magnitude strikes off Philippines: USGS
(Reuters) - An earthquake of 7.6 magnitude struck off the Philippines on Friday destroying roads and bridges and sending people fleeing to higher ground in fear of a tsunami.
The quake was centered off the east coast, 91 miles off the town of Guiuan in Samar province at a depth of about 20 miles, the U.S. Geological Survey said.
The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center issued a tsunami warning for much of the region, but later scaled it back leaving it in place for the Philippines and Indonesia.
"People are fleeing to higher ground," Samar congressman, Ben Evardone, told local radio.
A disaster agency official said residents in the area should get to higher ground immediately.
"Strong earthquake here in Taft, Eastern Samar! And it lasted very long too!" Evardone said by text message earlier. He said the quake had destroyed some roads and bridges.
There were no immediate reports of casualties.
Monday, August 27, 2012
Besse Cooper - World’s Oldest Person, Turns 116
It’s difficult enough to fit 16 candles on a birthday cake, but trying squeezing 116 on one.
But Besse Cooper, the world’s oldest person according to the Guinness World Records, chose to use numbers instead of actual candles when she celebrated her 116th birthday Sunday. Guinness claims Cooper is one of only eight people who have reached 116.
In honor of Cooper’s achievement, a bridge was named after her in Monroe, Ga., where she lives by the Walton County Board of Commissioners, according to the Walton Tribune. A ribbon cutting ceremony was held Friday, Aug. 24 for the bridge opening.
Monday, August 20, 2012
Early Facebook investor Peter Thiel sells majority of shares
PayPal co-founder and former CEO Peter Thiel.
Peter Thiel, one of the earliest investors in Facebook, has sold the majority of his stake in the social networking company, according to a financial document filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on Monday.
Thiel has been involved with the company since August 2004, when he put $500,000 into the social network start-up.
The filing shows that the German-born billionaire and co-founder of PayPal sold almost 20 million shares last Thursday and Friday. CNN Money reports that the investor and his funds should get about $395.8 million from the sale.
Monday, August 13, 2012
'Two New Pyramids' Found On Google Earth
The potentially important sites, standing 90 miles apart, are made up of unusual-shaped mounds, according to archaeology researcher Angela Micol.
Ms Micol has spent the past 10 years searching for ancient sites from space using Google Earth.
The first area stands in Upper Egypt, some 12 miles from the city of Abu Sidhum along the Nile.
It includes a 620ft-wide triangular plateau - almost three times the size of the Great Pyramid.
"Upon closer examination of the formation, this mound appears to have a very flat top and a curiously symmetrical triangular shape that has been heavily eroded with time," she said.
Sunday, June 24, 2012
Scientists unlock animal intelligence
A 5 1/2-year-old chimpanzee named Ayumu performs a memory test with randomly-placed consecutive Arabic numerals, which are later masked, accurately duplicating the lineup on a touch screen computer. Chimps could memorise the nine numerals much faster and more accurately than human adults. Photo: Primate Research Institute of Ky
Meet the apes - and other animals - that can memorise 10,000 pictures, use tools, recogise words, express empathy and put humans to shame at a touch-screen number game.
The more we study animals, the less special we seem.
Thursday, June 21, 2012
James, Heat on brink of a title
LeBron is on LeBrink, a victory from winning his first NBA title. Appearing relaxed Wednesday, he said he has recovered well from the cramping issues that knocked him out of Game 4.He apologized for his performance in last year's NBA Finals and what he called his immaturity toward fans and media afterward. He appears completely different now, more comfortable on and off the court and seeming to have figured out everything it takes to become a champion.
He's almost there, but won't think about it until his Miami Heat have picked up one more victory.
"As crazy as it sounds, I haven't got caught up in it," James said. "I won't get caught up in it because I'm not going to let, you know — the human nature is to automatically think about after we win it, what are we going to do. I'm not there. I won't get there until those zeros hit and I see that we won.
"I'm the leader of this team, and I'm not comfortable right now. I'm comfortable in my game, but I'm not going to be comfortable until we seal this thing."
The Heat have three cracks at, starting with Game 5 on Thursday on their home floor. No team has overcome a 3-1 deficit in the finals, but the Thunder already wiped out one big hole just one round ago in the Western Conference finals.
Wednesday, June 20, 2012
Worst Fast Food Chain Service
NEW YORK, NY - MARCH 06: A general view of the Golden Arches of McDonald's fast food restaurant in Times Square …Guess many McDonald's customers aren't lovin' it. McDonald's finished last in a ranking of its restaurant peers in a report released Tuesday by the American Consumer Satisfaction Index(ACSI). Fast food restaurants Papa John's, Subway and Taco Bell all scored better than the burger giant. Among restaurants specializing in burgers, Wendy's led the pack, followed by Burger King. The ranking isn't new territory for McDonald's, which serves 68 million customers per day. Except for 2009, when McDonald's edged ahead of of KFC and Burger King by a percentage point, McDonald's has consistently placed last in the ranking since 1995.
But Mickey D's is steadily improving. Its 73 percent satisfaction score in 2012 is a substantial gain from its all-time low of 59 percent in 2000.
McDonald's issued a statement in response to the findings: "At McDonald’s, customer satisfaction has, and continues to be, a top priority. We take all customer feedback seriously. Our internal and third-party research shows that we continue to make progress in satisfying our customers. Business results also reinforce this. In fact, the producers of the American Customer Satisfaction index said that McDonald’s customer satisfaction is at an all-time high. Still, we know we can do more by continuing to offer our customers great value, menu variety and a positive service experience every time they visit our restaurants.”
Saturday, June 16, 2012
China Sends First Female Astronaut To Space
China sent its first woman into space on Saturday after training to be an astronaut for the past two years.
Chinese first woman astronaut Liu Yang salutes as she was introduced during a press conference at the Jiuquan space base, north China's Gansu province on June 15, 2012.
The U.S. might have abandoned the space race, considering it a waste of money in a country running towards the edge of a fiscal cliff. But China and Russia are boldly going where few men have gone before, and even fewer women. Especially Asian women.
The Shenzhou IX rocket lifted off carrying 33 year old female astronaut Liu Yang and male astronauts Jing Haipeng and Liu Wang today.
The crew will stay in space for more than 10 days, during which time they will perform scientific experiments and the country’s first manual space docking — a complicated procedure that brings two vessels together in high-speed orbit.
The launch was broadcast live on China Central Television.
A camera recorded the three astronauts in the craft before and after take-off. A red placard with the Chinese character “Fu,” a symbol for good fortune, hung above them. Liu Yang, a former China Air Force pilot, was seen smiling frequently and when a crewmate’s pen floated toward her once they were free of gravity, she volleyed it back to him. Flight leader, 46-year-old Jing Haipeng, held Liu’s hand at one point in the footage. The third crew member, 43-year-old Liu Wang, will take charge of the manual docking and the medical experiments.
World Naked Bike Ride: Toronto cyclists bare down
Riders hit the road at the start of the World Naked Bike Ride at Coronation Park in Toronto on Saturday.
Nobody should have been taken aback on Saturday to see some 150 stripped loins wheeling past Exhibition Place.
It was at Coronation Park, just outside the Princes’ Gates, where Toronto participants in the eighth annual World Naked Bike Ride bared down and headed downtown to protest automobile pollution and the dangers cars pose to cyclists everyday.
Call it the Tour de No Pants. Taking place in 70 cities in 20 countries, the WNBR is billed as “THE global protest against oil dependency.”
“I do it because I’m horrified by Stephen Harper’s obscene gutting of environmental legislation,” says Leif Harmsen, one of the event’s informal organizers. “And one of the most wonderful things you can do is ride around this wonderful city feeling the wonderful breeze.”
Thursday, June 14, 2012
Nokia to cut one in five jobs
PARIS (Reuters) - Nokia plans to cut one in five jobs at its global cellphone business as it loses market share to rivals Apple and Samsung and burns through cash, raising new fears over its future.
In a second profit warning in nine weeks, Nokia said on Thursday that its phone business would post a deeper-than-expected loss in the second quarter due to tougher competition.
Once the world's dominant mobile phone provider, Nokia was wrongfooted by the rise of smartphones and is struggling to keep up with Apple, Samsumg and Google. It is also losing market share in cheaper, more basic phones.
Monday, June 11, 2012
Bob Arum requests judging review
The fallout from the controversial decision in the Manny Pacquiao-Timothy Bradley Jr. welterweight title fight continued on Monday as Top Rank promoter Bob Arum said he has submitted a formal request to the office of Nevada Attorney General Catherine Cortez Masto for a "full and complete inquiry into the circumstances surrounding the scoring" of Saturday's fight at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas.
Bradley was awarded a split decision and a 147-pound world title in a result that prompted worldwide condemnation because most thought Pacquiao dominated the fight.
However, judges Duane Ford and C.J. Ross, appointed by the Nevada State Athletic commission, each scored the fight 115-113 in favor of Bradley, a junior welterweight titleholder who had moved up in weight to challenge Pacquiao for his belt. Judge Jerry Roth scored the fight 115-113 in Pacquiao's favor.
Sunday, June 10, 2012
California megachurch Crystal Cathedral gets new name
The iconic, glass-paned megachurch founded by "Hour of Power" televangelist Robert Schuller was sold to the The Roman Catholic Diocese of Orange last year. On Saturday, Bishop Tod Brown renamed it Christ Cathedral during a priest ordination and named Christopher H. Smith to the top post of the new church.
The Garden Grove cathedral's name came after more than 4,100 submissions from Catholics all over the world.
Schuller retired in 2006 after seeing his ministry that began at a drive-in movie theater evolve into a global televangelist empire. But after a botched leadership transition to his son, donations began to plummet and in 2010, the Crystal Cathedral sought bankruptcy protection.
Saturday, June 9, 2012
Britons want Prince Charles as next king
Prince Charles has overtaken his son William as the people's preferred successor to Queen Elizabeth II in the wake of her diamond jubilee. Photo: Getty Images
Prince Charles has overtaken his son William as the people's preferred successor to Queen Elizabeth II in the wake of her diamond jubilee.
YouGov's poll for The Sunday Times newspaper found that 44 per cent of respondents want Charles to succeed his mother, with 38 per cent opting for William.
The figures have been exactly reversed since a poll two weeks ago, suggesting Britons were impressed by how Charles stood in for his ill father Prince Philip at last weekend's festivities marking the Queen's 60-year reign.
Friday, June 8, 2012
What the password leaks mean to you (FAQ)
LastPass has created a site where people can check to see if their password for LinkedIn or eHarmony was among those posted to a hacker forum.(Credit: LastPass)
Three companies have warned users in the last 24 hours that their customers' passwords appear to be floating around on the Internet, including on a Russian forum where hackers boasted about cracking them. I suspect more companies will follow suit.
Curious about what this all means to you? Read on.
Sunday, June 3, 2012
Pope celebrates open-air Mass for 850,000 in Milan
Pope Benedict XVI, is flanked by Vatican secretary of state cardinal Tarcisio Bertone, right, and cardinal Ennio Antonelli, left, prior to delivering his speech in Bresso, near Milan, Italy, Saturday, June 2, 2012. The pope greeted the faithful in Bresso after his arrival Friday afternoon for the seventh World Encounter of Families, a welcome pastoral respite from an embarrassing and damaging leaks scandal at the Vatican that has engulfed the pontiff's personal butler. Photo: Antonio Calanni / AP
MILAN (AP) — Pope Benedict XVI has celebrated an open-air Mass before some 850,000 followers as part of three days of activities in Milan aimed at showing support for families.
The pope in his homily Sunday took issue with modern economic thinking that he said "creates ferocious competition, strong inequalities, degradation of the environment" and reduces family relationships "to fragile convergences of individual interests" that undermine the social fabric.
The pope's visit to the city ends Sunday. It has been a welcome pastoral respite from an embarrassing and damaging leaks scandal at the Vatican that has engulfed the pontiff's personal butler.
Friday, June 1, 2012
Google World Wonders Project lets you explore ancient sites around the world
This week Google launched a new project called the World Wonders Project. The goal of the project is to let people explore ancient and cultural sites around the world up close. It sounds sort of like Street view for history and archaeology buffs. The World Wonders Project currently has 132 ancient and cultural sites located in 18 different countries for people to view.
The project uses Street View technology for an up-close view of locations, including sites such as Stonehenge, Pompeii Italy archaeological sites, and ancient temples in Japan. Google even get you closer to some of the monuments then you can get if you’re actually there. The images Google offers go inside the stones at Stonehenge, for example.
There’s been a rope preventing people from gaining access inside the giant stone slabs at Stonehenge for 35 years. Google says most of the filming of the World Wonders Project material was done using camera laden tricycles that pedaled up close to the monuments since cars aren’t able to get close enough. The official project site also has 3-D models and YouTube videos available that relate to each location.
Thursday, May 31, 2012
Hands-on: Google Chrome OS
Samsung's Series 3 Chromebox is reminiscent of Apple's Mac Mini.
Google's Chrome OS just got vastly more useful, with two new Chrome OS devices announced today--a Chromebook laptop and Chromebox desktop from Samsung that clear up performance problems that sullied last year's debut of the browser-based operating system.
We found the first-generation Chromebooks usable but painfully slow. Unshackled from slow hardware though, Chrome OS now can stand on its own merits.
So how does it stand up? After a week of testing Samsung's new US$329 Series 3 Chromebox andUS$449 Series 5 550 Chromebook, which go on sale today, we think the new Chrome OS systems are workable for people like us, who spend a lot of time on Google's cloud. Chrome OS devices now can be a useful way to get to services such as Gmail, Google Drive, YouTube, Google Docs, and Google Play, and the new hardware really helps.
"With this generation, we're addressing speed seriously," said Sundar Pichai, the senior vice president in charge of Chrome and Google Apps.
But for most people--those who need iTunes, Spotify, Skype, Photoshop, Portal 2, or other software that runs locally on Windows or OS X--Chrome OS isn't up to scratch yet, no matter how fast the hardware. And the new machines still aren't as fast as modern PCs, despite an upgrade from last-generation Intel Atom chips to more powerful Intel Core chips this time around.
Google's Chrome OS just got vastly more useful, with two new Chrome OS devices announced today--a Chromebook laptop and Chromebox desktop from Samsung that clear up performance problems that sullied last year's debut of the browser-based operating system.
We found the first-generation Chromebooks usable but painfully slow. Unshackled from slow hardware though, Chrome OS now can stand on its own merits.
So how does it stand up? After a week of testing Samsung's new US$329 Series 3 Chromebox andUS$449 Series 5 550 Chromebook, which go on sale today, we think the new Chrome OS systems are workable for people like us, who spend a lot of time on Google's cloud. Chrome OS devices now can be a useful way to get to services such as Gmail, Google Drive, YouTube, Google Docs, and Google Play, and the new hardware really helps.
"With this generation, we're addressing speed seriously," said Sundar Pichai, the senior vice president in charge of Chrome and Google Apps.
But for most people--those who need iTunes, Spotify, Skype, Photoshop, Portal 2, or other software that runs locally on Windows or OS X--Chrome OS isn't up to scratch yet, no matter how fast the hardware. And the new machines still aren't as fast as modern PCs, despite an upgrade from last-generation Intel Atom chips to more powerful Intel Core chips this time around.
Microsoft Windows 8 Release Preview - review
Windows 8 borrows design elements from the Windows Mobile operating system.
The world’s computers run almost entirely on Windows, and with the latest version of the software Microsoft is planning its biggest revolution in nearly 20 years. It’s essential, because computers have changed almost beyond recognition, but it’s a huge gamble too.
With Windows 8, Microsoft must retain the loyalty of the customers who already use XP, Vista, Windows 7 and other variants, but it must also challenge Apple and Google, whose tablet operating systems threaten to overhaul the way many people work and play.
Microsoft’s solution with Windows 8 is to have both – a tablet operating system that it calls Metro sits alongside a fully fledged version of Windows 7. So for now if you want to run Word or Photoshop, for instance, you’ll use the existing desktop versions, but if you just want to casually browse the web, then Metro will be the better place to do it. Should Adobe bring their excellent Photoshop app to the Windows 8, however, you may be able to use it in Metro too.
The world’s computers run almost entirely on Windows, and with the latest version of the software Microsoft is planning its biggest revolution in nearly 20 years. It’s essential, because computers have changed almost beyond recognition, but it’s a huge gamble too.
With Windows 8, Microsoft must retain the loyalty of the customers who already use XP, Vista, Windows 7 and other variants, but it must also challenge Apple and Google, whose tablet operating systems threaten to overhaul the way many people work and play.
Microsoft’s solution with Windows 8 is to have both – a tablet operating system that it calls Metro sits alongside a fully fledged version of Windows 7. So for now if you want to run Word or Photoshop, for instance, you’ll use the existing desktop versions, but if you just want to casually browse the web, then Metro will be the better place to do it. Should Adobe bring their excellent Photoshop app to the Windows 8, however, you may be able to use it in Metro too.
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