Tammy Green » Entries tagged with "Linked In"
Don’t spam your network for a job
I received this email today from someone in my LinkedIn network: “looking for a job in the NYC area. Are you hiring?” What’s so bad about it? Glad you asked: 1) It doesn’t include proper capitalization 2) It doesn’t take into account I live in Chicago 3) I have no idea what sort of job this person wants 4) There’s no form of greeting or attempt to reestablish connection 5) It’s spam. I hate spam. What would’ve worked better? 1) A personalized … Read entire article »
Filed under: Online Life
Cuil thinks I’m a blonde
The first search I try on any new search engine is my own name. I’m not narcissistic, just very familiar with the results. How did Cuil do? Cuil returns Linked In and Twitter on top which is good, but my blog didn’t make it onto the first results page. Stranger than that, the images it returns with the results are of other people. I like the mix of site summaries and images, but I … Read entire article »
Filed under: Online Life