From our latest FastCompany.com column: Your dream employee is lurking out there. How do you find him or her? To track down those stars, recruiters are aggressively using online tools such as blogs, virtual communities, social-networking sites, and biography-analysis software. Here are some best practices in those areas, drawn from Accolo, Nitron Advisors, and Microsoft....
[Continue Reading]Social Software and Executive Recruiting
I was discussing Phil Wolff’s comments on social software in recruiting with John Younger, CEO of Accolo. He wrote: What I find interesting in the intersection of social networks and jobs is that there is a third party that seems to be completely missed. Specifically, the party that pays the bills the companies. At the...
[Continue Reading]The Great Sales and Marketing Debate: The Cagey Sales Veterans Debate the Young Up-and-Comers
I recently was fortunate to participate in a panel discussion on "The Great Sales and Marketing Debate: The Cagey Sales Veterans Debate the Young Up-and-Comers", sponsored by the New York Software Industry Association, March 13, 2006, held at JP Morgan Chase. Allen Reynolds and Jesse Mandell all took some notes, which we have merged in...
[Continue Reading]Investing in Stock Markets with Social Network Analysis
Federico Colecchia, a network researcher at ATALAB, wrote to the SOCNET mailing list: "I am looking for recent/ongoing research on application of social network analysis technologies to analysis of stock values." (He works as a researcher and R&D coordinator for development of visual intelligence software tools for multiple applications. His current focus is on drug...
[Continue Reading]Raising Capital with Online Networks
We just posted the draft of an article we’re working on about how to raise capital with online networks. We’re particularly interested in more success stories about institutional investors who have used online networks to raise capital successfully.We welcome feedback! Here’s the article: Raising Capital with Online Networks...
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