So, I've recently inherited the community and social media role for the company I work for. I'm hoping to use our social media presence to drive up engagement and get users to use our product (a niche-focused social network in the finance realm), but I want to do it
without being a douchebag.
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posted by SansPoint
on Apr 9, 2013 -
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How do I ask my manager for connections for a new job in a new city without killing my chances for a promotion?
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posted by anonymous
on Dec 2, 2012 -
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Inside line on a job opening - what is the most effective way of sending an unsolicited resume?
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posted by cccp47
on Oct 5, 2012 -
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I'm a PhD student, and I'd like to do more academic networking over email. How does this work, and what should the emails sound like?
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posted by anonymous
on May 16, 2012 -
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I'm starting a contract position at a Fortune 500 company. How can I network my way into a job?
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posted by reenum
on Feb 5, 2012 -
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I was let go from my job last week - it was kind of a surprise, but I'm bouncing back and I was looking to leave the company anyway, so I'm not too broken up about that. I am not thrilled about the prospect of job hunting while unemployed (would have preferred to have landed a new job first) and am trying to get a handle on my next steps. I have some Networking 101-type questions that I need help with, as well as some questions about how best to frame what happened at the last job to recruiters/prospective new leads/interviewers, and how to best avoid ever being in this same situation ever again.
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posted by anonymous
on Jan 23, 2012 -
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Should, or
how should, I represent this cataclysmic but plum past job in my employment history? Way, way more within.
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posted by anonymous
on Sep 13, 2011 -
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I just made a great networking connection who wants to help me in my job search, but how can I explain that the companies he wants to introduce me to aren't ones I'm interested in?
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posted by droolshark
on May 2, 2011 -
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networking filter: My university organizes a lot of networking/recruiting sessions for the upcoming co-op term. Teach me to make the best of these sessions!
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posted by Danniman
on Mar 29, 2011 -
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I was laid off from my job almost 2 years ago, and while it was depressing, I was unhappy and was starting to explore a new industry, anyway. In the past 2 years, I have spent a year and a half going back to school full time for a more specific degree that supplements my BA. I also took on a few internships along the way.
I graduated in January and have been looking for a full time position without any sort of success.
Clearly I am going about this in the wrong way; what should I be doing differently? More details below.
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posted by saturn25
on Sep 17, 2010 -
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I sent a possibly-horrible resume to an influential friend, who graciously passed it along. What do I do?
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posted by anonymous
on Jul 28, 2010 -
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I think networking is the missing element to my rather unsuccessful job search effort. Any suggestions as to how I could grow my network usefully? How much about "networking" is hype?
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posted by anonymous
on Mar 30, 2010 -
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I'm currently job searching and aside from getting in touch with close contacts and recent colleagues I'm having trouble with the whole idea of contacting people that I haven't spoken to in years when it's obvious my ulterior motive is networking. What's the best thing to say when approaching?
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posted by anonymous
on Mar 19, 2010 -
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On the receiving end of lots of business 'networking' for the first time. How to deal with it?
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posted by anonymous
on Nov 15, 2009 -
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Many workplaces ban social networking sites such as Facebook, YouTube, Twitter and so on. What are some of the reasons workplaces should allow (and even encourage) staff to use social networking sites?
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posted by Jaybo
on Oct 14, 2009 -
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Is it weird to omit the name of only one of your past employers on your LinkedIn profile?
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posted by anonymous
on May 14, 2009 -
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Career / resume / job hunting advice for moving to a big city and looking for an engineering / government job.
Looking for advice to help me squeeze every bit of juice out of my first job which I consider to be a very rare job for someone of my background, age, and experience.
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posted by decrescendo
on Jul 14, 2008 -
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An alum from my school said he would pass my resume around to employers in his city. I want to follow up with him. What to say?
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posted by reenum
on Nov 21, 2007 -
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I've set up some informational interviews. Now, what do I ask the people so I don't seem like a dumbass?
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posted by reenum
on Oct 5, 2007 -
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I don't think I'm in the right line of work and I'd like talk to people in the fields I'm interested in at the companies I'd like to work for and find out more about what they do. How do I go about this if my network/my network's network and their networks haven't been able to help?
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posted by echo0720
on Dec 6, 2006 -
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I'm trying to get a job at Google. I went to the same undergrad college as the VP of People Operations (HR). Can I use this to my advantage some how?
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posted by zzztimbo
on Dec 1, 2006 -
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Good news: I have been offered a job. This job involves running and terminating network cables. Bad news: I do not really know how to terminate network cables. Please help me learn how to do so.
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posted by aerotive
on Oct 5, 2006 -
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