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  • Using social media to find a job

    Posted on February 20th, 2009 aristotle 3 comments

    A panel discussion hosted by: The Speech Improvement Company, Inc.

    An increasing number of anecdotes are surfacing about people landing jobs using social networks, such as twitter (See “How Twitter can help at work by the New York Times http://shiftingcareers.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/09/07/how-twitter-can-help-at-work/)

    What are the opportunities, threats and strategies job-seekers should be aware of when using social media?

    There will be three short presentations from hiring and social media specialists to spur the conversation on. The discussion will be moderated by Wahyd Vannoni, director of new media at The Speech Improvement Company, Inc..

    Please join us at our offices in Brookline, MA on Thursday, March 12th, from 10 AM to 12 PM.

    Seating is limited.

    Please contact: The Speech Improvement Company, Inc.

    1614 Beacon Street
    Brookline, MA 02446
    USA

    Phone: +1 617-739-3330
    Fax: +1 617-232-9430

    Social Media Landscape

    Social Media Landscape

  • London under the snow!

    Posted on February 4th, 2009 aristotle No comments

    Monica Murphy is in London working with Bain Capital… right on time for the worst snowfalls in 18 years. She sent us this report.

    wow, what an adventure so far! London is very crazy now. This is the most snow they have seen in 18 years! Yesterday was incredible. All of the Busses were out of service. The tube only had 1 line running, the schools were all shut and the roads……

    Cold Times, Cold Thames.

    Cold Times, Cold Thames.

    I found the communication from the television stations very interesting. The whole day is to refered to as a “disturbance” . In fact, the local stations were not able to conduct their regular programme since guests were not able to travel in to the station. The anchor man and woman kept repackaging the same information in different ways, adding their own personal thoughts obviously, they kept interupting each other, the producer must have been trying to keep them conversational.

    Le Meridien London

    I was able to walk to work at the Bain Capital office in Mayfair. It is just off the main road. I am staying at Le Merridien. This is just 5-6 blocks walk. Along my walk I saw many excited people out making snowmen in Green Park. In fact, I snapped this photo of a snowman in the parking area in front of the Royal Academy, just a few doors from my hotel.

    It is the chinese new year. On sunday there was a great parade. There are chinese lanterns hung in the streets, so many people you could hardly

  • Comment garder son poste en temps de vaches maigres?

    Posted on February 2nd, 2009 aristotle 1 comment

    Les rumeurs d’un prochain plan de restructuration vont bon train;

    que faire pour eviter d’en faire partie?

    Soyez pro-actifs!

    Utilisez cette nouvelle année comme une excuse pour demander à votre patron et collegues, comment vous pourriez améliorer votre performance. Puis, essayez de suivre leur conseils et documentez vos efforts autant que possible.

    Faites-vous remarquer!

    Même si ce n’est pas dans votre nature, soyez toujours présent. Contactez vos clients, participez aux reunions (eh oui), proposez des projets et si possible, faites en sorte que ces projets vous rendent indispensable. Trouvez les moyens de vous faire apprécier.

    Mettez à jour vos compétences!

    Regardez autour de vous: quels sont les competences qui vous manquent pour accéder à votre but? Est-ce:

    • une langue?
    • un langage de programmation?
    • un certificat?
    • un stage?

    Si votre employeur n’est plus en mesure de vous aider, peut-être y-a-t-il des associations qui peuvent vous aider. Sinon, il vous sera profitable (dans tous les cas de figure) de le financer vous-même.

    Gerez et exploitez votre réseau!

    rejoinez-moi!

    Linkedin.com: rejoinez-moi!

    Si vous ne l’avez pas encore fait, reprennez contact avec vos anciens collègues, copains, patrons et même professeurs. Attention ne soyez trop aggrésifs au début, prenez d’abord de leurs nouvelles; ils finiront bien par s’enquérir de votre situation.

    Glanez toutes les informations possibles et tachez d’exploiter leurs réseaux. Pour cela, joigmez aussi LinkedIn, le meilleur reseau professionel sur internet.

    Puisque nous parlons d’internet, soyez prudent. Si vous postez votre CV sur des sites tels que monster.com, optez pour l’option qui vous offre l’anonimat le plus complet.

    Tout ceci, bien-sur doit faire partie de votre strategie de mise en valeur de votre image de marque.

    Par Wahyd Vannoni, Directeur des Nouveaux Médias et Consultant.