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Brrr ….. The February Newsletter

Well, we’ve made it into month two of 2010 and I have yet to hear anyone complaining about the year as they seemed to do right through 2009.  Everywhere it seems people are more confident about their future, even if they do admit that it seems a bit uncertain in the global sense.   There also seems to be considerable shift in the way in which businesses view social networking too. Read the rest of this entry »

Social Media Recruitment Report

Well, Michelle and I have finally completed the report and you can download it from the website to read at your leisure.  It threw up some very interesting findings as well and certainly lays down a challenge to the Recruitment industry about how they could (or is that should) be taking the opportunities that seem to be developing around Social Media far more seriously than they may well be doing. Read the rest of this entry »

The winner is …!

Michelle Fischer and I promised that after today’s BusinessXchange meeting we would reveal who the winner of the bottle of champagne was following the social media and recruitment survey.  And the winner is ….. Bill Boorman.  Congratulations Bill.

Laura McHarrie of the Brilliant BusinessXchange drew out the winning email address in front of the entire BXC audience.

Laura McHarrie, Michelle Fischer and Linda Parkinson-Hardman

The Business Case for Wordpress

I was sent an email earlier this week about an intensive weekend workshop I’m running with a colleague (Steve Graham) on installing, setting up, using and maintaining Wordpress software.   The email said “Thanks for this. Seems a good thorough programme – certainly we’re interested, however we aren’t sure what the business benefits of wordpress are?“. Read the rest of this entry »

Social Media in Recruitment Survey

The social media in recruitment survey is now finished and is ready for analysis and writing up as a report.  The report will come out early February and I just wanted to let everyone who took part know that the draw for the bottle of Champagne will take place at the BusinessXchange meeting in Bournemouth on the 22nd February.  We will let the lucky winner have the bottle just as soon as we can get it winging it’s way through the mail system.

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