The following post is by a guest blogger who really has made a name for herself in the recruiting industry. Her blogs, http://linkedinhfcngroup.blogspot.com/ and http://linkedinhfcngroup.blogspot.com/ help explain all the good work she has done in this industry. Dawn Christine Mular is the founder of the Helping Friends Career Network and a virtual friend who has become a friend.
The following is from her blog and the title above is hers as well:
Inspired by the possibilities we have to make a difference through our partnership of social and business networking… We are not making the mistake that networking is about collecting as many connections as you can. There is value in trust; there is courage in and challenge that we COULD be bringing by creating smarter networks of problem solvers!
The Recruiters Lounge Shared a list of the Top 50 Recruiters on Twitter. http://www.therecruiterslounge.com/2009/01/27/top-50-recruiters-on-twitter/
Won’t it be exciting when social networkers realize that collaboration IS the network…? It is being involved in our community and fully networked to bring their best and brightest to the issue of creating opportunity, revenue, and well being. Real estate agents, doctors, lawyers, employed and underemployed, using their skills in new and useful ways…
Good news perhaps does not make headlines, however as news of employment loss is on the increase, the need for community to pull together will produce a greater focus of opportunities for each of us to collaborate and make a difference.
What might a community do to respond to tough times with solutions rather than explanations for why the limitations exist? Consider the opportunity to return dignity and unique value from the challenges that face our communities. What could we do with uncommon caring and networking with one another…?
To help resolve issues of Healthcare for small business, for laid off percentages of citizens in communities who cannot afford insurance, who’s employers can not cover the benefit, who’s laid off cannot pay COBRA, or to get sick, but also cannot afford to miss a day of work.
To help resolve issues of Jobs Loss for citizen’s who have been laid off, struggling to get a job and competing for a narrower pool of local jobs, while at the same time. Let us reduce the struggle, and increase the success factors. We can buy and sell just about anything on eBay, and yet we have not commoditized an administrative workforce. Small businesses still thrive. Jobs still exist, but the traditional way of doing business probably is not as flexible as we could be by exploring the value of networking our human resources for better opportunity… How many 1/4 jobs could be pooled to create full jobs? How many administrative tasks or customer service talents, could be offered as a virtual talent.
What could be done for an emerging green workforce to include telecommuting professionals, a mobile or contract workforce? What could that do for jobs construction, jobs gains, and smarter ecological practice?
What business professionals could we bring together to create a solution for the present state that does not force communities to neglect or sacrifice well being because of economic distress? What solutions might we brainstorm by observing the problems and opportunities with inspiration?
From me:
P.S. There were some live links to this post, to see the entire post visit:
http://linkedinhfcngroup.blogspot.com/
I would love to hear your views on what problems social networking can begin to solve.
Tags: business networking, Helping Friends Career Network, social networking
This is a great post, thanks for sharing your thoughts. I have come to believe that social networking is really community building - which runs hand-in-hand with your thoughts on collaboration. I am really starting to not like the approach of gathering as much connections as you can. I would rather have 10 quality contacts than 100 all together. Then, I get to spend my extra time doing what I am doing now - commenting on this blog to help strengthen the overall community (collaboration). This is something that my practice is trying to help companies achieve. Thanks again!
Robert Stanke
http://robertstanke.com
Thank you, Robert. I am glad you enjoyed Dawn Mular’s post.
Social networking is here to stay whether your’e a job seeker, an external recruiter or responsible for HR needs internally, the more one uses the Internet and builds a network, the better off they will be. There are so many different sources out there that it’s equally important to do your research first and learn which ones are most influential to your task.
Thank you, Glenn.
Great post! This is definitely useful information.
Thank you, Bobby.
Great! Thank you very much! I always wanted to write in my blog something like that. Can I take part of your post to my site? Of course, I will add backlink? Regards
Jessica, if this is the post you are interested in backlinking, you can ask Dawn Mular. I have included her blogs on the post, so you can visit her blogs and ask her. Let me know what happens.
If you wish to take part of a post I have written and backlink it, you are welcome to do so.
Our primary intent is to create a most excellent co-creative business experience.
Inspired business networking is EXPANSIVE through the energy, the power and the positive possibilities created through our partnerships! Jessica, Linked In Helping Friends Business Network is a sharing site we are happy you find it useful and are happy to receive backlinks. to material you find useful.
Dawn
http://www.linkedin.com/in/dmular
Hi there, not sure that this is true, but thanks
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