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The 5 most-clicked links in SmartBrief on Workforce this past week:

lead your boss[…] Continue Reading »

Social Media Week will be all over town next week in Toronto, Sao Paulo, San Francisco, New York City, London and Berlin.

This five-day conference that takes place simultaneously in six cities around the globe aims to advance uses of social media in the corporate, public and nonprofit sectors. We’ll be attending as many of the 60+ New York events as possible and SmartBriefing them here, so stay tuned.[…] Continue Reading »

“Life’s too short — no job is worth selling your soul,” wrote Dan McCarthy in part 1 of his five-part series of blog posts on career advice.

This is a lesson I learned early on in my career and one that I have applied more than once. I’ve had more than one job that I could feel crushing my soul each day as I sat there doing my work.[…] Continue Reading »

How will my kids see the Web?

I’m 27. I went online for the first time in 1995, when I was 13. Being introduced to the Web when it was still in a very 1.0 state colored the way I’ve used computers ever since. Sure, I’m up on all the latest social sites, and I’m well-versed in Web 2.0 theory.  Social networking is at least 1/3 of my job — more on a good day.[…] Continue Reading »

In advance of the upcoming SES New York 2010 conference, I had the opportunity to throw some questions at Simon Heseltine, senior marketing manager at AOL, who will be speaking on the “Real Time SEO: No More Yesterday’s News” panel. A former colleague of mine, Heseltine is responsible for all SEO efforts across the AOL FanHouse (sports) and news properties.[…] Continue Reading »