Archive for April, 2007

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Is that IT Certification real? Maybe not…

 
I’ve seen fake diploma sites before, now it looks like I will have to double check on candidates with certain IT certifications as well. Who knows? They may have cheated to get that certification.
Check this out…  
The FAQ page of a China-based Web site promises to help its customers get IT certifications “with your least [...]


Will you still need me, will you still feed me, when I’m 50?

There is a lot of talk about the changing demographics of today’s workforce. One company answering the challenge is Retirement Jobs. I stumbled across it online and thought it was a site worth sharing.

From their website…
RetirementJobs.com, Inc. was founded by a team of professionals with senior executive backgrounds in media, online recruiting and human capital management. [...]


Sourcing passive candidates via license plates

Not sure if this would come under the heading of “creepy,” but I would definitely classify it under innovative. There is a new service out called “PL8SCAN.com.” What they are implementing is a social network centered around license plates.

Here is a laundry list of what Pl8Scan offers:

Send a text message to someone by license plate
Reply [...]


Getting SASsy: How to source SAS programmers

In the market for SAS programmers? Do they seem to be evading your reach? Never fear, here is a quick tutorial on how to use Google to find them (or at least, some of them).
1. I ask Google to look for the term “resume” in the title of every web document in its database
2. I [...]


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Yay! LinkedIn is (finally) blogging

I don’t know what took them so long, but I am not complaining. When you get a chance, check out LinkedIn’s new blog by clicking here (or on the screenshot below) and welcome them to the blogosphere.

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