Google to Close Phoenix Office; Bloggers Fire Back: Contribute or Die

The official Google Blog noted Friday that Google will be shutting down their Phoenix, Arizona office in November.
We opened our Phoenix office in 2006 and hoped that it would develop to support many of our internal engineering projects, the systems that make Google, well, Google. But we’ve found that despite everyone’s best efforts, the projects [...]

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4 Factors Creating Utah Workforce Funk

There’s no question something interesting is happening with Utah’s professional/technical workforce right now, and I think there are no less than four competing factors at play any business-owner should be paying very close attention to:

Real and Wage Inflation
Intense Competition for Talent
Corporate cost-cutting
High Energy/Commute Costs

The hardest part to pin-down is that the economic indicators show a [...]

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Where are the Girl Geeks for the Tech Jobs?

Girl Geek discussion at BarCamp London
A few days ago, I was part of an interesting conversation. I had a lunch meeting with three managers of a department for one of my clients. One (male) had just completed several first-round interviews with candidates I had provided. Another manager (female) asked him a very simple, but [...]

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LinkedIN Mobile Version now Available

I’ve got to say I like what LinkedIn has done lately… cool new features, a facelift and now, access to their systems via mobile phones:
[Announcing] LinkedIn mobile for any Web enabled wireless phones that use the wireless application protocol (WAP). What that allows you to do is access LinkedIn from any mobile device ranging from [...]

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Jobs for (Steve) Jobs

Twitter friend @jeffnorris of iSCI FI sent me a bitstrip toon he made concerning job-hunters and the recruiters they love to hate.
Check it.

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How much is the state of the economy a result of media hype?

Kiley Newbold, fellow blogger and colleague, asked the following question on LinkedIn:
How much is the state of the economy (I.E. the alleged impending recession) a result of media hype?
I am convinced the media plays a major role in stimulating or slowing the economy. Please share your thoughts on this. To what extent will the [...]

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About My Company

Last week, I traveled to Albuquerque, New Mexico as part of a recruiting event in partnership with DBM, a global outplacement firm.
While I was there, I presented some information to a great group of people about who SOS Technical (my employer) is, and what our services are. I felt it would be good to [...]

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Advice for Wannabe Recruiters

A colleague new to my company sent me a nice note asking about what words of wisdom I might have. I don’t know about that, but if you’re starting out or considering recruiting, here’s my advice:
Start with Heart:

Yeah, this sounds so Pollyanna, but think about how much a career means to a [...]

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LinkedIn Has a Store Now, But…

Doing my Monday Morning “Network Administration” today, I realized that LinkedIn now has a store so you can buy t-shirts, pens, bags and some pretty cool hats/jackets with the LinkedIn logo on it.
But….
In the age of web2.0, mashups and personalization, I admit that while I like the stuff, and I would probably wear one of [...]

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