Features

• 9 Steps to Build Your Personal Brand (and Your Career)

  By Rich Hein | 22 May, 2013 12:46

  Competition in the tech jobs industry is fierce, so how do you differentiate yourself from the pack? Whether you're a job seeker or just looking to grow professionally, creating an impressive and meaningful brand is the best place to start.

• State social media privacy laws a mixed bag for businesses

  By Jaikumar Vijayan | 15 May, 2013 10:10

  New social media privacy laws that have been enacted in several states around the country, or are in the works, present something of a mixed bag for businesses.

• 6 Tips to Build Your Social Media Strategy

  By Jennifer Lonoff Schiff | 08 May, 2013 13:57

  With so many social media options, how do you pick the best one(s)? IT executives and social media experts share their top six tips for selecting the social media platforms that will provide the greatest return on your investment of time and resources.

• Social Media Certifications Prepare Students, Employees for Social Business

  By Kristin Burnham | 02 April, 2013 16:22

  Using social media to market your business or collaborate internally means more than having a presence on Twitter, LinkedIn, Google+ and Facebook. To teach college students that lesson, Syracuse University adopted HootSuite University's certification program. Syracuse isn't alone: Social media certifications are a growing trend, but is a training course right for you?

• 5 Tips to Job Hunt Using Social Media

  By Kristin Burnham | 12 March, 2013 18:32

  LinkedIn may be the go-to place for many job seekers, but dont stop there. Here's a look at how you can use Facebook, Twitter and Google+--as well as some lesser-known social networks--to attract recruiters and land a job.

• 6 Ways to Add Social Media to Your Web Design

  By Jennifer Lonoff Schiff | 04 March, 2013 15:02

  Web designers, social media experts and marketers discuss the impact of social media on Web design and offer tips on how you can integrate the two to reach more customers and prospects.

• Analytics boost social marketing efforts

  By Sandra Gittlen | 28 February, 2013 11:54

  Big-name companies including General Electric and Best Western are maturing their social marketing programs and integrating social metrics with back-end systems.

• The How-To Guide for LinkedIn

  By Kristin Burnham | 21 February, 2013 20:25

  Our LinkedIn guide delivers expert advice on the site's features, step-by-step how-to instructions, details on its apps and proper LinkedIn etiquette. Also included: tips and tricks for your job search and company analysis.

• Opinion: How do you manage your social networks?

  By Mark Gibbs | 28 January, 2013 15:18

  I recently decided, somewhat randomly, to experiment a bit more with social networking. I was on LinkedIn and at some point the service asked me if it could access my Gmail contact list.

• 4 LinkedIn Tips for Career Success in 2013

  By Kristin Burnham | 10 January, 2013 18:24

  Whether your New Year's resolution is to land that promotion, ask for a raise or find your dream job, here's how you can take charge and make it a reality.

• 9 IT Career Resolutions for 2013

  By Rich Hein | 26 December, 2012 16:30

  As 2012 comes to a close, IT job seekers should already be formulating a plan for career growth and professional development in 2013.

• Six ways social media affected the enterprise in 2012

  By Jennifer Lonoff Schiff | 13 December, 2012 22:45

  Social media has changed more than the way companies market and promote themselves. Social networking has also changed the way companies recruit, how they communicate internally and how they handle sensitive data.

• The day of the password is done

  By Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols | 05 January, 2011 00:38

  When the popular Web site Gawker was hacked into recently, more than a million user IDs and passwords were released. If you were one of the people compromised that's annoying -- very annoying. Not that it's a big deal that someone could log into a gossip site under your name. But many of those people used those same IDs and passwords on other sites that are a wee bit more important, such as LinkedIn. Now, that's a problem.

• LinkedIn Tip: Premium Account Elevates Job Seekers

  By Kristin Burnham | 21 April, 2010 05:02

  LinkedIn announced this week a new paid account exclusively for job seekers called the Job Seeker Premium Account. The upgrade, LinkedIn says, is intended to help LinkedIn members stand out from the crowd, reach out to hiring decision makers and manage their job search more effectively.

• LinkedIn Quick Tip: Getting the Most From 'Answers'

  By Kristin Burnham | 19 March, 2010 08:33

  What "Answers" Is: