Scientists Ignoring Social Networks
There is a noticeable lack of successful online social networks for scientists. But why?
Category: social networking
Online Dress Codes
Research firm (and apparently futurists) Gartner suggests that businesses will have dress codes for their employee’s online avatars by 2013.
Mentoring as an Alternative to Training?
Instead of considering mentoring to be a cheap, undesirable alternative to formal training when the money dries up, why not take advantage of it? Why not design a mentoring system to get the absolute most out of the instructional resources you already have – your more experienced employees!
Busy Training Technology News Week
The last week was pretty busy, so I thought I’d highlight some of the most interesting stories on virtual reality, social networking, and other training tech.
Best Buy Hired Based on Twitter Followers
Hot on the heels of Montana wanting to know what’s in your Facebook profile is Best Buy requiring 250 Twitter followers to be considered for a marketing position.
Montana Job Applications Required FaceBook Password
Until a few days ago in Bozeman, Montana, if you passed the initial hurdles during the selection process for a city job, you were only provisionally hired. Full hiring was contingent on the selection officers judging you as a clean slate after giving them your social networking IDs and passwords, including at least Facebook and MySpace.