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		<title>Smartphones: An Effective Means for Employee Recruitment</title>
		<link>http://graduatingsuccess.wordpress.com/2013/04/27/smartphones-an-effective-means-for-employee-recruitment/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 27 Apr 2013 14:15:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Linchi Kwok</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[SoLoMo – Social, Local, and Mobile – is not a trend; it is happening right now on this moment. If a company does not have a clear SoLoMo strategy or a mobile-optimized website by now, the company has fallen behind in competition. I am an optimistic person and thus believe many companies have already taken [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=graduatingsuccess.wordpress.com&#038;blog=13664081&#038;post=600&#038;subd=graduatingsuccess&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Do We Have the Rights to Talk about Work or our Boss on Social Media?</title>
		<link>http://graduatingsuccess.wordpress.com/2013/03/31/do-we-have-the-rights-to-talk-about-work-or-our-boss-on-social-media/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Apr 2013 02:16:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Linchi Kwok</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It is not new to hear people got fired because of their updates on social networking sites. In one extreme case, a man got fired even for his random thoughts posted on Facebook. So, is it legal for companies to fire employees because of their updates on social media sites? &#160; Employees have the rights [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=graduatingsuccess.wordpress.com&#038;blog=13664081&#038;post=595&#038;subd=graduatingsuccess&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Retention Management – What Strategies Are (Not) Working?</title>
		<link>http://graduatingsuccess.wordpress.com/2013/02/02/retention-management-what-strategies-are-not-working/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 03 Feb 2013 03:38:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Linchi Kwok</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Job Search]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://graduatingsuccess.wordpress.com/?p=590</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The U.S. added 157,000 payroll positions in January according to The New York Times. Such job growth, however, did not result in a lower unemployment rate. On the contrary, the unemployment rate rose to 7.9% for the month. What is going on? There must be more than one reason behind that. One could be employers [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=graduatingsuccess.wordpress.com&#038;blog=13664081&#038;post=590&#038;subd=graduatingsuccess&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>2012 in review</title>
		<link>http://graduatingsuccess.wordpress.com/2012/12/31/2012-in-review/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 31 Dec 2012 10:36:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Linchi Kwok</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Communication]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2012 annual report for this blog. Here&#8217;s an excerpt: 600 people reached the top of Mt. Everest in 2012. This blog got about 4,600 views in 2012. If every person who reached the top of Mt. Everest viewed this blog, it would have taken 8 years to get [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=graduatingsuccess.wordpress.com&#038;blog=13664081&#038;post=587&#038;subd=graduatingsuccess&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Beyond a Profile Page: A Continuous Discussion of “Seeking Jobs on Social Media”</title>
		<link>http://graduatingsuccess.wordpress.com/2012/12/01/beyond-a-profile-page-a-continuous-discussion-of-seeking-jobs-on-social-media/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 01 Dec 2012 20:57:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Linchi Kwok</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://graduatingsuccess.wordpress.com/?p=582</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[It is no longer a secret that companies use social media to recruit and select managerial candidates. As a result, if a job seeker wants to catch an employer’s attention, s/he must be visible online as an expert. Last year, I published an article about social-media job-search tactics in HOSTEUR™, in which I shared some career [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=graduatingsuccess.wordpress.com&#038;blog=13664081&#038;post=582&#038;subd=graduatingsuccess&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Grooming Standards, Social Media, and Company Polices</title>
		<link>http://graduatingsuccess.wordpress.com/2012/11/25/grooming-standards-social-media-and-company-polices/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Nov 2012 05:39:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Linchi Kwok</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I recently read two discussions about company policies on employees’ grooming standards and social media. I believe they both deserve our attention, especially if we are working in the service sector. The first one is about a company’s guidelines on employee dress codes and grooming standards. Today, there are more people wearing tattoos and piercings [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=graduatingsuccess.wordpress.com&#038;blog=13664081&#038;post=577&#038;subd=graduatingsuccess&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Distinguish Ourselves with Exceptional Analytical Skills</title>
		<link>http://graduatingsuccess.wordpress.com/2012/11/12/distinguish-ourselves-with-exceptional-analytical-skills/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Nov 2012 03:22:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Linchi Kwok</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Goal Setting]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Can a job candidate with exceptional analytical skills set him/her apart from the sea of applicants? Furthermore, will good analytical skills be able to help people advance their career? According to Julie Martin, the Controller and Director of Operations at the Sheraton Syracuse University Hotel and Conference Center¹: Analytical skills are very important. Sometimes, it equals [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=graduatingsuccess.wordpress.com&#038;blog=13664081&#038;post=572&#038;subd=graduatingsuccess&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Average/Below-Average Looking People Can Earn as Much as the Attractive Ones</title>
		<link>http://graduatingsuccess.wordpress.com/2012/10/10/averagebelow-average-looking-people-can-earn-as-much-as-the-attractive-ones/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Oct 2012 01:39:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Linchi Kwok</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Research has shown that attractive people can not only charm interviewers (and thus get hired easier), they are also more likely to earn more as compared to those with average or below-average looks. Accordingly to a Wall Street Journal report, attractive people can earn 3% &#8211; 4% more than a person with below-average look. If such [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=graduatingsuccess.wordpress.com&#038;blog=13664081&#038;post=568&#038;subd=graduatingsuccess&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>We Are Being Analyzed on Twitter for Marketing Purposes</title>
		<link>http://graduatingsuccess.wordpress.com/2012/09/01/we-are-being-analyzed-on-twitter-for-marketing-purposes/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 02 Sep 2012 01:42:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Linchi Kwok</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Communication]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Most of us know that the Big Brother is watching us on social media. So, whether or not we want to be watched is out of the question. The debate turns to: To what extent should we be monitored? And more importantly, are we being watched for a good reason? Twitter, for example, will soon allow advertisers [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=graduatingsuccess.wordpress.com&#038;blog=13664081&#038;post=559&#038;subd=graduatingsuccess&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Your Potential Beats Actual Achievements: Really?</title>
		<link>http://graduatingsuccess.wordpress.com/2012/07/30/your-potential-beats-actual-achievements-really/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Jul 2012 15:44:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Linchi Kwok</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Wall Street Journal reported a study conducted by scholars at Stanford and Harvard, suggesting that employers are willing to pay more for candidates with high potential and promise than those with actual, proven performance. Is that for real? If so, how can job candidates demonstrate their potential during the interviewing process? In this study, researchers asked [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=graduatingsuccess.wordpress.com&#038;blog=13664081&#038;post=550&#038;subd=graduatingsuccess&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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