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August 11th, 2010

During the July 27 APDF Webinar with recruitment veteran Lynn Hazan, President Lynn Hazan & Associates, Lynn answered some great questions posed by our participants.

What should I know if I’m looking right now for good talent?

Check with your accountant or financial advisor. There is job training money available and for new hires for the remainder of 2010, you as the employer are exempt from paying 6.2% of social security taxes. Read the rest of this entry »

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Seizing the Advantage: Recruiting Talent in Today’s Tough Environment

August 10th, 2010

APDF’s Webinar Series in July featured Lynn Hazan. Lynn is a twenty-six year recruiting veteran in communications and marketing and President of Lynn Hazan & Associates.

While the APDF Webinar addressed a wide range of topics, here are some of the key take-aways participants learned. Read the rest of this entry »

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Social Media:Shane Gibson APDF July Webinar Summary Part II

October 1st, 2009

10 TWITTER TIPS

People don’t care what you had for lunch, but people love stories. Twitter allows you to give small bite-sized updates on the story of your firm. It can be addictive like soap operas. Listen and getting conversational is the overarching strategy. It’s not a video game…the number of followers is not important. You have to have an end goal and desired result: to meet and connect with someone so you can have a more personal interaction with them. Read the rest of this entry »

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Social Media: Shane Gibson APDF July Webinar Summary Part I

September 29th, 2009

How Social Media is Turning Sales and Marketing Upside Down

Shane Gibson APDF Webinar

How clients source partners has changed. Traditional sales and marketing was all about isolating the consumer/decision maker. Today, the consumer really owns the brand. “There are no marketing gurus; there are simply consumers with megaphones.” This social media dialogue creates the brand, versus us creating and pushing our brand out.

Want to get involved in social media? Read the rest of this entry »

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10 Tips on Leveraging Social Media

May 28th, 2009

Social media creates the connected class of people to which i reside. There are 100 Billion clicks each day. There are 55 Trillion links. There are 1 Trillion URLs in 6,000 days. There are 2.3 Million text messages (SMS) each year. We send 2 Million emails per second. People send 1 Million Instant Messages (IM) every second. There are 65 Billion phone calls per year. There is a lot of connecting going on through FaceBook, Tumblr, Pandora, Twitter, Flickr, Youtube, LinkedIn, Slideshare, Del.icio.us, iLike, Yelp, Friendfeed, Wikipedia, Digg, am MySpace. So, dig in, have fun, and remember… Read the rest of this entry »

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