Rejected: 95% Of Employers Use Social Networks To Check Out Job Candidates

Our friends at Faronics have been hard at work writing a bunch of great articles on everything from how to be safer online, to trends in social media. If you need a security expert, they are a great source. This is a guest post from Ryan at Faronics on just how important it is to…

Social Media Certification

Google it and see how many credible looking pages you find. How many actual schools have a program listed? How many universities even have a single class offered on social media? A seminar even? If your search was anything like mine, it was filled with junk. Links and ads that make hard to tell which…

Social Network Use Up Across All Age Groups [Infographic]

This is one of the best social media infographics we have ever had on Salty Waffle. Take a look at the growth rate of users of social media, break down of individual networks, and how companies have shifted to start using blogging and social media sites in their marketing efforts. 86% of people 18-29 years…

The 7 Highly Effective Facebook Habits

You have probably heard of Stephen Covey’s book, The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Habits, but did you know there are also 7 Highly Effective Habits for Facebook Success? PsyBlog has a great post that cites different social media studies to determine how to make yourself into the best (or best looking) Facebooker you can…

What Does It Really Mean To ‘Do Social Media’?

“Social media tests the filter that divides inner monologue from disclosure. As our thoughts become words online, they color our avatars and profiles with a glimpse of our personality – who we are online and in the real world. Over time, it is how we put our words into action that establishes our character. And,…

Social Media + Personality = Job Offers

Last night Salty Waffle went to a great LinkedIn Seattle meet up, if you were there it was awesome to meet you! Nicole spoke about social media and one of the things many people learned from it was that social can actually help you find a job! Savvy businesses check out everything you have online…

Want A Really Awesome Job?

This is a guest post from our friends over at thinkspace, great stuff! . Many people that dream of eventually owning their own business consider getting a job with a startup business. Working for a start up can offer “pre-entrepreneurs” a lot of value. Employees of startups are able to see just how hard it…

Social Media Yearbook: Class Of 2011 [Infographic]

We came across this awesome social media infographic from classfinders.com and just had to share. It takes all the big social networks, including ‘the new girl’, Google+, and puts them back in high school. It gives each network a little personality and shares some great information about Google+ as well. Check it out, click to…