10 Time-Saving Social Media Tools for a Productive Summer

Posted on Wednesday, July 9th, 2014

Written by Kevan Lee

Imagine you’ve got a week’s vacation planned this summer (lucky you!), and you’d love nothing more than for your social media efforts to keephumming right along while you’re gone.

No problem. There are a handful of social media tools that can assist with your out-of-office marketing. Automation techniques can help fill your queue, and the 10 tools below can help you keep tabs on your profiles, engage with your audience, and communicate with your team.

Here are 10 time-saving social media tools (actually, more like 28–each featured tool has a few similar alternatives I’ve listed) to keep in mind whether you’re on the beach or onto other tasks.

(What tools did I miss that help you hack your productivity? I’d love to hear about them in the comments.)

http://goo.gl/SdW0WA

TweetMe Please

How to Leverage Social Media to Get Hired in a Skills Based Economy

By Yair Riemer • 1 week ago • 5 Comments

The way we’re learning is changing: online courses and certification programs are proliferating and we’re picking up skills continuously throughout life—not just while in school. The line between academic and corporate training is blurring and “skills” are top of mind for hiring companies:

“As an employer I want the best prepared and qualified employees. I could care less if the source of their education was accredited by a bunch of old men and women who think they know what is best for the world. I want people who can do the job.” –Mark Cuban

Most companies agree with Cuban. A 2013 Internships.com survey revealed that employers care least about what college or university an applicant attended and care most about the candidate’s relevant experience and interview performance when evaluating who to hire. Employers care about skills. I don’t really care what university you attended, do you have the right skill-set, can you get the job done?

Click here to see the full Infographic  http://goo.gl/IVV94f Please TweetMe

tw