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Three Widgets Every Professional Should Have On Their Blogger Blog

blogger logoIt’s a well-known fact that employers tend to Google prospective job candidates’ names before they hire them. This is in an effort to weed out people who they may no want affiliated with their company. For instance, say you tweet all the time about how you’re out getting wasted and you’re hung-over every Monday. Do you think you’ll get the job then? No. So many professionally (especially web workers) are pimping out their online presence to make themselves look better. One of the most basic ways to do this is to spice up you blog and combine it with other areas of your social media.

Here are three widgets every professional should have on their blog:widget twitter

1. A Twitter Feed. A real-time widget featuring your personal twitter account is definitely a good idea; it shows employers that you lead a good, lawful life (if you only tweet the good things, that is!). You can download one here.

2. A Summary Widget. These can be created using the text input features. While they’re not the most flashy – employers always read them. Details listed in a casual manner such as your previous employment, interests and personality are all great topics to summarize here.

3. LinkedInABox. LinkedIn is the professional social networking site which many use to house the best-of-the-best of their portfolios. So why not spread some of that love to your blog? Here is a link to the widget.

So do you think it’s time you gave your online presence a makeover?

Startup Hire: Free Job Board for Venture Back Startups

We have been getting a lot of tips lately about startups we need to check out. Today we receive a nice comment to check our Startup Hire a new job board for venture backed startups.

Startup Hire is a very simple job board in which focuses on venture backed startups and allows users to search for jobs either via location, keyword, job title or company. Startup Hire has partnered with some of the leading startup companies so you are bound to find a huge amount of jobs in a variety of areas. This is a great place to start if you are looking for a secure job that has full backing by venture capitalists. However, please remember that venture backed startups arent always 100% secure.

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Standout Jobs: The Recruitment Power Your Business Needs

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Standout Jobs provides a suite of web-based tools to powers companies’ online recruiting. There main product at present is called RECEPTION and has some great ideas that can increase your productivity when it comes to recruiting. Using social media tools and principles, Standout Jobs brings the latest Web consumer experience – easy, personal and dynamic – to the recruiting process.

At the end of January Standout Jobs received $2 million in investment from early stage backer iNovia Capital. The this funding and their already growing list of clients, they have great potential. Companies using the Standout Job service are, b5media, Grooveshark, Xobni, and Zurb.