Steven Rothberg at CollegeRecruiter.com has an insightful post regarding the use of Facebook in recruiting Gen Y workers. His point:

But to Gen Y, the other employees can also be a powerful recruiting tool. They want to know who they’ll be working with because they’ve been raised to work effectively in teams. If their team members aren’t up to snuff, their work product will suffer and they’ll be unhappy and looking for a new gig.

He then provides an example of how Jennie-O (seriously, the turkey people) is leveraging their current employees to recruit. I must confess, I did not think of Jennie-O as a cutting-edge company in the social networking world. If they are at this level, where is your company?

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Here is an excellent reminder from the JustSell.com newsletter:

How long was your last presentation? What could be trimmed?

Over the next couple weeks (outside the money hours, of course), invest some time examining the brevity of your sales presentations (both your formal and informal versions). For every point ask, €œWhy is this needed for my presentation?€ If you’re unsure of the reason, cut it — lean and effective is your goal (review the presentation checklist here).

If you don’t have it written, planned, and practiced, commit to doing it within the month. The chances of rambling skyrocket without a formally developed presentation.

Time is money and decision makers who take action know it. Improve your results and respect the time€¦ their time and yours.

Tic toc€¦

(that was 212 words)

We see this time and again with respondents with whom we conduct a phone screen. We once asked a simple question asking for a 1 minute overview of a respondent’s resume. 15 minutes later, the guy finally reached the end of his 1 minute overview.

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