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By John Neal, Live Your Dream

A while ago, I decided to replant an oxygen plant that my wife had purchased for me into a larger pot. She had bought me a nice bag of potting soil and I found a large plant pot to place the plant in. As I gently removed the plant from its old container, I noticed that my plant had become root bound, meaning the roots had become compacted, so the plant could not have reached its fullest potential in size and sturdiness.

The Metaphor

LinkedIn is an excellent networking resource for job seekers in today’s digital marketplace; however, even the most social media savvy job seekers will often create a great profile and then find themselves wondering, “now what?” Luckily, generating attention from your LinkedIn profile is much easier than it may appear. The trick to getting the right kind of connections to find your profile is all about implementing a strong keyword strategy.

By Shawn McGowan, JobsInME.com

Do you remember buying that expensive all-cotton resume paper to print out your new, precisely formatted masterpiece of a resume? How about that nice bundle of manila envelopes and a book of stamps to go with that pricey ream? And then mailing them all out to every company in the local yellow pages? In the age of the internet, it's hard to imagine that this was the norm not long ago.

Today's Application Process

Recruiting, hiring, and retaining employees are anything but small tasks for HR professionals. With so much already on a hiring manager’s plate, the act of engaging candidates before making a hire often goes by the wayside.  The truth of the matter is in today’s competitive marketplace, employee engagement should begin long before a hire is made. When approached correctly, pre-hire candidate engagement can prove mutually beneficial for both employers as well as potential employees alike, resulting in higher job satisfaction, better on-the-job performance, and increased profitability.