With the Cruise Shipping Miami convention coming up in a couple of weeks, I hope some of the presenters watch […]

Although some companies are beginning to hire new staff, most recruiters are still under budgetary constraints. In response managers seeking talented workers are increasingly bypassing standard recruitment tactics and are using social media platforms like Facebook and Twitter to find and qualify candidates.

Since 1975, Lake Superior State University has submitted an annual “List of Words Banished from the Queen’s English for Mis-use, Over-use and General Uselessness.”

In the public relations business, there are awards that are not exactly rewards for doing something well. Indeed, we spend an inordinate amount of time identifying and entering award contests for one client who seems obsessed with gaining the recognition that industry awards supposedly connote.

There’s one denizen of the social networks that won’t show up among the avatars of your Twitter followers or among your friends on Facebook, though it’s there all the same — the U.S. Justice Department.