Tag: Motley Fool
LinkedIn Recommendations and the Benefits to Writing and Receiving One
Think for a moment about the candidate selection process for a job opening in a company. Traditionally, a company advertises, receives applications, creates a...
How LinkedIn Plans to Disrupt the World
Ever heard of the Economic Graph? No? Well, don't feel bad, because it doesn't exist yet. But LinkedIn CEO Jeff Weiner was talking about it...
The Past 5 Years Explained in 73 (Financial Market) Headlines
Five years ago this week, I called Motley Fool editor Anand Chokkavelu on the phone. "So, Lehman Brothers just filed for bankruptcy," I said....
Stop Looking for Candidates On LinkedIn
This summer I’ve been reconsidering how I find candidates. I’ve paid to play on LinkedIn, and whenever I invest valuable recruiting dollars like that,...
Think LinkedIn Knows Your Network? Relationship Science Digs Deeper
“Bootstrapping” is a funny term. In the context of startups, it means to proceed without outside funding. But of course it derives from the...
Seven Days of Revenue Management Success – Part One
In our office, we like to begin each week as an opportunity for new successes. We forget about the challenges and obstacles we may...
The Inevitable Mortgage Banking Slowdown
In this segment from The Motley Fool's everything-financials show, Where the Money Is, banking analysts Matt Koppenheffer and David Hanson discuss how the nation's biggest...
Revenue Managers and The Commission Controversy
It’s a pretty common occurrence; when revenue managers see that their property’s occupancy has hit a specific, pre-determined percentage, they decide to shut off...
How to Keep Your LinkedIn Group Memberships Confidential
A reader sent me a great question last weekend after he read my post on using LinkedIn groups to help recruiters find you. Here’s a slightly redacted...
We’re from Corporate and We’re Here to Help
Senior executives seeking to gauge the effectiveness of their company’s corporate strategy might look at any number of factors: the company’s shareholder returns, its...
