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Cara on March 10th, 2010

6:00pm: I put dinner in the oven. 6:05: Sit at kitchen island with laptop, Logged into Facebook. Hear that sucking sound? 9:00pm: Jolted by smoke alarm blaring. I hear, “Mommy! Mommy!” My dirty faced kid is starving, homework still not done, husband threatening to pack his bags. Promise to try harder tomorrow. linkscolor = “330000″; highlightscolor = “FF6633″; backgroundcolor [...]

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Cara on February 9th, 2010

How cool would it be to tell your boss you aren’t comin’ back to work on Twitter? That’s what Jonathan Schwartz, CEO of Sun Microsystems did. So the next day he tweets that he wants to write a book about the experience and asking his followers to tell what they want him to write about. [...]

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Cara on February 6th, 2010

Last year  I lost my job. Ten years at one company and my anniversary gift is unemployment. I immediately knew that all the networking I had done for my job was the key to my next career. Small talk always lead to loyal clients. Monster.com was not the answer. My resume against thousands of others! How [...]

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Cara on August 16th, 2009

I was reading a great blog the other day  called Social Media Scene Kids. It’s about stereotypes who are hooked on Blogging, Twitter, Facebook etc. It got me thinking, what types  have NOT jumped into the deep end of social media? My husband points out to me his idea  of   non-social media types : “Have [...]

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Cara on July 20th, 2009

Welcome! This is my first blog post and I am excited to write about social media in the job search/career/personal branding, non-profit/animal rescue, my family life, or anything that strikes me  with “Hey! I want to tell you about that!”.  Come back regularly and add your questions and/or comments.  Lets talk! www.linkedin.com/in/caramandart www.facebook.com/caramandart www.twitter.com/caramandart linkscolor [...]

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