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March 2010
Strategically Planning Your Future
Dennis D. McDonald, Ph.D., a consultant who specializes in using information technology to help manage, collaborate, innovate, and communicate, said, “A strategic planning process delivers a set of defined initiatives or projects that achieve a desired set of business goals. The planning process involves a definition of these business goals, an assessment of the resources available for meeting these goals, and the definition of specific plans or initiative that are designed to achieve the goals. The process usually incorporates a ranking exercise that identifies the highest priority initiatives.”
We’re focusing this month’s issue on the importance of thinking strategically about social media and the job search. It is vitally important that you have a good plan laid out before embarking on a job search, but it’s equally important to have an idea of how you would like to utilize your social networking circle. I hope you find value in the following articles, and that you use the ideas to point your own networking and job search toward success.
I hope you will continue making suggestions and submitting story ideas for future issues of Flownotes to newsletter@flowork.com. We enjoy reading your feedback and ideas every month!
John-Paul Hatala, Ph.D, Flowork Founder
In this Issue
What's New?
Flowork Looking for Strategic Partners, The Strategic Networker: A Learner's Guide to Effective Networking, Online Case Management System Coming Soon, and Get Flowork Twitter Updates.
Using Online Social Media to Access Resources: Are We Tapping In?
Today’s expanding technology allows us to easily access social resources not only at the local level, but now at a regional, national and global one.
Top 10 List: STRATEGIC JOB SEARCH MANAGEMENT
More than ever before, with the current economic climate of high unemployment rates and ever-decreasing salaries, we must become strategic about the jobs we take so that they fit into an overall plan for eventually get the job we truly want.
Businesses Are Told That Social Media Can’t Be Ignored
Embracing social media requires a time commitment, but is definitely worth the effort. (By James Dowd, The Commercial Appeal, February 24, 2010 )
This Month's flowTIP
Flowork offers the benefits of social capital to anyone of any age. The Education Flowork Program offers educational institutions (Kindergarten through higher education) to ensure their students, faculty and staff become aware of the power of information by networking. Corporate Flowork and the Flowork Workforce Development Program introduces corporations, non-profit organizations, government, and workforce development groups to ways they might increase the flow of information between individuals, departments, divisions and units. Floworks founder Dr. John-Paul Hatala is available for speaking engagements nationwide. If you are interested in booking him for an on-site speaking engagement, please call us at 1-877-FLOWORK or contact us to discuss your needs.