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LinkedIn’s new skills assessments

Sherrilynne Starkie

Each Skill Assessment is constructed through a rigorous content creation and review process in partnership with LinkedIn Learning industry and subject matter experts. Early results show candidates who complete LinkedIn Skill Assessments are significantly more likely (~30%) to get. hired, according to LinkedIn’s blog.

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I Don't Care Where. You. Are. Right. Now. | Almost Savvy

Almost Savvy

If it is worth it to you to tick off a bunch of your online friends to publicly proclaim that you just earned a GymRat badge on Foursquare and you’re comfortable with the privacy issues of announcing where you are at every given moment, then more power to you. No badge, no mayorship, no virtual prize, no free sandwich is worth it.

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How Your Cub and Girl Scouts (and Youth) are Being Cheated in the Personal Manufacturing Era

Stay N' Alive

Gone will be construction and mechanical jobs. They are making steps with new computer programming merit badges, and computer safety programs. Our youth are in for a wake-up call when they grow up. Gone will be blue-collar work. Gone will be factory and manual labor jobs. I''m concerned they''re not moving fast enough though.

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24 of the Best Google+ Guides, Tips, Rants and Raves of 2012

Webbiquity SMM

Plant +1 badges on all your assets to take advantage of the Direct Connect tool that automatically brings customers and prospects searching in your category to your page.” Use the +1 and encourage your followers to do the same. ” 6 Steps to Getting Started With Google+ by Social Media Examiner.

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How to Leverage the Potential of Blogger Outreach

Kikolani

Blogger outreach is reaching out to the blogger community to create a relationship that involves you having regular, constructive and mutually beneficial contact with them. If you don’t find their contact details on their sites, do the next best thing; hunt for social media badges, or profile links on their sites.

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Personal Learning for Learning Professionals - Using Web 2.0 Tools to Make Reading & Research More Effective

Buzz Marketing for Technology

This can be done either by exporting or by embedding a badge or link roll directly into your post. One such article, Promoting Durable Knowledge Construction through Online Discussion , points out: Knowledge construction is best accomplished through collaboration. Alternatively, you can accomplish the same thing with a Wiki.

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Social Media Club Hawaii Celebrates Ma Ka Hana Ka ?Ike

Bare Feet Studios

The winner was a small nonprofit based in Hana, Maui, supported by Rick and Kirsten Rutiz to teach the high school youth about construction. We also added a Flickr badge on the main web site, to make sure any new photos on Flickr are cross-posted to the web site. About the Contest It was a great idea! Ma Ka Hana Ka ?Ike