Anyone using LinkedIn knows that one of the steps to a complete profile is to ask people for recommendations.  These recommendations can be very valuable in a job hunt because about 75% of hiring managers check LinkedIn to research the credentials of job applicants, according to a recent Jump Start Media poll. 

This blurb on the Domino’s pizza mess caught my attention because of the second comment: 

BioTech0296 wrote: if the owner/franchisee hired these morons, then he is responsible for their actions..NO EXCUSES!!!!

According to a recent survey by Discover Financial Services Small Business Watch, 90 percent of people surveyed continue to rate the economy as fair to poor, unchanged from February.  But a greater percentage of small business owners see economic conditions for their businesses improving, and fewer people see conditions getting worse.  An excerpt from the report:

The blogosphere is abuzz this week after a column by Seth Rogan, a well-known marketing consultant, entitled “Personal Branding in the Age of Google.”  Seth explored the results of Googling three housekeeper job applicants:

President Obama signed the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 last week. Generally known as the economic stimulus law, it creates new COBRA rules intended to help those who were involuntarily terminated from employment (i.e., fired or laid off) between September 1, 2008 and December 31, 2009 and lost their group medical plan coverage.
These individuals, [...]