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Project Manager for Media Info Technologies company - Portland, OR

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Name:: Michael Johnson

City:: Portland, OR

ZIP/Postal Code: 97209

State/Region (spell it out please, no abbreviations!):: Oregon

Country:: USA

How do you introduce yourself to people you meet in business?: Hi, Mike Johnson with Avature. It's a pleasure to meet you. How can we work together to solve recruiting challenges?

Name someone you most admire: My Dad

Company or business name:: Avature

Website:: http://www.avature.net/technology/recruiting-crm/

What kind of networking are you open to?: Open networking, Referrals between friends

Who referred you to RecruitingBlogs.com?: Jason Davis

Which combination best describes your professional profile?: Executive, Vendor/Consultant

How many years have you been in the business?: 10 - 14 years

Which industries do you work in now?: All Industries

Which online communities do you actively participate in?: LinkedIn

What other social networking/sites do you like best?: Xing, Twitter, Facebook, Ning

Which conferences do you plan to attend in the next year?: ERE, Onrec, SHRM, SourceCon

What recruiting tools can you not live without?: Our CRM - I use it everyday.

Which blogs would you recommend people read?: TechCrunch

What do like best about RecruitingBlogs.com...: Connecting with people and sharing ideas.

...and what would you change and why?: Add Twitter to the list of personal URL's below.

LinkedIN URL: http://www.linkedin.com/in/michaelprestonjohnson

Skype Status: Add me

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If you don't know what a tag cloud is go to wikipedia first. Check out Tag Crowd. Copy and paste any text to make your own tag cloud to visualize word frequency. Try it with a resume or a job description and see the resulting cloud image. Do you like it? Does it have any relevance? Could you ever see this as a useful tool? Why or why not? Let's hear what you think. Mike

Posted on October 5, 2008 at 12:00pm — 7 Comments

Human Resources Executive magazine announces 2008 Top 10 HR Products selections

Of course I wouldn't be writing this if Avature's Recruiting CRM wasn't selected...thankfully it was and a big "hug it out" to David Shadovitz and his editors for selecting us. You can see the article in the Oct. 2, 2008 current issue here: http://tinyurl.com/avaturewins There were a few winners in the talent acquisition space so I congratulate them as well - LinkedIN and Kenexa - good company to be in. What's interesting is the proliferation of We… Continue

Posted on October 3, 2008 at 12:47am —

Tags vs. folders

According to website del.icio.us, "Folders were the old way to organize your bookmarks. They were great if you only had a few bookmarks and a few folders, but as your collection grew, it became harder and harder to decide what goes where. Delicious has a new and better way: tags." Tags were also popularized by Flickr - the photo sharing website - as a way in which to categorize photos - who's in them, when they were taken, where they were taken, by season, holiday, event type, etc. - for easy r… Continue

Posted on August 19, 2008 at 8:29pm — 3 Comments

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At 12:13am on November 21, 2008, Dan Nuroo said…: Hey Michael,

Thanks for the note. great stuff to look into, thanks for the advice.

Cheers

Dan

At 12:30pm on November 6, 2008, Anthony Knierim said…: haha... Fortunately I'm a sox fan!! but they didn't do to well either!

At 11:49am on November 4, 2008, Allison Sherwood said…: Hi Mike, Thanks for the invite--it's always great to meet another recruiter from the Pacific Northwest! I look forward to staying in touch and sharing ideas.

At 8:45am on October 10, 2008, Catia Yun said…: Hey Mike, great to see you here. I just returned from my honeymoon. Back to business!!

At 4:59pm on October 3, 2008, Slouch said…: they are going to change it to non animated

At 9:58pm on October 2, 2008, Slouch said…: congrats on that

At 5:54pm on September 26, 2008, Robi Roberts said…: Hi Michael, hope all is well! R

At 4:22pm on June 25, 2008, Slouch said…: jason@talentID.com

At 3:48pm on May 30, 2008, Thomas F.X. Licari said…: Hello,

I would like to invite you to attend our networking event June 19th in Chicago - see info below - Or if you don't have time to read this, just download the video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0QN0v__9NHo

I look forward to seeing you 06/19 in Chicago

Peace ~ Thomas F.X. Licari

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Date: Thursday June 19th, 2008

Time: 5:00pm to 8:00 p.m.

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Agenda: Power Networking - Build your network, Extreme face to face style, meet with hundreds of Illinois' top human capital professionals in one spot

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Meet New People, Reconnect with Colleagues AND WIN PRIZES -2008 Networking Contest

• Michele Porfilio from Crowe Chizek will be running our first networking contest which will take place during the event. How to enter; you must attend the event to take part. This contest will test your

ability to network face to face. Are you a top networker? Now is your chance to prove it. Come to our event and test yourself!

• Thomas F.X. Licari will be handling the second networking contest which will take place before the event; How to enter - Forward this invite to your recruiting network and get your recruiters friends to

join you for the event on 6/19. If you refer the most recruiters to attend our event you win.

• All winners will be listed on IllinoisRecruiters.org website as “Top Networkers”

• Prizes: iPods, Gas Cards, Gift Cards and Illinois Recruiters t-shirts!

(Don't wait purchase your tickets today! We are on pace to sell out two weeks before the meeting! (Tickets for the 6/19 event are going fast)

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PLEASE CONNECT WITH ME ON LINKEDIN

If you would like to connect with me please click on the following
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thomas@realrecruiting.com. It is that easy! I will accept your
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