Tag Archives: social networking

Identifying existing alumni networks and capturing talent

Coming into 2009, we’ve all fastened our seat belts for an economic roller coaster ride (going mostly downwards). Some are predicting unemployment figures to kiss double digits. Inevitably, this is going to lead to a whole lot of talented people looking for jobs over the coming years.
So my question (perhaps very prematurely) is: are government [...]

Social networking, government social networking, or non-government government social networking

Last month I was lucky enough to attend the International Conference of IT Administrators where I met Steve Ressler the founder of GovLoop.
GovLoop is a “non-government” government social networking site. To elaborate, it is not run by a government organisation (though Steve does work for Homeland Security, GovLoop is extracurricular), but is designed for government [...]