ZKQ Blog

First Appeared on Handshake 2.0: Size Matters - Your Social Media Footprint

EXCERPT from Handshake 2.0:

  Here on Handshake 2.0, the topic of enhancing a social media footprint as a means of getting found on the Web has been addressed many times. Authors of these posts have encouraged readers to Google themselves to find out how they rank in search results both as individuals and as the businesses they represent.

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Twitter: ZKQ Digest

I write about Twitter often -- it's the velcro of social media -- in that it has many fabulous uses and even more yet to be discovered. I wanted to make it easy to access my published work about Twitter, so I put together this digest. I hope you'll find it useful and enjoyable to read.

@CollegeVisit Twitter Lists (SmartCollegeVisit)

Making the List - Branding on Twitter (Handshake 2.0)

Twitter Talk (12/28/09) (Handshake 2.0)

My 140-Character Day (10/29/09) (Handshake 2.0)

Journalism 140: The Creative Twitter Challenge (10/13/09) (Handshake 2.0)

Elements of a Call-to-ActionTweet  (10/05/09) (Handshake 2.0)

Anyone with a Cell Phone can Tweet (09/27/09  (ZKQ Blog)

Drink Up - The Morning After Blogchat with Amy Africa (07/27/09) (Handshake 2.0)

Twitter Party Line - A Real-Time Thought Stream (05/19/09) (Handshake 2.0)

Twitter Power 5K (04/23/09) (Handshake 2.0)

Twitter This: The litest, lowest-fat, zero-calorie, fastest-growing form of communication in cyberspace (04/20/09, PDF) (Blue Ridge Business Journal)

Twitter - The Essential App at Mailtrust (03/12/09) (Handshake 2.0)

From "Follow" to "Follow-up"- Using Twitter in Business (02/20/09) (Handshake 2.0)

A Twiffic Twitter Exerience (02/19/09) (Handshake 2.0)

Would you hire a Leo?

Earlier this week, I wrote a post for Handshake 2.0 about the value of using assessment tools during the hiring process. Jennifer Leake, founder of Assessment Pros, explained to me that tools like the Myers Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI) and DiSC were never intended to be used for hiring purposes, but are best used to understand behavior and for self-assessment. I appreciate her explanation. While I have used MBTI for team building, I had always wondered if it could be used during the hiring process. I understand now that there are tools better suited to that.

In the post on Handshake, I wrote that, back in the 70's, I had been turned down for a job because I was born under the zodiac sign of Leo. My would-be employer already had two Leos working for him and he did not think adding a third would make for a good mix. While I was shocked to be turned down for that reason, it was several years later that I came to understand why he felt that way.

As I moved up and took on more responsibility in the various companies I worked for, managing teams and supervising staff were included in the promotions. Just like the manager who turned me down, I found I, too, needed a good mix of employees -- a well rounded group of people and personalities who could work well together. Turns out, getting this is more difficult than one would think, but tools like the MBTI really did help me in more than one enterprise and, today I carry with me the lessons I learned from those experiences. 

According to Astrology-online, Leos are the "most dominant, spontaneously creative and extrovert of all the zodiacal characters." I share a birthday with Robyn Smith, Susan Saint James, and Magic Johnson. Other famous Leos include Andy Warhol, Benito Mussolini, Rosalyn Carter, Jacqueline Kennedy, Bill Clinton and Barack Obama. Hmm...makes me wonder...would I hire me?