Wednesday, September 24, 2008

Paidinterviews is transforming the traditional recruiting model. Using PaidInterviews, candidates are better able to market themselves by building digital career profiles complete with videos, pictures and work samples. They can also network with other candidates and search the “Watercooler” to find employer ratings created by previous employees. Jobs are uniquely matched to candidates based on the way their ideal job is outlined. Once hired, a candidate is paid their “ask fee” as a success bonus.

We talked with PaidInterviews CEO Jim Weaver, about his business, business model, and the potential to disrupt the traditional recruiting model.

On the Calliflower Conference Call: Jim Weaver, Gillian Brouse, Bill Volk, Phil Wolff, Sheryl Breuker, Frank Abrams, Quinn Askeland, Greg McQuay, Sergio Meinardi, and Dan Rockwell.

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Join us September 25, at 6:15 PM Pacific for an Evening with Josh Waitzkin author of “The Art of Learning”

You don’t get to be an eight-time national chess champion and a world martial arts champion without knowing how to learn. Josh Waitzkin talks with us all about how to learn what you need to learn faster and with more ease.

Josh Waitzkin, an eight-time National Chess Champion in his youth, was the subject of the book and movie Searching for Bobby Fischer. At eighteen, he published his first book, Josh Waitzkin’s Attacking Chess.

Since the age of twenty, he has developed and been spokesperson for Chessmaster, the largest computer chess program in the world, currently in its eleventh edition.

Now a martial arts champion, he holds a combined twenty-one National Championship titles in addition to several World Champion titles. He is the president of the JW Foundation, which helps struggling youths with the learning process, and regularly gives seminars and keynote presentations.

FREE: September 25, at 6:15 PM Pacific / 9:15 PM EDT

How to Access: On Facebook go to http://apps.new.facebook.com/calliflower/conf/show/33192 and confirm your participation. You will receive the Phone Number/Internet Number to call along with your unique PIN number.

Outside of Facebook go to http://apps.calliflower.com/conf/show/33192 (create a profile if you haven’t already done so) and confirm your participation. You will receive the Phone Number/Internet Number to call along with your unique PIN number.

Hosted by Life Enhancement Speaker, Writer and Broadcaster Allan Hunkin

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Bell to interfere with GPS?

September 24, 2008

Speculation is running rampant that Bell plans to interfere with GPS on BlackBerry mobile phone devices in the near future.  The rapidy spreading rumour says that in the coming weeks Bell will cause users of free GPS mapping applications (Google maps, or BlackBerry maps, for example) to experience GPS lock times of 2 to 10 [...]

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Email chain letter hits Facebook.

September 24, 2008

Yesterday Paul Brent from the local CTV affiliate dropped by my office to tape an interview with me about identity theft, privacy and online safety.  My view is that these are really two subjects — one is managing your own image online (don’t put drunken pictures of yourself online if you’re worried a future employer [...]

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HelloTXT Hictu!

September 24, 2008

My pal Luca Filigheddu scored a victory for his Hictu! microblogging service yesterday.  Popular cross-posting service HelloTXT is now including Hictu.  HelloTXT lets you update all of your social networks from a single site. Video posting from within HelloTXT is apparently mere weeks away as well. Now, what I’d really like is a service that [...]

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MOBIVOX|PL, the Mobivox developer play.

September 24, 2008

You may recall the August 7th announcement that JAJAH and Mobivox had teamed up to provide a voice driven JAJAH service called JAJAH concierge.  Today Mobivox announces their business model for allowing any company to deploy similar services on the Mobivox platform.  Called MOBIVOX|PL, it’s a voice activated mobile services platform that lets users literally [...]

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