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Technically Women represent at SXSW Interactive

Technically Women represent at SXSW Interactive

Posted 17 August 2009 | By Jennifer Leggio | Categories: Technically Women, Women and conferences | 14 Comments

We’ve had a lot of discussion on this blog about empowering more women to speak at conferences and to raise the visibility of women in social media in general — now is our chance.
Today, South By Southwest (SXSW) Interactive opened its panel picker for the 2010 event. I’m thrilled to say that several of [...]

Technically a woman, wholeheartedly a geek

Technically a woman, wholeheartedly a geek

Posted 27 June 2009 | By Jennifer Leggio | Categories: History, Technically Women | No Comments

Throughout my career I’ve often been reminded that I can work as hard as I want, but I am going to be my most successful with a stellar team around me. That said, whenever I’ve interviewed for a job or considered a new project, I fiercely evaluate the people with whom I’ll work or be [...]

Survey shows influx of companies using social networks for recruiting

Posted 25 May 2009 | By Jennifer Leggio | Categories: Uncategorized | No Comments

Jobvite, a recruitment solutions provider, today issued the results of its second annual Social Recruitment Survey. The data shows that employers are more and more extensively recruiting on social networks, such as Facebook and Twitter. It also shows that the companies appear more satisfied with these types of recruits versus the ones they find solely [...]