It’s happened to Microsoft, to Google, HSBC, Coca-Cola and to Interpol. Now GoDaddy joins the ranks of high profile websites that were hacked for no other reason than bragging rights. Try navigating to GoDaddy’s website before they get it back up and running, and you’ll see this (see pic on the right). It’s reported that 55 million sites experienced major outage as a result. That’s HUGE!! So if an internet giant like Bob Parsons can get hacked, how can you protect yourself? Here are a few quick and easy methods to protect yourself from those who would do harm: 1)  [ Read More ]

By KATE ZERNIKE | NY Times The mayor of New Jersey’s capital was arrested on Monday and charged in what federal prosecutors described as a scheme to accept more than $119,000 in bribes in exchange for selling city property at a fraction of its value. The arrest was the latest blow to the long-struggling city, Trenton, and its controversial mayor, Tony F. Mack, who narrowly escaped a recall effort last year as allegations of corruption dogged City Hall. Since he took office in 2010, a parade of his appointees have quit in various stages of disgrace, while residents and City  [ Read More ]

It is no longer sufficient to talk how about how mobile phones which shape the recruiting industry over the next few years, without talking about the mobile paradigm shift that is taking place today. We all know the fascinating statistics about smart phone adoption with Nielsen reporting earlier this year that nearly 42% of US mobile users and 44% of European mobile subscribers now use smart-phones. But it is the data that is beginning to emerge from recruiting sites which is of most interest to me and most illuminating for the recruiting process. For example, one of the UK’s top  [ Read More ]