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So far, since I've graduated and become an adult this is the only meal I've made more than once. I'm not much of a cook but this is so easy I can't even mess it up if I tried! 

I call this ... Tomato Parmasean Seashell Pasta

Ingredients: 

1lb Sea Shell Pasta (any size; I like bigger!) 1/2 cup extra virgin olive oil 2 tbsp Minced Garlic 1/2 tsp. Red pepper flakes 1 pint tiny Cherry tomatoes  1/2 cup Parmesan cheese

Cook Time: 

Directions:

1. Combine olive oil, garlic, red pepper flakes, and pinch of salt into a sauce pan. Simmer for 5 minutes. 

2. While your sauce is cooking, halve all the tomatoes.

3. After the 5 minutes are up on your sauce. Put half of your tomatoes in the sauce. Simmer for 5 more minutes.

4. While the sauce is cooking, prepare your pasta as directed. Pasta usually cooks about 11 minutes after the water comes to a boil! 

5. After your sauce is done cooking. Take it off the burner and put it to the side for 25 minutes. This lets the oil soak into the tomatoes. 

6. After your pasta is done and your sauce is ready, rinse your pasta and pour your sauce over it.

Mix it up, add some parmesan cheese, and voila! 

(Photo via Blogging4Jobs)

Lets face it. Mobile is taking over the world. Some may even say, it's replacing the computer. Between, Iphones, Androids, Windows, and the plethora of tablets out there, wouldn't you think mobile recruitment would have been popular by now?

According to JobScience, nearly "7 million people around the world use smart phones to connect with friends, family, and potential employers".  So, if your company wants to focus on recruitment advertising, why haven't you adopted a optimized mobile strategy yet? No really, why haven't you?

JobScience, also reveals that of only 20% of Fortune 1000 companies have mobile optimized websites. That's alarming considering the amount of people who may only use their phone to surf the Internet. If their sites aren't optimized for mobile usage, who's to say they have an app for that?

Well, the most likely do not. One reason may be because not everybody's doing it. A study by iMomentus states that only 3% of Fortune 500 companies have a mobile recruitment app. ONLY 3% YOU SAY? Don't be alarmed because of those 3% some of them are very notable. For instance, GM, PepsicCo, Liberty Mutual, Blackberry, Match.com, Nielson, and GE all have mobile career apps.

So, whom are we missing out on? According to a Potentialpark study reviewed by Mashable, nearly 20% of "job seekers are using their mobile device for career-related purposes", and on top of that 50% of other job seekers can see themselves doing the same. 

These studies and statistics reveal that recruiters are missing a HUGE target market in terms of not just mobile recruiting but brand exposure as well. Brands build trust, trust leads to employers, employers create success. Broaden your options recruiters. Make an app for that!

  Sources:

http://blog.imomentous.com/the-newest-way-of-recruiting-is-on-mobile/

http://www.blogging4jobs.com/social-media/25-companies-mobile-careers-recruiting-apps/

http://blog.imomentous.com/the-newest-way-of-recruiting-is-on-mobile/

Twitter does it again. Updates aim to please advertisers of the world.

Twitter has recently undergone some major changes, for the better. A few weeks ago Twitter released free analytics for all of its users. This is a feature that everyone can use to their advantage. To use the new tool, go to ads.twitter.com, sign in, and click Analytics at the top left. Below is what I found when I reviewed my followers and timeline.

Twitter's newest feature, which I discovered today via TechCrunch  allows users and engagers to see just where else their tweets appear with an embedding feature.

It appears to only be a select few who have uncovered this twitter feature (mostly influential tweeters), but this may be a game changer for digital target marketing for advertisers. 

This picture below (via TechCrunch) shows where the new Twitter update was discovered.

This means that your company can go where no company has gone before. Ingred Lunden points out, "Twitter can sell itself better as a broadcasting platform to advertisers hungry to go not just where registered users are congregating, but specifically to where users are logging on, paying attention, and clicking". What do you think of these update?