In answer to my July post: Yes, I think NJ is Waking up! Today I attended a Jobs for Jersey forum at Montclair State. My company was invited by the Manufacturing Network of NJBIA to which we belong. There was a panel of dignitaries, which included 3 past governors, Brendan Byrne, Donald DiFrancesco, and Jim [...]
New Jersey Waking up?
This is an article that was in the May-June 2010 NJ Tooling and Manufacturing Association Newsletter. You can download the full version at www.njtma.com New Jersey Waking Up? by Tom Smith NJ Lt. Governor Kim Guadagno spoke at a breakfast I attended on 6/15, sponsored by the Association For Corporate Growth. This was ACGNJ, www.acg.org/nj. The topic was [...]
“know” your connections on LinkedIn
This is in response to a LinkedIn Job Angels Group question about whether it is important to have pictures on profiles, and whether you should connect with people when you do not know what they look like. I prefer to connect with people I actually know, so I will not accept invites to connect from people [...]
Business Process Reengineering – not bad if done right
My company helps small businesses grow efficiently and helps companies in trouble figure out how to get out of the soup. We do help from a financial perspective but that is not the scope of this article. It’s about Business Process Reengineering. This has to do greasing or replacing the cogs of the company’s machine [...]