Monthly Archives: March 2010

Why Controlling your Image on the Internet Is Important

I actually just realized recently the importance myself of keeping track of all of the social media sites I have joined over the past few years. The Melanie Andersen Agency just purchased a new database called Maxhire which keeps track of all of the clients and candidates we work with. It has a great social media function, where [...]

One of my LinkedIn pet hates

A major pet hate of mine is when people that I don’t know send me an invitation to connect on LinkedIn with no introduction email attached. This is the equivalent of sending someone a letter in the post, and they open the envelope and there is nothing inside to read. I am totally fine to [...]

Candidate representation

I get many emails from candidates along the lines of the following – “Hi Melanie, I just applied for a Media Director position at Ralph Lauren that I am really interested in. Are you working on the role? If so, do you mind sending my resume and putting in a good word for me?”. Ok. [...]