Battling Information Overload
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The Surf Report - vol. 20 www.askSam.com
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Monday, August 26, 2002
There is lots of exciting news this month: the new askSam Resume
Tracking System 5 is available, Research Professional Mary Ellen
Bates shares her tips on Battling Information Overload, three
specialized askSam trainings are being offered at discounted
prices, and askSam 5 keeps winning awards and receiving great
reviews.
If you haven't tried the new askSam 5 yet, please do and let me
know what you think.
Enjoy,
Marlinda Bullock
editor@askSam.com
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THIS ISSUE INCLUDES:
1) Battling Information Overload by Mary Ellen Bates
http://www.asksam.com/four/surf20/article.asp
2) askSam 5 can help with information overload. Try it today.
Special offer expires August 31st
http://www.asksam.com/four/surf20/asksam5.asp
3) askSam RTS Saves Recruiter, by Julia Jones, Recruiting
Manager, Threshold Consulting Services
http://www.asksam.com/four/surf20/userstory.asp
4) The New askSam RTS 5 is here. If you're a Recruiter or HR
manager the RTS 5 can help you. Try it today at:
http://www.asksam.com/four/surf20/rts5.asp
5) The askSam Web Publisher 5 Beta is now available. The Web
Publisher lets you quickly publish large amounts of
information on-line and lets users browse, search, and
navigate through askSam 5 databases on a Web server.
http://www.asksam.com/four/surf20/webpub.asp
6) Special askSam Training courses on Publishing Searchable
Databases on the Web, the Resume Tracking System, and
Programming with the askSam Engine.
http://www.asksam.com/four/surf20/training.asp
7) askSam was awarded 5 Stars from Paul's Picks
http://www.asksam.com/awards.asp
8) New Movie Collection Template. Manage your Movie collection
with askSam
http://www.asksam.com/four/surf20/template.asp
9) askSam 5 Tip:
askSam is a great way to archive email. askSam can help you
take all the information you receive via email and turn it
into a valuable knowledgebase.
http://www.asksam.com/four/surf20/asksamtip.asp
10) Download Trial Versions of askSam 5 and SurfSaver:
See why askSam was voted the people's choice! Try askSam 5,
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Information on how to SUBSCRIBE / UNSUBSCRIBE is at the bottom.
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BATTLING INFORMATION OVERLOAD BY MARY ELLEN BATES
In case you were in any doubt that we're inundated with data,
consider the study conducted in 2000 by the School of
Information Management and Systems of the University of
California, Berkeley. "How Much Information" found that we
produce 1.5 billion gigabytes of content a year. And a
delightful article from Inc. magazine claims that people spend
150 hours a year looking for lost information and that 45% of
people watch TV and use PCs simultaneously. No wonder we're
overwhelmed!
Read more: http://www.asksam.com/four/surf20/article.asp
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ASKSAM 5 CAN HELP WITH INFORMATION OVERLOAD
You don't have to worry about wasting time looking for an
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you can find it with askSam. With askSam 5 you can make
searchable databases from any information you find, archive
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which offers indexing for rapid searches of large databases and
a programming interface. Special offer expires August 31, 2002.
http://www.asksam.com/four/surf20/asksam5.asp
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ASKSAM RTS SAVES RECRUITER -- BY JULIA JONES, THRESHOLD
CONSULTING SERVICES
I was stuck. I had taken over the sole recruiting position
within Threshold Consulting Services. I had inherited about
1,000 resumes and a weak economy. How does the new recruiter go
to her new bosses and ask for major bucks for an Applicant
Tracking System? Not the best way to win a popularity contest.
Like many before me, I went the ACT! route and it didn't work
with resume querying and retrieval - terrible for recruiting.
Then I resorted to using the FIND function with a text search
in MSOffice - without the Boolean search is was a waste of time!
I got desperate and started searching the recruiting boards and
found recommendations for askSam. I dug a little further. There
were three key things about askSam that intrigued me; it was
competitively priced, allowed for mass imports (unlike like-
priced competition), and it has a Boolean search engine to die
for.
To read the complete story see:
http://www.asksam.com/four/surf20/userstory.asp
Want to be featured in the Surf Report? Tell us how you use
askSam: http://www.asksam.com/four/surf20/storyform.asp
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THE NEW ASKSAM RESUME TRACKING SYSTEM 5 IS HERE
The new askSam RTS 5 has all the great features of askSam 5
Professional plus applications for; Resume Tracking, Contact
Management, Employee Skills, and Job Requisition Tracking. Now,
with RTS 5, you can attach the original resume to any Candidate
document in askSam or import resumes from email and save the
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TRY THE NEW WEB PUBLISHER 5 BETA TODAY
The askSam Web Publisher has been designed to quickly publish
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Simply import existing files or type information into askSam -
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lets users browse, search, and navigate through askSam 5
databases on a Web server.
To try the Web Publisher 5 Beta and see all the new features, go
to: http://www.asksam.com/four/surf20/webpub.asp
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SPECIAL DISCOUNT ON ASKSAM TRAINING COURSES FOR:
--PUBLISHING SEARCHABLE ON-LINE DATABASES
--THE RESUME TRACKING SYSTEM
--PROGRAMMING WITH THE ASKSAM ENGINE
Save time and money - learn how to get the most out of your
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Also call to schedule a personalized training for you or your
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NEW MOVIE TEMPLATE; MANAGE YOUR MOVIE COLLECTION WITH ASKSAM
http://www.asksam.com/four/surf20/template.asp
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TIP OF THE MONTH...
askSam Tip:
askSam is a great way to archive email. askSam can help you take
all the information you receive via email and turn it into a
valuable knowledgebase. For example, you can take information
from email discussion lists and email newsletters, and import
these into a searchable database. You can also use askSam to
import email sent and received by multiple individuals and have
a centralized database of this information.
For details: http://www.asksam.com/four/surf20/asksamtip.asp
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