I know – you’re trying to figure out what social media means in your company. If you’re reading this post within a week of it being published, you’re way ahead of the curve. If you’re finding this at the end of 2015, welcome to the show, kid! If you’re reading this in 2015, the long tail of social media finally …
Old Milwaukee and the Pressure to Do More With Less
Did you watch the Super Bowl a few weeks ago? Apart from actual contest itself, won by the New York Football Giants, the Super Bowl has also become the pinnacle event for big brands, marketers, and advertising agencies. In fact the Super Bowl has become well, the Super Bowl for the ad game. The stakes are very high in this …
I’m unPinterested
Over the past few months some of you might have seen all the commotion surrounding the site Pinterest. It’s not new, it’s been around for over a year, but it was mainly a site used by Mommy Bloggers, crafters, home design folks, etc. Somehow, in the past 90 days, Pinterest jumped-the-shark in the HR/Talent community and everyone is following everyone! …
So you want to use LinkedIn…but you don’t want to get fired…what do you do?
Recruiting can be a dangerous place…judgments can abound. I’ve written before about past responsibilities I’ve had as a sourcer. During telecom’s peak in 2000, my company proactively searched job boards to retain staff that were testing the waters for new careers. That was a time when a candidate could post a resume and within 24 hours be interviewing or on …
Engagement Surveys Are the Nielsen Rankings of HR – And That’s Not a Good Thing
If you are looking for additional reasons to include and manage social networks in your organization, think about this… The Nielsen rankings help networks and advertisers determine the value of a show – how much to invest in it – how much to charge advertisers – how much to pay the actors – basically everything. The Nielsen ranking is the …
Open and Honest in HR…
I ran across about 13,000 Twitter profiles recently from HR Pros who all say roughly the same thing “SWF w/Cat that is giving it to them straight in HR – I tell it like it is!” or “The HR Guy – like Toby – but I let’em know what I really think!” or “HR Rockstar my views are my own, …
Looking for Talent in the Siberian Tundra?
Last week, Facebook, (a plucky little social networking start-up from California, perhaps you have heard of them), released results of two groundbreaking studies of the network’s social graph – and the results provide some fascinating and even predictive insights into the typical Facebook user’s connections, and validation of sorts to the commonly held notion that large scale online social networking, …
Hold up now…. Where’s your Social Media Policy?
A lot of people like to talk about Social Media. Alot of people like to talk about Sourcing and Recruiting on Social Media. I count myself amongst them. In fact, in September I have a presentation at HRA-NCA's fall kick-off meeting. I'm excited…..I love to talk about using social media resources to do my job. Everyone wants to know the …