From the monthly archives:

July 2009

HR Tweetup in Orlando – Update

July 22, 2009

Image by tomdev via Flickr All the members of the blogging panel from Monday morning are now committed to the tweetup. Please note the time has changed to 8:30 Pm and the location will be the Lobby Bar at the Rosen Shingle Creek Resort. Who’s attending the tweetup in Orlando so far? Mary Richards of [...]

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Danger Will Robinson! Punk Rock HR detected

July 21, 2009

Apparently word has started to spread in the corporate world about the Punk Rock HR movement. Firewalls are starting to filter out the insidious propoganda being passed around the interwebs by the rebellious subversive known as Laurie. It probably has something to do with her fledgling comedy career! Related articles by Zemanta HR Tweetup in [...]

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Jobs 101: How to build a business network in 24 hours!

July 20, 2009

Image by Elliottng via Flickr Jobs 101: How to build a business network in 24 hours! One of the key elements of conducting a successful job is working your personal network of connections for jobs. Not everyone builds a massive Rolodex file of contacts as they go through their career, which will leave you at [...]

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HR Happy Hour Hootenanny

July 19, 2009

Image via Wikipedia What’s Bob Forrest got to do with it anyway? Nothing really, this all about HR Happy Hour Steve Boese runs HR Happy Hour on Blog Talk Radio on Friday nights and is doing a great job with it. I called in last Friday and was able to join in a wide ranging [...]

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Card Check Compromise?

July 16, 2009

A report in The New York Times indicates that the card check provisions that have been such a controversial portion of the proposed Employee Free Choice Act are now dead, dropped as part of a developing compromise being put together in the Senate. “This is a very emotional issue,” said Senator Arlen Specter of Pennsylvania, [...]

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Job Hunt 101: Who is hiring in your town?

July 16, 2009

Jobs 101: Who is hiring in Tampa? A version of this article specific to job searching in Tampa can be found by clicking the link above which will take you to the Examiner web site where I wrote on workplace issues. Help for your job search Check out these sites to find out who is [...]

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Creating a WOW culture at work!

July 15, 2009

Image by punk_drizzle via Flickr Brainstorming Human Resources A couple of years ago I sat through a couple of days of meetings that basically were intended to be a deep look at an internal HR department. The focus of the meeting was to look how that company could revitalize their culture and increase the engagement [...]

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The Punk Rock HR interview | Post #750 on HRH

July 13, 2009

Profiling Laurie Ruettimann of Punk Rock HR!You HR punks needs to learn about blogging! HR Florida will be holding their 31st state-wide conference at the Rosen Shingle Resort in Orlando from August 16-19, 2009. You probably already realize that it is nearly impossible to have a conversation these days where the topic of using social [...]

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"Free" for free

July 13, 2009

Chris Anderson,(Chief Editor – Wired magazine) has released his new book: “Free – the future of a radical price”. In the book he describes his radical model of freemium and how the most effective price on a product can be no price at all. I got it by going to Anderson’s “Free” web site, getting [...]

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Three reasons to be at the HR Florida State Conference

July 13, 2009

Image by State Library and Archives of Florida via Flickr Just in case you need more than one reason to attend the HR Florida State Conference, we even have video! Take a quick look at the Rosen Shingle Resort and let Carol McDaniel explain why you should attend the State Conference this year. Check out [...]

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