From the monthly archives:

March 2010

Talent Synch, Cheezhead, and Jobing Tampa Bay, ala Carte!

March 30, 2010

Working with Jobing I am going to be a panel member and leading a breakout session at the Tanpa Bay Jobing Recruitment Symposium tomorrow.   Before that, I will be having breakfast with keynote speaker Susan Burns of  Talent Synchronicity.   I will be doing some tweeting from the event.  You can use the hashtag #RSTB to [...]

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Federal Labor Agencies Put Social Media to Work

March 28, 2010

NLRB on Facebook and Twitter From Drop Box I have mixed emotions about writing about this topic. I mean, it can’t be a bad thing that the U.S. Government is actually advancing the use of social media tools by getting some of the agencies out there in the forefront, using the tools, right? I just [...]

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Where are the HR cheerleaders?

March 24, 2010

Image by MelvinSchlubman via Flickr  HR needs a mascot I am sick of breaking down all the human resources issues that require deep thinking and big thoughts.  You know – stuff like Who stole my seat at the table? Is human resources still a viable career field? Why exactly is that more HR people don’t [...]

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Speaking of SHRM, HR people who use social media should be speaking at SHRM

March 20, 2010

Image via Wikipedia Continuing the Dialogue Yesterday I posted a bit of a mini-rant about the seminars dealing with the inherent risks of social media for employers that were presented as part of the 2010 Employment Law & Legislative Conference.   My statement was that SHRM failed to fulfill what I consider to be an obligation [...]

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Inside Washington DC: SHRM, Social Media and Fearmongering

March 19, 2010

Warning:  I am going to rant about Social Media and HR in this post. I am going to rant about several things. I am going to rant about: human resources professionals who still practice plausible denial about their need to understand social media lawyers who utilize fear-mongering tactics to create fear about social media at [...]

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Inside Washington D.C. : HR Public Policy according to SHRM

March 18, 2010

Image via Wikipedia Employment Law and Legislative Developments Yesterday was the opening day of the 2010 SHRM Employment Law and Legislative Conference.   I’d like to thank the fine people at SHRM Public Affairs for granting me press credentials to cover the conference this week, especially Julie Malveaux and Jennifer Hughes for helping make that happen. [...]

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Mr. Smith, Ms. Ginsberg and I go to Washington!

March 16, 2010

Image by RichieC via Flickr Laws and Legislation Tomorrow morning at this time, I should halfway to the Orlamdo airport where I will be catching to a plane to Washington D.C. so that I can attend the SHRM 2010 Employment Law & Legislative Conference.   I was lucky enough to be granted press access to the [...]

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Dealing with Information Overload

March 13, 2010

My Addiction From Drop Box With apologies to Robert Palmer…. Your lights are on, but you’re not home Your mind is not your own Your heart sweats, your body shakes Another link is what it takes You can’t sleep, you can’t eat There’s no doubt, you’re in deep Your throat is tight, you can’t breathe [...]

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Smart Lists for Smart People from Smartbrief

March 9, 2010

Smartbrief is a great resource If you are not familiar with the various Smartbrief business to business newsletters that are available for free via email subscription, you should be.  It is an excellent way to stay topically up-to-date every day! If you read this blog regularly, you may have noticed the Smartbrief on Workforce widget [...]

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Scoping Out Some Social Media Superstars

March 9, 2010

Image by rotheche via Flickr I was on the phone yesterday morning when it suddenly dawned on me that all the really big Social Media Superstars have names that start with an “S”.    Don’t believe me? @StephanieALloyd @Sexythinker @Shennee_Rutt @Scobleizer @Sumser @ScottMonty @Slouch @Seiden @stelzner @SteveBoese and the biggest, baddest social media cat of them [...]

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