From the monthly archives:

March 2011

Mastering social search and monitoring for your brand

March 30, 2011

Resources for Social Search Social search has been on my mind lately.   I am asked frequently about the best sites for social search – whether for pre-employment background checks, or for talent identification, for any of the multitude of other reasons that people have for looking up information about other people on the web.   Here is how [...]

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Beyond Google alerts: social media brand management tools

March 29, 2011

Monitoring your social media brand is crucial I talk a lot about why it is important for companies to manage their on-line brand.    I challenge companies and their managers to think about social media from two perspectives: How social media can be used to enhance your company brand How social media could be used to damage [...]

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Safe at Home

March 28, 2011

Home is where your next opportunity takes you  I have two children who will be graduating from college in May.   Both are about to undertake another big life transition, leaving their university life and entering a world filled with uncertainty.   Not just the uncertainty of major labor protests all over the globe, tsunamis, nuclear reactor meltdowns, [...]

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Get your social media credit score online!

March 26, 2011

MyWebCareer: your social media “Credit Score” MyWebCareer is an intriguing site that I ran across recently.  Currently in open beta, the site purports to show a sort of credit score for your on-line profile.  It is sort of like Klout, but offers a dashboard with a “credit score” for your on-line life.   They also offer [...]

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A Personal Touch from SHRM

March 25, 2011

Making things personal works I got this in the mail from SHRM today.  Maybe I am a sucker for personal “firsts” when they come my way from SHRM, but I have to say I like this personal approach.  I don’t care if everyone who attended the conference got one of these, I think it is [...]

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Fortune Cookie Leadership

March 23, 2011

Management wisdom for the ages I had lunch at Ling’s Chinese Buffet yesterday, and finished the meal in the traditional way you end meals at most Chinese restaurants, with a fortune cookie delivered with my bill.     Everyone loves cracking those bland cookies open to see what the enclosed slip of paper will say. Personal Leadership [...]

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SHRM working to connect the social media dots

March 22, 2011

SHRM and Social Media I was going to write a post with some detail about the #SHRMconnect task force I took part in last in Washington DC, but that has already been done in great fashion by Victorio Milian.  You should be sure to check out his thoughts on “The Rebirth of SHRM Connect“.   Along [...]

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Blogging and bloggers I have learned from

March 19, 2011

HR Guide to Blogs and Blogging I put this list together last year right after HRevolution in 2010.   I thought it might be useful again now.  It is by no means comprehensive! Here are some excellent resources articles covering a variety of topics related to blogging and using your blog as a business tool. Does [...]

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Day 3 in DC: What would Frances Perkins say about micro unions?

March 16, 2011

Random Department of Labor video I spent the afternoon walking around Washington DC today.  I wound up in front of the Frances Perkins building, which is the home to the United States Department of Labor.    I looked around for picketers and protesters, but I didn’t see any.   I visited some museums, and shot some random [...]

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Day two at #SHRMLEG11: HR has a new attitude on social media

March 15, 2011

HR interest and use of social media on the rise There are about 550 people in attendance at the Legislative Conference this year.    They are offering 3-4 concurrent sessions at a time.   This morning, the social media panel hosted by Curtis Midkiff was a standing room only venue.  Along with Fistful of Talent superstar Jessica [...]

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