From the monthly archives:

August 2012

(Data) Impression from HR Florida #HRFL12

August 30, 2012

Social Impressions from HR Florida We just wrapped the 2012 HR Florida State Conference.  I have a lot of stuff I want to talk about, but not a lot of time right now.  Ket’s go with this.  Thanks to my social tech members for being a part of our little events.  You know who you [...]

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Death by Infographic

August 22, 2012

Workplace Safety Infographic  There is no great commentary with today’s post, just a link to an interesting infographic, if you like that sort of thing. The topic of the infographic is “The Deadliest Job Isn’t What You Expect“. It’s worth checking out even if like me, you aren’t a workplace safety engineer. There is a [...]

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Recruiter: Don’t call me, I’ll call you!

August 19, 2012

Potential applicants: “Screw that buddy, If you are gonna post on social media, we expect a response! This is something that actually happened on one of my LinkedIn group for Labor and Employee Relations.  It’s worth a mention to both internal and external recruiters. Among the comments were: “Has **** responded to anyone?” “I didn’t [...]

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Twitter mutant offspring break out of lab. Here come Medium and Branch.

August 16, 2012

Mad science or natural evolution of social?  Coming soon,  a couple of new offspring from the creators of Twitter that will either enhance your social media experience, or add a couple of more platforms that you won’t have time to use.  They are called Medium and Branch.  Medium reinvents publishing, maybe.  Branch reinvents communication, possibly. What is [...]

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Labor Relations Round-up for August 13, 2012

August 13, 2012

NLRB news round-up for August 13,  2012  I haven’t done an NLRB update in a while.  Here’s some of the stuff they’ve been up to lately.  The Board has been active, even if they aren’t getting the same  press now that they election is getting closer. NLRB files an injunction in a dispute between the [...]

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Looking for stories from “off the beaten path” workers, business people and non-traditional expats for an article

August 11, 2012

How to make a living in a foreign country I’m interested in collecting some information on “off the beaten path” careers and being a non-traditional expat working outside the United States. I frequently see stories and emails suggesting that you can make a living in non-US based countries by teaching English to non- English speakers [...]

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Linkedin groups, Kinetix HR, HR Florida – it’s a small world after all! #HRFL12

August 10, 2012

 Overlapping influencers  and influences  You may not be aware of the fact that I am the creator and moderator of several LinkedIn groups, including one of the largest topical groups on labor relations.  It has the very orginal name of Labor and Employee Relations.  It’s a private group, but we have easy admission requirements, so if you are interested, [...]

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Social tools for tracking your employees

August 9, 2012

Cool or creepy? Earlier this year, my buddy Mike Haberman wrote about the risks of tracking your employees via GPS. Trucking and delivery companies have been using these types of fleet tracking systems for years.  Websites like Guru that allow you to hire freelancers now offer tools that allow to track their virtual work via [...]

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2012 Illinois HR Conference (#ILSHRM12) – They’re on a mission

August 8, 2012

Illinois SHRM – pretty damn good          I’m told the guys in the picture above are John Jorgenson (@JKJHR) and Dave Ryan (@DavetheHRCzar).  I can neither confirm or deny, but they wound up on my phone sometime in the past few days. I just got back home from the 2012 HR Illinois State [...]

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Old Skool Social Recruiting

August 4, 2012

Social Recruiting, 1950′s style  I learned today that social recruiting existed long before anyone ever began to imagine Mark Zuckerberg, let alone some thing like Facebook. I know this because I heard about it in a story on NPR. It’s an interesting tale involving a global industrial maufacturing company, Cummins, and the small town of [...]

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