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Help me with my Project Social – HR Chatterbox is now up!

February 14, 2011

Project Social A couple of months ago, I volunteered to participate in Project Social, started by Ben Eubanks and Victorio Milian.   You can read all about Project: Social and how it got started by clicking here and here.  Essentially, it is an effort to match  HR pros who are savvy with social media with [...]

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Talking social media at NAAAHR

February 12, 2011

Social Media Panel I am going to be part of a social media panel next week on Thursday at the February meeting of the National Association of African Americans in Human Resources in Tampa Bay.     Details below if you would like to come  join in the fun! Social Media and HR: What’s The [...]

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Why HR is like the Yellow Pages

February 6, 2011

Image via Wikipedia Message and Medium Matter This post by Trish McFarlane reminded of this piece I wrote a couple of years ago.  I liked it back then, and still like it today.  Maybe you will too! One of the more irritating things about living in an apartment complex are the constant attempts at outreach [...]

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How to jumpstart onboarding from the Upstart

February 2, 2011

Blogging makes a difference People often look at me with a puzzled expression when they ask me the big question.  You know, “Why do you write a blog?” I do it for the networking opportunities, to build my professional credentials, and of course, the fame and fortune.   Mostly I do it as a labor of love, [...]

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Snow days can really frost your employees

January 28, 2011

Image via Wikipedia Develop your weather policy before the storm hits There has been a lot  more winter weather activity in many parts of the South than we normally see.  Most recently, Atlanta was hit very hard with a lot of snow and ice.    Given that Atlanta only has like 15 snow plows, the city [...]

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Get your unofficial MBA with “Biz School in a Box”

January 27, 2011

Image via Wikipedia Speak the language of business (from the HRH archives) One of the recommendations to came out of HRevolution 2010 (via Laurie Ruettimann and Lance Haun) was that human resources professionals need to learn to speak the language of business, and stay abreast of business issues outside human resources.  This is good advice.  [...]

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Time to Elance at your oDesk

January 25, 2011

There are a number of websites that can help you find work if and when you are willing to make the leap into freelancing, including sites such as oDesk, Freelancer, Guru, Mechanical Turk and eLance.

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How to put the 100 Best Companies List to work for your company

January 24, 2011

Image via Wikipedia Put the 100 Best Companies List to work for your company The 2011 Fortune 100 Best Companies to Work For list just came out about a week ago.  I am a big fan of these lists, especially since I have been lucky enough to work for some companies that have made this [...]

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The Ghost of Facebook: Why employers should be scared

January 13, 2011

In the event my previous cautionary tale on Facebook, the NLRB, and Free Speech was not reason enough to make you want to gain a deeper professional understanding of social media as an HR practitioner, here comes another scary Facebook story.   An article from the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review features a story about how employer comments on [...]

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My Voice of HR Advice for SHRM: Go Forth and Lead

November 15, 2010

Image by CyberAndy via Flickr 2011 Guidance for SHRM from the Human Race Horses In 2011, I don’t want SHRM to change a thing that it has already planned.  Keep up the plans for global domination expansion.  Maintain the drive for the goal line on certification.  Keep stumbling around trying to figure out how to [...]

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