Feature: This week Heather Bussing issues a spirited critique on the misapplication of technology. From overly complex software like Microsoft Word to vexing web services that solve problems you don’t have – Heather reminds us to look for answers to tough problems outside of technology.
Make sure to read our guest post from Stuart E. Rudner who explains how Employment is Different in Canada and John Sumser has news and reactions to LinkedIn’s new products announced this week at TalentConnect in Vegas.
Make sure to read our guest post from Stuart E. Rudner who explains how Employment is Different in Canada and John Sumser has news and reactions to LinkedIn’s new products announced this week at TalentConnect in Vegas.
Word makes me want to scream and throw things. Big things. How does such counter-intuitive, needlessly complicated crap become the program everyone uses?
“In a recent study, the CareerXRoads team (Gerry Crispin and Mark Mehler) uncovered some startling data. It turns out that while the industry buzz is all about passive candidates, we hire active candidates nearly eighty percent of the time.”
The moment you frame the issue Us v. Them, you eliminate the solution. At least all the interesting ones. Us v. Them requires people to take sides. Once people take sides, they get attached to their position.
We made fun of gamification last year because early HR offerings had done little more than offer simple leader boards and badges. But just as great consumer games are pushing the limits of gameplay to intoxicating heights, eMee has found a way to harness game dynamics to drive both productivity and personnel development.
There is one other possibility if you lead your horse to water and it doesn’t drink. You may have a stupid horse. In that case, you can spend years trying to educate the horse or, better yet, you can find a new horse.
Under the The National Labor Relations Act (NLRA) employees can talk to each other about their wages, hours and working conditions and take actions together to form a union. The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) has interpreted these rights very broadly, and has found that many standard policies violate the NLRA, especially social media policies.
If someone complains that your policy violates the NLRA, the NLRB can review it, tell you where the problems are and order you to change it. This is essentially a fix-it ticket. Not that big a deal. The big deal is when you fire someone under an illegal social media policy.
Eleven Nations: A Course in Culture is John Sumser’s HR centric commentary on the book American Nations by Colin Woodard. Woodard identifies his book as a history of the eleven rival regional cultures of North America. In Woodard’s exploration you’ll also find a guide to thinking about whether or not a new employee will mesh with your company and a new way to think about the foundations of your own company culture.
The talent acquisition side of the technology landscape continues to be extremely active, with a stream of new and compelling solutions, particularly in the area of candidate sourcing, mobile applications, e-reference checking and video.
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