“Case in point: Last week I met a frustrated job seeker I’ll call Alicia. She’s currently working for a large corporation and has been looking to move on for some time. She tells me she’s in the midst of the hiring process with a consulting firm, but she’s run into a big problem.” – Susan Strayer
This week our resident lawyer and photographer Heather Bussing points her lens at photo sharing copyright laws on Pinterest. Jay Cross returns to our HRExaminer Editorial Advisory Board to discuss your most valuable asset (guessed it yet?). John Sumser looks to the second generation of social media and profiles Evenbase, the European digital recruiting up-and-comer.
If you ‘pin’ photos to Pinterest you are probably violating copyright law. Have you looked at the Pinterest User Agreement? They put the liability for copyright violations on YOU.
Opportunities abound because the world now moves on ideas instead of things. Value has migrated from tangible assets you could see and touch to intangible assets such as ideas, relationships, patterns and reputation.
HR Examiner Weekly Edition v 3.15 April 13, 2012 Is Weight Discrimination OK? As a business owner, I depend on you for advice that helps me run my business and contributes to the bottom line. You’re my partner in building a better, stronger company, right? So here’s what I’m wondering: When is it OK to […]
Appearance requirements are tricky because even though appearance based discrimination is not technically illegal, it’s really difficult to justify when the rules on appearance also discriminate based on protected factors.
As a business owner, I depend on you for advice that helps me run my business and contributes to the bottom line. You’re my partner in building a better, stronger company, right? So here’s what I’m wondering: When is it OK to discriminate in the hiring process?
“As background, things weren’t going too well for the HR Department. The team was under pressure to deliver many critical activities for a burgeoning company. The busier they got, the more they fell behind, even though they were constantly adding resources.” – Neil McCormick
Over the past several weeks, we’ve been exploring the topic of employment branding. It’s murky territory for some. We’re lucky to have the best minds in the business on our team. The great thing about the HRExaminer is that it provides a place for a dialog between and about such mutually exclusive potions.
There are widely different views on the definition and value of employment branding and its relative health. This week we continue our discussion on employment branding with articles from Dr. David Kippen and Felix Wetzel who articulate a useful for/against argument. Meanwhile, John Sumser takes us through a tour of employment branding fundamentals in his three-post series. It’s all in this week’s HR Examiner.
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