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How Employers Can Still See Employee Social Media Accounts

Topics: Heather Bussing, HR Trends, HRExaminer, Policies, Privacy, Social Media Policy, by Heather Bussing

Almost all states’ social media password laws allow the employer access to an employee’s social media account as part of an investigation. There are few, if any, limits on what the investigation is about.

HRExaminer v.4.08

Topics: Editorial Advisory Board, Heather Bussing, HRExaminer, John Sumser, Weekly, by John Sumser

It’s really hard to get your arms around the implications of global ubiquitous DNA testing. It’s coming fast. And it won’t stay private for long. If I can find my relatives using genetic information, then the reverse is true. It won’t take long until employers will be able to make a pretty good guess. Read our feature post Genetic Testing.

The Value of Wrong

Topics: Heather Bussing, HRExaminer, by Heather Bussing

It’s normal to be scared of doing it wrong. But always needing to be right is trouble. In order to maintain a universe where you are perfect, and always right, you have to make your world very tiny, so that you can control it.

HRExaminer v.4.07

Topics: Editorial Advisory Board, Heather Bussing, John Sumser, Maren Hogan, Weekly, by John Sumser

Maren Hogan joins The HRExaminer Editorial Advisory Board this week with her post Recruiting Sizzle: “…some of the fundamental concepts of work, and how people view it, are changing (for the better IMHO) and that is having a profound effect on how people work, why they work, and therefore, how you can recruit them.” Enjoy this and new posts from Heather Bussing and John Sumser on Social Media, the Health Care Shuffle and more.

Work and Time

Topics: Futures, Heather Bussing, HR Trends, HRExaminer, Talent Management, Workforce Planning, by Heather Bussing

For most jobs, the work is about creating something, fixing something, or managing something. While all those things take time and energy, none is about spending the time itself.

HRExaminer v.4.06

Topics: Editorial Advisory Board, Heather Bussing, HRExaminer, John Sumser, Kelly Cartwright, by John Sumser

The original notions of how to execute social recruiting bear rethinking. It’s not that Social Recruiting is dead. Its that we haven’t figured out a way to deliver it to the uninitiated (includes John Sumser’s recent presentation on this topic).

Also this week: Kelly Cartwright has Advancing the Gender Agenda: Three Reasons Companies Should Mean Business, Heather Bussing asks some Social Recruiting Questions and John Sumser has Mobile is Free and Five Links: Talent and The Net. Have a great weekend.

Advancing the Gender Agenda: Three Reasons Companies Should Mean Business

Topics: Editorial Advisory Board, Futures, HR Trends, HRExaminer, Kelly Cartwright, Population, Recruiting Strategy, Talent Management, Workforce Planning, by Kelly Cartwright

“The competition for critical talent, including specialized skills and leadership, remains high. The reason is simple: the talent supply in key areas is not keeping up with demand, and companies must do all they can to boost that supply. ” – Kelly Cartwright

Social Recruiting Questions

Topics: Employment Branding, Heather Bussing, HR Trends, HRExaminer, Online Community, Recruiting Strategy, Social Recruiting, Social Software, by Heather Bussing

“Social Recruiting is an important part of a company’s employment brand. Yet, it has to be more than just putting up a Facebook page and posting self-serving ads.” – Heather Bussing