HRExaminer v5.19

This week on The HR Examiner we’re talking about The State of Innovation in HR. When you’ve read John Sumser’s feature article you’ll find fuel for your own innovation in, Five Links: Non HR Tech Companies Entering the Market. Jay Cross stops by to discuss The New Workplace and Heather Bussing reviews the legal considerations if you Don’t Monitor Employees on Social Media. On HR Examiner Radio John sits down with Ken Haigh, CEO of People Matter. Enjoy!
 

The State of Innovation

Topics: HRExaminer, John Sumser, by John Sumser
Big companies no longer pursue Research and Development the way they once did. There is no contemporary equivalent of Xerox Parc or AT&T’s Bell Labs.
 

Five Links: Non HR Tech Companies Entering the Market

This week’s links take a look at tech companies that are traditionally consider to be ‘not HR’.
 

The New Workplace

Topics: Futures, HR Technology, HR Trends, HRExaminer, Jay Cross, by Jay Cross
Six years ago few people believed that informal learning made much of a difference.
 

Don’t Monitor Employees on Social Media

Lose the disclaimers, drivel and drama. Social media monitoring doesn’t protect your company like you think.
 

HRExaminer v5.18

In our feature this week CNET author Dennis O’Reilly shares Confessions of an HR Nightmare. Should you rewrite your social media policy because of one influential survey? Heather Bussing finds the balance between, Social Media, Fear, and Lawyers. John Sumser has questions and answers about the recruiter in your pocket in, Mobile Recruiting Rears Up. John closes out this week’s issue with Five Links: Disruption and his interview of Zahir Ladhani, Vice President Smarter Workforce, IBM. Enjoy!
 

Confessions of an HR Nightmare

Topics: Employment Branding, Engagement, HR Scoop, HRExaminer, Learning, by Dennis O'Reilly
“For more than 30 years I labored under the misapprehension that hard work, competence, and honesty were all I needed to be a model employee.”
 

Social Media, Fear & Lawyers

Should your corporate social media policy be rewritten based on ‘results’ from a buzzworthy survey that’s based on a whopping 0.02% response rate?
 

Five Links: Disruption

This week’s links are a reminder that technology is tearing its way through our universe. It happens fast, takes no prisoners and has no guaranteed winners.
 

HRExaminer v5.17

There’s so much crap surrounding Engagement (air quotes) that we’re featuring a new series from John Sumser about the critical thinking you’ll need to survive today’s onslaught of Engagement solutions. Read Engagement: Lies, Damn Lies and WTF Parts I and II. Victorio Milian stops by HRExaminer to talk about The Good, Bad, and Ugly: Honesty in Attracting Candidates. John Sumser has Five Links: Whose Experience? and his interview on HR Examiner Radio of Kathryn Minshew, founder of The Muse. Enjoy!