Solving the Jobs Problem the Wrong Way

Susan Strayer joins the Editorial Advisory Board Today. Here’s her first piece. – JS From career coaching to recruiting strategy to social media, Susan has experience with in-house corporate HR and recruiting leadership roles, as a Fortune 500 consultant, and as a career and brand coach. She’s held positions with companies such as Marriott, The […]
 

LinkUp Home Run

Topics: HRExaminer, John Sumser, by John Sumser
It doesn’t get much better than this. Yesterday, LinkUp (a Minnesota based job aggregator) forecast the improved jobs report that moved the US stock market this morning. Here’s their press release. Job search engine LinkUp.com released its 60-day job forecast today based on nearly 1,000,000 job openings indexed each month from over 20,000 company websites. Based […]
 

Roger McNamee On The Future of Music.

Topics: HRExaminer, John Sumser, by John Sumser
Roger McNamee is an amazing combination of working musician and venture capitalist. He was an early Facebook investor. This is the text of a speech he gave to the National Association of Recording Merchandisers. It’s worth taking a moment to read the speech. McNamee lays out a view of the world to come. In that world, […]
 

HRExaminer v2.30

Topics: HRExaminer, John Sumser, Weekly, by John Sumser
HRExaminer Editorial Advisory Board Member Rusty Rueff ponders the rise in recent employee satisfaction numbers and what it means to today’s HR Leaders.
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G+

Topics: HRExaminer, John Sumser, by John Sumser
Google+ happened along just as I began to realize the potential of collaborative conversation. It turns out that having good questions trumps having good answers every day of the week. So, I’m trying to figure out a new way of thinking and communicating. Google plus is the excuse.
 

Relationships

Topics: HRExaminer, John Sumser, More2Know, by John Sumser
All of the sourcing and record keeping programs in the world can’t begin to compensate for a recruiting process that treats potential candidates as objects.
 

Employee Satisfaction Rises: Is it Real?

Topics: Editorial Advisory Board, HRExaminer, Rusty Rueff, by Rusty Rueff
In the recent Glassdoor Quarterly Employment Confidence Survey, job satisfaction was ironically up while pessimism about the employment market was also increasing. How do we explain this rise and what does it mean to today’s HR Leaders?
 

JohnSumser.com Content Now on HRExaminer.com

Topics: HRExaminer, John Sumser, JohnSumser.com, by John Sumser
All of my previous work on JohnSumser.com published over 2008 and 2009 is now available here on HRExaminer. You can see the full archive of my work from JohnSumser.com by clicking here. Posts are shown in typical reverse chronological order. Of course, you may find it easier to search our entire archive or browse articles […]
 

One Stop Apply

This week LinkedIn unveiled their new one stop apply button. For the simple addition of 8 lines of code, any employer can facilitate the use of a single, universal application. Is their move heralded, shortsighted or something else?
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HRExaminer v2.29

This week we published the Fourth Edition of our Top 25 List for Online Influence in HR. Hank Stringer discusses the systemic problems clogging up the talent pipeline. John Sumser introduces us to Friendship Farming (not what you think) and Pummeling Equine Cadavers (huh?).