The measurement of online influence is in its very primitive stages. Like any measurement, people change their behavior in order to meet the standard. In this arena, as it is everywhere, “You get what you measure.” Klout measures Twitter activities and is weighted towards volume in followers and tweets. mPact measures the impact of the […]
Self proclaimed HR thought leaders tend to be vacuous morons, incapable of sustained thought. There’s a code that I saw somewhere that says you can’t be one unless someone else says you are (without being asked to). Even that’s not good enough, really. The bluntest knife in the box has a mom who thinks he’s got HR Thought Leadership potential. When he walks up to you and introduces himself as a HR thought leader, hang on to your wallet.
Ask just about anyone if they think the ‘pipes are too full’ with resumes and you will quickly get agreement. Why? Well, ask if a resume has been submitted to a company and where it ended up. Nine times out of ten the response will be ‘the black hole’. As long as systems are designed for talent to view all positions and apply to any of them, many people will do just that – apply for everything and hope. Meanwhile recruiters search public and private resume databases, finding people who may have submitted to a position long ago and never heard back. These are not new problems. They are, however, made worse in our connected world.
All In The Game Marriott's online game is a turning point. The fact that a company would find it interesting to deploy a game for the exclusive purpose of employment branding tells you everything. The project that resulted in the hotel simulation game on Facebook began as an intense exploration of the employment brand problem […]
A friendship involves reciprocal exchanges of real value. You build networks by being the initiator coif the relationship by giving real value first. Real value is not the name of a chum or the redistribution of a job ad. Real value is the kind of help you get from and give to a friend. Our Indian social entrepreneurs are creating their own supply of social capital in order to get a better job.
This is not the kind of service that is being built in the Western world. Most of the HR / Recruiting social media offerings I see are focused on the generation and dissemination of data. Networks are not about relationships in much of the HR Social Media I see. Rather, Networks are sources of data that can be used to selectively target people (as if they were turkeys in a turkey shoot). Meanwhile, the rest of the world is using social media to be social and do social things.
Paul Hebert is a founding member of the HRExaminer Editorial Advisory Board. As the Managing Director and lead consultant for I2I, an influence consultancy, he guides companies in their alignment of the behavior of their employees with the goals and objectives of the company through incentives and rewards. Full bio… You Have to Know Where […]
Like cramming for a math final after skipping the class all semester, the active job hunter is faced with a sea of conflicting number one priorities, often without the resources required to effectively fill in all of the blanks. Clarity about the next step, self-confidence (in spite of whatever prompted the need to shift jobs), an orientation of accomplishment and a clear sense of “What Do I Want To Do” are the most basic components of this standard recipe for a nervous breakdown. That’s right, people who are actively looking for work tend to be scattered and faking it. Otherwise, the layers of embedded conflict would eat them alive.
This is a detailed look at the mechanics and consequences of the job advertisement. The Job Ad is the fundamental element of Recruiting Transactions and the baseline for building a quality workforce, a solid candidate pipeline and the raw material for solid Workforce Planing and Talent Management
Heather Bussing is a California attorney who has represented employers, unions and employees in every aspect of employment and labor law including contract negotiations, discrimination and wage hour issues. While the courtroom is a place she’s very familiar with, her preferred approach to employment law is to prevent problems. Full bio… Why At-Will Employment Isn’t […]
Gamification Most software products and services are developed in the absence of clear understanding of the customers. That's a good part of why technology adoption rates are so low in practice. As the Software as a Service (SaaS) model shoves success metrics off on the customer, new and exciting approaches to getting user level buy […]
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