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Five Links: Hot Topics

Topics: HRExaminer, John Sumser, by John Sumser

This week’s basket of goodies includes a great new diversity initiative, tools for better presentations, user interface design trends, emplyment branding on your refrigerator, using crowdsourcing and a bonus link.

Inflection Point Revisited

Topics: From The Vault, HRExaminer, John Sumser, by John Sumser

The last inflection point was ten or twelve years ago when Online Recruiting began to take form. The early adopters were all on board by 1997, having spent a couple of years charting their courses. What followed was an explosion of services, products and tools that led us to today.

HRExaminer v.4.01

Topics: Big Data, HRExaminer, John Sumser, Talent Management, Weekly, by John Sumser

At it’s simplest, The Internet of Things is the idea that the heaviest users of the intenet will be things. As sensors (like RFID tags) get cheaper and smaller, they’ll be embedded in everything (and everyone). The stage is set for a moment in time where employees are in control of their own data that may be strategically important for the company. John Sumser’s post on the Internet of Things in HR will help thoughtful HR Professionals come to grips with the most important questions of the New Architecture of Work: Harnessing Employee Data.

Five Links: Talent

Topics: Big Data, Generational Demographics, HR Trends, HRExaminer, Industry Analysis, John Sumser, New Architecture of Work, Recruiting Is Local, Recruiting Strategy, by John Sumser

Our five links this week include: Talent Communities, The Skills Gap, Robots Will Take Our Jobs, The Post Productive Economy, and Three Lessons for the Industrial Internet from publishers like ADP, Wired, O’Reilly, BizJournals and Kevin Kelly. Plus, see our Events, Interesting Happenings and New Resources at the end of this post.

HRExaminer Radio: #1: Neil McCormick

Topics: HR Technology, HRExaminer Radio, John Sumser, Recruiting Strategy, Social Recruiting, by John Sumser

For our inauguaral HR Examiner Radio Episode John Sumser speaks with this week’s guest Neil McCormick, fouder of HRMAdvisors, an Australian consultancy that helps organizations harness the effectiveness of their people.

New Architecture of Work VIII: Harnessing Employee Data

Topics: Big Data, HR Scoop, HR Technology, HRExaminer, John Sumser, New Architecture of Work, by John Sumser

Have you been following the emerging conversation about the Internet of Things? The prevailing case law seems to indicate that the owner of the device is the owner of the data.

Blue Heron Recruiting

Topics: Applicant Tracking Systems, Employment Branding, HR Technology, HRExaminer, Job Boards, Job Hunting, John Sumser, Online Community, Recruiting Is Local, Recruiting Strategy, by John Sumser

Here are a couple of posts from just about a decade ago. The industry has been working over that time to clarify the definitions of talent pools, talent communities and so on. These two are a meditation on the business of attracting and nourishing talent. Just outside of the greenhouse (our offices) is […]

HRExaminer v.3.51

Topics: Editorial Advisory Board, Heather Bussing, HRExaminer, John Sumser, New Architecture of Work, Privacy, Skills Gap, Weekly, by John Sumser

Our features this week are highlights from HR Examiner in 2012 and include The Skills Gap, New Architecture of Work and Employee Privacy Series. We’ve enjoyed your company this year and we wish you a wonderful New Year.

Five Links: Technology and The Future

Topics: Big Data, Daily Links, Futures, HR Technology, John Sumser, by John Sumser

Quick review of a study that validates the idea that serial entrepreneurs are more likely to build successful businesses. Prior business failure is an indicator of future business success. The principle should be a part of succession planning.