“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 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
Real-time measurement of the mood in your organization is headed your way. Last week, we spoke with the Finnish founder of Emooter, a one step happiness meter for employees. Read more in this week’s feature: In The Mood: Measuring the Organizational Climate with Emooter. Steve Smith from The Starr Conspiracy contributes 3 Ways to Close the Generation Gap in Performance Reviews, Heather Bussing covers Jay Sheperd’s Result Triangle and John Sumser has Dear XXX, If They Won’t Hire You, We Will and a new Five Links: Smorgasbord. Enjoy.
This week: things online, competing for immigrants, change yourself first, the impact of driverless cars, writing your bio and seeing your facebook network.
Kelly Robisnon is the founder of Broadbean Technologies, the job ad distribution company. These days, he’s building Broadbean’s presence in the United States.
Great employment branding is job and market specific: acknowldedges the company’s realities (in size and reputation); understands the supply and demand variables and maximizes share of voice.
Emooter’s aggressive simplicity makes it an interesting contender in an increasingly crowded field. Simple measures of a new product’s acceptance (or a new software tool’s integration) are sure to be a part of the next wave of adoption measurement.
But, to paraphrase Bart Simpson, getting HR people to hate performance reviews is like making teenagers depressed — it’s like shooting fish in a barrel. That goes for just about everyone in your organization over age 35.
Most people and companies are good at figuring out their goals. And many are pretty good at showing they care . . . well, at least about themselves. But knowing what you want and caring about it is exactly the right place to start.
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