Blogging4Jobs

July 2010

Your Car, Wonder Woman, & the Job Search

by Jessica Miller-Merrell

The song by Keith Anderson, “The clothes don’t make the (wo)man” didn’t consider first impressions in the business world especially during the job search and interview process.  Imagine super heroes like Wonder Woman or Batman without their super hero uniform.  What would your impressions be if they arrived on the crime scene in jeans and [...]

July 28, 2010 CONTINUE READING THIS POST →

Six Online Resources for Every HR Practioner

by Jessica Miller-Merrell

Human Resources practitioners who are working in the trenches need access to information, advice, and data immediately outside of HR associations like SHRM and ASTD.  Thankfully, there are HR bloggers, communities, and websites that are providing HR pros with real time information and resources.  Here are a handful of resources, in fact Six resources that I recommend HR professionals add to their [...]

July 25, 2010 CONTINUE READING THIS POST →

Labeling & Living on the Generational Cusp

by Jessica Miller-Merrell
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The Generational Debate has been a popular topic lately.  As Boomers begin looking to retirement, working, recruiting, retaining, and understanding the current and future workforce is and should be an important focus for managers, human resource professionals, and companies, regardless of their size or volume. We know (or we should) that Millenials are the largest [...]

July 21, 2010 CONTINUE READING THIS POST →

Dear HR Pros, Be Transparent

by rblake

I graduated college on May 15, 2010 with a Bachelor of Business Administration in International Business. I knew before I graduated that it would be hard getting a job. My dad was laid off from his job and it took him six months to find another. He then had that job for six months and [...]

July 19, 2010 CONTINUE READING THIS POST →

The TRUE Story Behind Blogging for Chevy

by Jessica Miller-Merrell

I love blogging and writing.  I have said many times that blogging has been the best career decision and differentiator for me personally and professionally.  I’ve always enjoyed writing but working in HR doesn’t typically lend you the opportunity outside of policy and procedure, termination documents, and emails which typically require little creativity or imagination.  [...]

July 14, 2010 CONTINUE READING THIS POST →

OKC Biz Blogger Selected to Test Drive Chevy

by Jessica Miller-Merrell

Jessica Miller-Merrell participates in 4 week Gotta Love Chevy Program 07.13.2010 – OKLAHOMA CITY — — A prominent Oklahoma City blogger is among those selected to test-drive a Chevy for the next four weeks. Jessica Miller-Merrell, an author, HR executive and business blogger at Blogging4Jobs.com will pick up her 2011 Chevy Malibu at 1:30 p.m. [...]

July 13, 2010 CONTINUE READING THIS POST →

Beyond Niche Networking

by Jessica Miller-Merrell

Networking and relationships are key to any successful business whether you are a job seeker, recruiter, business professional, or entrepreneur.  Beyond.com goes beyond a traditional job board and allows for professionals to network with other professionals in an online location that is secure and specific to the job seeker’s industry and location.  I like niche networks [...]

July 12, 2010 CONTINUE READING THIS POST →

Follow Up–Practioner’s Criticism into SHRM’s Blog Squad

by Jessica Miller-Merrell

The SHRM 2010 annual conference is in the books. I think that by any measure it would be rated as highly successful. Prior to the conference I had a guest post, Practioner’s Criticism into SHRM’s Blog Squad.  My thanks to Jessica for giving me the space to share my opinion; I was honored to do so.  In the [...]

July 11, 2010 CONTINUE READING THIS POST →

Social Media Secrets for HR & Recruiters

by Jessica Miller-Merrell

My co-presenter Robert Capwell of EDI and I led two sessions at the NAHCR conference.  NAHCR is a recruiting and healthcare association, and both of us were fortunate enough to work together and discuss how social sourcing can be used for both social media good and evil.  It was a great session and I was [...]

July 10, 2010 CONTINUE READING THIS POST →

The Art of Momminess & Your Workforce

by Jessica Miller-Merrell

Being a mom is hands down the hardest and most rewarding jobs I have ever done.  While I’m only 18 months into my lifelong tour of duty, I feel pretty comfortable about where I’m going.  Put another way, my priorities are on straight, but it’s been a struggle balancing “momminess” with being a wife, friend, [...]

July 9, 2010 CONTINUE READING THIS POST →

Video–Networking with SHRM 10 at Beyond.com

by Jessica Miller-Merrell

I had the pleasure of having Beyond.com serve as a sponsor for my trip to the Global SHRM conference last week.  I took a few minutes to speak with Rich Milgram, the CEO of Beyond.com about networking, the job search, and how a niche job search site like Beyond.com can help.  You might be surprised in how large and [...]

July 6, 2010 CONTINUE READING THIS POST →

Gen X meets Gen Y

by rblake

While reading over the comments from my post two weeks ago a lot of people had pointed out that although they aren’t Gen Y’ers they still adhere and follow the same stereotypes. That may very well be true because in this day and age we as humans are constantly evolving and learning to adapt to [...]

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