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Let’s Organize the HR Bloggers

by Jessica Miller-Merrell
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The blogging industry is a fun, exciting, and fickle thing.  Technorati Tells us in their July 2011 State of the Blogosphere Report there are reported to be 164 million bloggers.  The Human Capital Management blogosphere is just a small drop in that 164 million blogger pan, but that doesn’t make us less important.  In fact, [...]

February 2, 2012 CONTINUE READING THIS POST →

Why Blogging Matters

by Ray_anne
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Social Media has pretty much been dissected, why it matters, why Twitter will change the face of business, why all of it is important.  Or, at least, why someone thinks it’s important.  There are many who write on a regular basis – who produce original content consistently, who create thoughtful and meaningful responses to emotionally [...]

February 1, 2012 CONTINUE READING THIS POST →

Job Search Advice: Four Job Search Tips for the Passive Candidate

by Jessica Miller-Merrell
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Yesterday, I was talking with a friend of mine whom I admire in the corporate HR space.  She is a well-respected HR professional at her organization and until now hasn’t given much thought to jumping into the job search.  She’s ready to take the plunge and after eight years re-enter the job search market.  Before [...]

February 1, 2012 CONTINUE READING THIS POST →

When Random Texts Make For Good Blog Fodder

by Jessica Miller-Merrell
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This weekend I watched my 13 year old niece (not pictured above) send about 75 text messages during an entire soccer game like it was going out of style.  I like to think that I’m pretty savvy with technology, particularly text messaging when I talk about mobile recruiting, mobile HR, and mobile jobs.  In the course of [...]

January 30, 2012 CONTINUE READING THIS POST →

The Resume is Dead

by Ray_anne
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I am waxing nostalgic. What is it about the past that keeps us in it? Or keeps us reverting to it or, sometimes, avoiding it? Do we value it as history and what we can learn from it or is it simply too difficult to let go? From reviewing a résumé to conducting professional reference interviews, [...]

January 20, 2012 CONTINUE READING THIS POST →

Free Recruiting Model Changes Industry Fuels Economy

by Jessica Miller-Merrell
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  HCM Abuzz Over Free Recruiting Strategy   While the human capital management industry has been abuzz by the recent acquisitions of Rypple to Salesforce, SuccessFactors to ADP, Jobs2Web to SuccessFactors and most recently VisualCV by Talent Technology, there is a visible shift happening in the world of human resources technology and HCM.  VC firms [...]

January 18, 2012 CONTINUE READING THIS POST →

4 Tips on How to Use Facebook at Work and Not Get Fired

by Jessica Miller-Merrell
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This post was first published over on SmartBrief’s Social Media blog where I am a regular contributor. They happen to be pretty awesome with over 4 million email subscribers. Be sure to check them out. 4 Ways to Avoid Getting Fired for Facebook Use Social media has arrived and has seeped into every facet of [...]

January 18, 2012 CONTINUE READING THIS POST →

Social Recruiting on Facebook Increases Brain Size

by Jessica Miller-Merrell
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  New Facebook Changes: Advertising on Facebook Last week Facebook began adding paid ads to user’s feeds which, like all new Facebook changes, caused quite the uproar.  Now, if a user likes a Facebook Page, updates from that page can now be featured as a form of advertising.   These featured stories are now suggestively placed within a [...]

January 16, 2012 CONTINUE READING THIS POST →

“Like” Me

by Ray_anne
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I sat on my couch munching the contents of a bag of regular Tostitos. Nothing better than hanging with my kids, tortilla chips and some homemade guacamole.  Chips and a movie, this time?  Ghost Ship, a family favorite  - there is a fantastic twist scene when all is revealed, check it out some time. While [...]

January 11, 2012 CONTINUE READING THIS POST →

All Growth Depends on Activity

by Ray_anne
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I spent many days this summer kickin’ it on a beach chair watching surfers and consuming copious amounts of water and electrolyte-infused drinks. My teen-aged son and daughter recently took up the sport and it has been fun to join them at the ocean and enjoy their learning process.  There are always experienced surfers who show [...]

January 10, 2012 CONTINUE READING THIS POST →

The Evolving Rules of Social Media

by Ray_anne
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  How often should you update your social media profiles? Recently, I did a walk through our offices and reminded the employees that they need to go to LinkedIn and update their profiles. Several looked at me blankly, one even said to me, “Am I supposed to have a profile?” I nodded patiently and said [...]

January 9, 2012 CONTINUE READING THIS POST →

Saving Sandcastles – Making Sound Choices Today

by Ray_anne
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Last summer, I sat in my beach chair, flanked by my two daughters and enjoyed the Sunday afternoon sun as we watched our surfers. The day had started off a bit foggy but the midday heat soon erased the memory of our cooler morning. The sounds of children delighted squealing and mothers’ seagull-like beckoning filled [...]

January 6, 2012 CONTINUE READING THIS POST →

3 LinkedIn Profile Setting Secrets for the Job Seeker

by Jessica Miller-Merrell
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**This is a guest post written by Joshua Waldman author of “Job Searching with Social Media for Dummies.”  Why are we even talking about social media in the context of job search?  Simple!  Recruiters are using social media and recruiting to find talent. In fact, several surveys in the last few years point to a very [...]

December 26, 2011 CONTINUE READING THIS POST →

Challenging the Idea of Talent Community

by Ray_anne
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Community. It seems to have been the talk of the town for a few years now.  And as of late, the “talent community” talk has quite a few excited but still others baffled that this concept could even subsist, let alone – money be made from it.  For those of us who have worked hard [...]

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