Social Media

Google Me & Exposition

by Ray_anne

Five years ago, I sat in a conference room interviewing a woman for a Manager of Training position. A vast, highly polished oak table separated us as we conversed and I tried to lull the candidate into my web of “start-up joy“. She leaned across the table, allowing her weight to bear down a bit, [...]

October 21, 2011 CONTINUE READING THIS POST →

Should I Hang Up the Blog? Blog Life Crisis.

by Jessica Miller-Merrell

I’m not going to lie. I feel I’m at a turning point in my blogging career. Truth is I really like writing, but last week I found myself dreaming about the day when I didn’t have to blog. Yes, I can’t believe it either. I do realize that I don’t have to do anything [...]

October 18, 2011 CONTINUE READING THIS POST →

The Power of Video Interviewing

by Jessica Miller-Merrell

As an entrepreneur I love video. I can easily Skype with clients, host training using via online meeting or webinar, or even livestream from my office without the time, cost, or hassle that travel sometimes brings. Video makes the relationship more personal using what many consider our most important sense, sight. Video is everywhere. In March 2011, the average [...]

October 17, 2011 CONTINUE READING THIS POST →

Two Votes For Social Media Training at Work From Google & the Bloggess

by Jessica Miller-Merrell

I am a firm believer in providing social media training for new hires and employees within organizations. Companies spend millions billions of dollars with union avoidance training, employee diversity, awareness training, and sexual harassment videos, presentations, and consent forms. We (organizations and HR folks) don’t expect employees to figure it out so we provide them [...]

October 14, 2011 CONTINUE READING THIS POST →

The Elevation of Innovation: What’s Next?

by Ray_anne

Is relevance just a matter of perspective? Of course, it is. I attended a marketing summit recently. It was not a recruiting conference or a recruiting unconference. It was a meeting of local marketing minds from mobile, public relations, social media, and…, wait for it…, the soon-to-be extinct direct marketing. I have attended multiple tech [...]

October 13, 2011 CONTINUE READING THIS POST →

Ten Tips For Writing a Better Blog

by Ray_anne

One thing I have noticed about good bloggers, serial bloggers – they know how to title their posts. I know the little tricks too and sometimes, I just can’t bring myself to break it down into bullet points or numbered suggestions in order to simply drive traffic. Maybe it is just driving simple traffic? Maybe [...]

October 12, 2011 CONTINUE READING THIS POST →

The Phoenix Infection – Why We Follow Leaders, part 1

by Ray_anne

One time, I interviewed for a position with a CEO who had me instantly wrapped around his finger with the vision of what his company could do, what it would do eventually. His technological mind had brought him much success and a significant fortune in Canada, where he had built a couple of tech companies [...]

October 10, 2011 CONTINUE READING THIS POST →

Business on the Fly With Mobile Tech

by Jessica Miller-Merrell

Mobile not social media in my opinion is the biggest shift since the Industrial Revolution. With mobile technologies (including social media) you are truly never alone. And since 63.2 million Americans own a smart phone, we can quickly and seamlessly connect with anyone at most any time for business, personal, or family reasons. Mobile technologies [...]

October 10, 2011 CONTINUE READING THIS POST →

Human Resource Management: Planning for HR Technology

by Jessica Miller-Merrell

HR Technology Conferences Perfect for Development and Finding New HR Tools This is week happens to be the 14th annual HR Technology Conference happening in Las Vegas where 4,000 senior human resource practitioners, thought leaders, and human resource service providers come together to discuss new technologies and the evolution of workflow tools and HR. Most as often [...]

October 4, 2011 CONTINUE READING THIS POST →

Coming Home to HR Evolution

by Jessica Miller-Merrell

Nearly two and a half years ago, I fell in love. I fell in love 140 characters at a time. It was also on Twitter that I first corresponded with like-minded human resources and recruiting pros who like me were struggling with finding a voice and communicating to their organizations the value of social media [...]

October 3, 2011 CONTINUE READING THIS POST →

Cow-a-Bunga at HR Tech, Dude! Surf’s Up!

by Ray_anne

I have been working for the last several months getting ready for the HR Technology Conference. Yesterday, I arrived in Vegas to witness all of my plans to come together, seamlessly. HA! Big fat HA! The technology company for whom I work is exhibiting and we are happy to be here. As you can imagine, [...]

October 3, 2011 CONTINUE READING THIS POST →

Information Sharing & Personal Connections in the Digital Age

by Jessica Miller-Merrell

The Era of Corporate Social Media Discrimination Series has been one of my most popular series. I’m dusting off the series because I recently learned of some new court cases and information I hadn’t considered. In Social Media Recruiting & Social Media Discrimination part 1 in the 5 part series: “The Era of Social Media Discrimination”, I [...]

October 2, 2011 CONTINUE READING THIS POST →

Twitter Communities Present Opportunities for Networking

by Ray_anne

Twitter communities present myriad opportunities for networking. Think of it asa Match.com for business relationships. The ability to search topics and/or keywords defines a new age, creating professional networking opportunities and openings into a “club” or association. I have met many of my best friends through networking on Twitter and many of my business associates [...]

September 29, 2011 CONTINUE READING THIS POST →

6 Ways to Search Engine Optimize Your Recruiting Efforts

by Jessica Miller-Merrell

SEO stands for search engine optimization and is a common practice in the internet and online marketing space. With more than 88 billion google search engine searches each month, a company’s recruiting and HR teams can use SEO tactics to elevate their career page, job posting, and to increase their employment brand online. Each month, [...]

September 27, 2011 CONTINUE READING THIS POST →

What is Mobile HR & Recruiting?

by Jessica Miller-Merrell

Mobile Recruitment Strategies & HR As part of my mission in training and teaching people on how to use technology and use social media to source quality candidates for their business including human resource professionals, I’m writing several foundation technology topics over time. This is one of those posts for the ToolBox HR resource site. [...]