by Ray_anne

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“Good sense is the master of human life.” I don’t know who said that, but I like it. How often, when confronted with a decision, business or otherwise, do we allow our emotions to cloud our judgment, to interfere with our common sense? We each possess it, it is available, an innate sense to make wise [...]

February 10, 2012 CONTINUE READING THIS POST →

Top 25 List of Twitter Hashtags for Human Resources & HR

by Jessica Miller-Merrell

Twice a month we are featuring HR and Recruiting technology and other product reviews as part of a new HR Tech Review series here at Blogging4Jobs. If you are interested in learning more about how our review process works, check out this page. Obviously, I’m a fan of social media and online engagement whether you are building relationships [...]

February 10, 2012 CONTINUE READING THIS POST →

Twitter: Communication and Geeks

by Ray_anne

I have written about Twitter often and not because I am an expert, but because I am an avid student and constantly seeking the best way to use the communication tools we have. It is interesting how quickly humans become accustomed to certain behavior and how easy it is to rile them up when that [...]

February 9, 2012 CONTINUE READING THIS POST →

Finding Perfection…, Keep Looking

by Ray_anne

If you are at all familiar with this Shel Silverstein book, then you know about a search. Finding the missing piece. When I first read this book, I thought, what a cute little story about a circle missing a pie-shaped piece. Then as an adult, as a parent reading it to my child, it held a [...]

February 8, 2012 CONTINUE READING THIS POST →

The Funny Guy Gets the Job

by Jessica Miller-Merrell

For job seekers or those looking to make their way up the corporate ladder, being qualified or having a degree is no longer enough. A sense of humor is a must. Maybe job seekers and aspiring professionals should spend more time on their standup than that Powerpoint. Accountemps just released a survey with nearly 8 out [...]

February 8, 2012 CONTINUE READING THIS POST →

Align Your Strategies With Your Goals

by Ray_anne

Have you ever had a lasting effect on someone? As a professional in your industry, I certainly hope your answer is yes. What is it about you that differentiates you from the rest of those in your industry? Why should someone hire you? Why would someone come to work for you? Why should someone buy your [...]

February 7, 2012 CONTINUE READING THIS POST →

Life in Human Resources is Not Easy, Ever.

by Ray_anne

Comfort. Some things in life are more comfortable than others. It can be a bit disconcerting to receive a phone call from a client who expected more from your relationship or be summoned to your superior’s office to hear the dreaded words, “I don’t like anything you have suggested.” Or how about that time when you [...]

February 6, 2012 CONTINUE READING THIS POST →

HR Doesn’t Stand for Headcount Reduction

by Jessica Miller-Merrell

Late last week I read an interesting comment on a fellow HR Blogger, Charlie Judy’s blog. The comment was this: “HR simply stands for Headcount Reduction.” The post titled “Deadbeat Employees” and the comment thread that has evolved as of late is quite interesting but that’s not the point of this blog post today. [...]

February 6, 2012 CONTINUE READING THIS POST →

Learn to Love It or Shove It: Your Job

by Ray_anne

Yesterday, I wrote a post about finding happiness in your work or – or - leaving your work at work and not letting it define the whole of your life. It was an innocent post about learning to love the tedious parts of your job or the parts you hate and not letting them infect [...]

February 3, 2012 CONTINUE READING THIS POST →

The Change Process: Uncomfortable Yet Necessary

by Jessica Miller-Merrell

Uncomfortable yet necessary. That’s the underlying thought process and mission behind Blogging4Jobs. Rayanne and I share content that sometimes makes you uncomfortable, and that’s okay. You may not know it but it makes us uncomfortable too. In fact, I want you to get mad, angry, upset, inspired, or passionate when you read what we [...]

February 3, 2012 CONTINUE READING THIS POST →

Let’s Organize the HR Bloggers

by Jessica Miller-Merrell

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 →

Join Us at Social Siesta in Austin During SXSW

by Jessica Miller-Merrell

The past three years I have hosted a networking event for HR, Recruiters, human capital management folks, and interesting people I wanted to connect with at the interactive media conference SXSW. This year (2012) we decided to do something a little different. Instead of hosting an evening event with loud music and little opportunity to [...]

February 2, 2012 CONTINUE READING THIS POST →

Happiness: Does Your Career Define Who You Are?

by Ray_anne

Are you happy? Do you have the time or impetus to find happiness in your life? Sometimes we get so caught up in just getting by from day to day that we lose the big picture. The big picture of being content, of feeling settled, of finding our place – the place that feeds into [...]

February 2, 2012 CONTINUE READING THIS POST →

Why Blogging Matters

by Ray_anne

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 [...]