engagement

5 Things to Consider When “Selling” a Candidate

There is a lot of chatter in the air about the industry of sourcing shifting away from its legacy as experts in search toward its future of experts in engagement. So when you start unpacking what it means to “sell” a candidate here are some things to consider. You still have the cookie. It wasn’t [...]

March 10, 2013 CONTINUE READING THIS POST →

Communicate With Speed: The Power and Opportunity of Twitter

by Ray_anne

Does Twitter Have You Stumped? Do You Tweet? Many of my friends do not tweet. Only a few members of my family do. It is not relevant to them - yet. So, I understand when scoffers scoff and skeptics skep. But I see and have benefited from the power and opportunity behind Twitter. Communicate and with speed. I was check daily [...]

February 7, 2013 CONTINUE READING THIS POST →

Battle Between Engagement & Automation in Human Resources Technologies

by Jessica Miller-Merrell

The Future of Human Resources Technologies There is a war happening at your offices every single day. Not a physical war in a sense but one that is lurking behind the scenes. As a human resources professional, recruiter, or corporate leader you are conflicted. On one hand, you believe that messages need to be [...]

September 26, 2012 CONTINUE READING THIS POST →

Engagement Has Changed How I View Work

by Ray_anne

Ha! Yeah, right! It’s not going away…. I started using theLadders.com nine years ago… At that time, I was working for a health care-specific executive search and we never posted to job boards. When I say never, I mean never. I had heard about theLadders and started cruising through their website; I felt like it was [...]

July 17, 2012 CONTINUE READING THIS POST →

Perception is Your Employer Brand – What are You Going to Do About It?

by Autumn McReynolds

As children, we’re often given guidance from our parents, teachers and mentors on how to act, how to live and how to succeed. This insight ultimately leads to the choices we make, how we treat others and how we see ourselves. One of the more common pieces of advice? Be yourself, and don’t worry about [...]

July 12, 2012 CONTINUE READING THIS POST →

Social Engagement is like Parfait

by heather dutcher

And Everybody Likes Parfait Especially at Work. Yes, I just quoted from the movie Shrek, only slightly modified to fit the SHRM 2012 Annual Conference. At the Annual SHRM Conference, I was asked to give my tip for 360 degree engagement. I really had to think about this one because there are so many [...]

June 24, 2012 CONTINUE READING THIS POST →

Stagnation vs. Intensive Purpose

by Ray_anne

Nine-year old Sam once asked his father, “Daddy, how can we make a stuffed animal come to life?” His father pondered…, and decided yep, that’s a good question. A favorite toy, yet stagnant and non-productive. The production of play is in the mind and action of Sam, not the stuffed animal itself. Sam must move the toy [...]

February 20, 2012 CONTINUE READING THIS POST →

Facebook and Love. Not necessarily in that order…

by Ray_anne

Love I have been threatening to write this post for a while. Why has it taken me so long? Because this story is living, it is breathing, and it continues to evolve. But I can no longer “not” write it. It is written indelibly across my heart, to be sure. Loving someone has [...]

January 13, 2012 CONTINUE READING THIS POST →

Golden Rules of Engagement, part 1

by Ray_anne

What makes you good at what you do? Do you live for your job? Are you vigilant in your follow up? Perhaps you concern yourself with the ethics and moral dilemmas that we each face every day. The rules you work by can define who you are. [...]

August 25, 2011 CONTINUE READING THIS POST →

HR’s Leaky Bucket

by Jessica Miller-Merrell

The world as we know it is changing and for a variety of reasons. The Wall Street Journal announced this week that for the first time since 2008 there were more voluntarily resignations than layoffs in February of this year. The American perception is that the economy is improving. In a poll conducted by human-resources consultant [...]

May 26, 2010 CONTINUE READING THIS POST →

Leading with Team Buildling

by Jessica Miller-Merrell

Being a leader is more than just managing your team effectively. It’s about developing, growing, leading, and challenging your team. Earlier I talked about the 8 key concepts to drive your start up. Team building is more than just games and activities. It’s about understanding your audience and developing a strategy in which to learn and [...]

February 23, 2010 CONTINUE READING THIS POST →

Employee Retention & the Improving Economy

by Jessica Miller-Merrell

Talent Management is changing and forward-thinking companies must begin preparing for the changing job market. Over the last several weeks, the news publications and news networks have begun reporting positive changes in the economic markets. The Globe and Mail reported last week, that as the economy improves, we will see a “W” shaped recovery. A W shaped recovery [...]