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Solutions to Mitigating Risk of Corporate Social Media

by Jessica Miller-Merrell
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This is a two part series on corporate social media risk.  Check out Part 1:  As Social Media Adoption Grows So Does Corporate Risk. HR’s Role in Workplace and Social Media Adoption Organizations particularly in the human resources industry are finally taking notice with SHRM, the Society of Human Resource Management releasing findings from their Social Media [...]

March 13, 2012 CONTINUE READING THIS POST →

Workplace Social Media CYA

by Jessica Miller-Merrell
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This is a 4 part series on Managing Your Social Media Mullet.  You can view Part 1 where I discussed the concept of social media mullet and “Business in the front.  Party in the back.”  In Part 2, the discussion continues specifically discussing how social media can help or hinder your personal as well as [...]

November 28, 2011 CONTINUE READING THIS POST →

Managing Your Social Media Mullet — Part 1

by Jessica Miller-Merrell
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According to Wikipedia, a mullet is a unisex hair style that is short in the front and long in the back. The mullet began making appearances in the popular media in the 1960s and 1970s but did not catch on with the masses until the early 1980s.  I first wrote about “the social media mullet” in 2009.  It’s [...]

November 22, 2011 CONTINUE READING THIS POST →

Almost Dooced. A Social Media Workplace & HR Story.

by Jessica Miller-Merrell
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Since last week when I shared my story about how my personal brand, namely my blog was causing tension between me and my former company, a number of social media and blogging savvy professions have connected with me sharing their personal stories and frustrations with social media both in and outside of the workplace.  It’s [...]

November 18, 2011 CONTINUE READING THIS POST →

Why Tweeting About Getting High Isn’t a Good Idea at Work

by Jessica Miller-Merrell
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I had an interesting conversation this week with someone in human resources about social media, particularly Twitter.  They had an interesting social media workplace scenario come up that I thought I would share with my readers and let you help decide. This human resource professional is savvy on the social medias.  He/she is not there [...]

November 16, 2011 CONTINUE READING THIS POST →

Just The Facts About Workplace Social Media

by Jessica Miller-Merrell
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I’m captivated by infographics.  They, in my mind are the preferred alternative to boring reports and bullet-filled craptastic powerpoint presentations.  For me an infographic is a great way to explain a point of view or organize a group of interesting facts and data points designed to please the eye.  Kind of like how social media [...]

November 14, 2011 CONTINUE READING THIS POST →

When Your Personal Brand Scares the Hell Out of the Corporate Brand

by Jessica Miller-Merrell
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 A Brand Conference is the Perfect Place to Talk about My Personal Brand This morning I’m heading to Jeff Pulver’s 140 Brands Conference where I’ll be speaking.  My session is titled, “When Your Personal Brand Outshines the Corporate Brand.” I wrote a blog post regarding this topic in 2010.  What I didn’t tell you when [...]

November 9, 2011 CONTINUE READING THIS POST →

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

by Jessica Miller-Merrell
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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 →

Information Sharing & Personal Connections in the Digital Age

by Jessica Miller-Merrell
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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 →

The Corporate Revolution Meets the Social Revolution

by Jessica Miller-Merrell
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Social Power and the Coming Corporate Revolution While heading to the Direct Employers Conference in Indianapolis today, I picked up a copy of this week’s Forbes magazine.  When I travel, I make a habit of picking up a magazine or publication like the Economist, Fast Company, The NY Times, Fortune, or Forbes and spend some [...]

September 21, 2011 CONTINUE READING THIS POST →

Community is for Suckers

by Jessica Miller-Merrell
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Building a community takes time, effort, a cause, and a little bit of crazy.  As human beings, we are forever social animals.  The concept of community is a foundation piece of social and cultural anthropology which aims to study and understand how cultural norms and relationships shape a person or a group’s social behavior.  Whether [...]

August 25, 2011 CONTINUE READING THIS POST →

NLRB Briefing Discusses Social Media Policies & Protected Activity

by Jessica Miller-Merrell
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**January 25th, 2012 UPDATE.  While the information below is still important, the NLRB provided more insights into social media policies. You can download the second report here.   Employer policies should not be so sweeping that they prohibit the kinds of activity protected by federal labor law, such as the discussion of wages or working [...]

August 22, 2011 CONTINUE READING THIS POST →

The Real Minus of Google+

by Jessica Miller-Merrell
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If you have been living under a rock or are just not social media savvy, you may not heard about Google+ which is Google’s newest foray into the social media platform industry.  Called Google Plus, the platform which is only accessible via invite has surpassed 10 million users in just over two weeks.  The shear [...]

July 19, 2011 CONTINUE READING THIS POST →

5 Cool Tools for Corporate Social Media

by Jessica Miller-Merrell
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  Social Media Tools for Business; Keyword Tools, Twitter Tools and Management Social media is here to stay.  That’s evident especially with companies like Monster who launched their social media networking tool, Be Known at the 2011 Annual SHRM Conference. This morning Carrie Corbin and I happen to be training eager HR professionals at our [...]

June 26, 2011 CONTINUE READING THIS POST →

Resources for HR & Recruiting on Social Media

by Jessica Miller-Merrell
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First off, I wanted to say thanks for reading Blogging4Jobs, leaving comments, and making this site an amazing resource for HR, Recruiting, and Talent Management.  As I’m preparing to co-present a 4 hour pre-conference workshop on Social Media for HR along with my friend, Carrie Corbin, I wanted to share with you some great social [...]

June 15, 2011 CONTINUE READING THIS POST →

Twitter & Terminations — a Cautionary Tale

by Jessica Miller-Merrell
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Think before you tweet.  That’s a good message for anyone who’s logged on and begun using social media for business as well as personal reasons.  Companies should also follow a similar rule, “Think before you terminate.” But failing to use or apply these two rules together, that’s spells media circus for a small economic development [...]

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