Unions and the Battle for Hearts and Minds
Two sides to the same equation The UAW loss of their union representation election at Volkswagen made national headlines a couple of weeks ago. While these kind of elections are always contentious, and can cause serious disruption within an organization, the Chattanooga election outcome has elicited criticism from organized labor about the “unprecedented” involvement of […]
Keep Your Eyes on Secondary Social Sites for Union Activity
Secondary Social Media Any time I speak to customers and clients about social media, I advise them to develop a strategy for monitoring their brand. For most HR practitioners, this mostly involves Twitter feeds, Facebook timelines and LinkedIn profiles. It’s important to remember that there are several secondary areas on these social platforms that you might […]
Practicing Conscious Capitalism on a Shoestring Budget
Doing stuff matters more than money for small business efforts Really good companies are involved in their communities in a variety of ways. This isn’t a new idea. The book, Conscious Capitalism: Liberating the Heroic Spirit of Business, by John Mackey and Raj Sisodia is a great read, profiling many examples of companies who put the concept to […]
2014 Recruiting Trends: Employment Brands under Fire #recruittrends
Recruiting Trends Week is upon us! Each day, everday this week Blogging4Jobs is taking it to the streets to find out what trends will be “the trend” in recruiting. What do you think? What trend do you see as #1 in 2014? Let us know here! We’re supposed to be writing about recruiting trends that we […]
Do a Better Job of Managing Your Brand Touchpoints!
Executives: Talk to your employees! There is a really good article in Fortune reminding executives they be doing a much better job of communicating with employees who don’t work at a desk. If your business depends on an army of delivery drivers, cooks, and waitpersons, retail sales staffers, field technicians, or other employees who move around […]
Legislative Update: NLRB: It’s Broke and You Can’t Fix It!
Fast, Furious, Ineffective Dysfunctional continues to be the watchword regarding news related to the National Labor Relations Board. The activity related to fixing the operational problems is moving at a fast and furious, but mostly ineffectual pace. Here’s a news summary with some relevant links for you to check out. New NLRB Nominations President Obama is attempting to return […]
