Out Now: Episode 415: Registered Apprenticeship Programs in the Clean Energy Sector With Dr. Janell Hills

Recruiting & Hiring on Twitter, Facebook, & LinkedIn by Country

Hiring & Recruiting on Social Media

As we enter a more globalized economy, managers and their scope of responsibility has also grown.  And increasingly, manager’s are responsible for employees in more than one country than where they in fact live.  The global economy presents a challenge for managers as they learn the cultural norms of their employees, employment laws, and expectations in this […]

Social Media in the C-Suite. Train Executives with Reverse Mentoring

Reverse Mentor Program for Social Media

Need Buy in From Your Executive Team on Social Media? Do your senior executives’ eyes glaze over when you talk about using social media to drive branding and market share?  Are they leery of the benefits? Prefer to interact face-to-face than key-board-to-keyboard? Or afraid to admit they don’t get it or understand it?  That’s the […]

Memoirs from a Non-High Potential Employee

Including the high and non-high potentials in your succession plan and leadership strategies

Employee Succession Plan Impacts Engagement As someone who has participated in succession planning for my direct reports and employee populations I was responsible for, I never had the opportunity to hear from my senior leaders their succession plan or planning for me. You’d think that as an employee working within a business, you could be […]

Talent Circles: Talent Networks Done Right

Doing Talent Network the Right Way

Talent Network vs. Online Social Network My philosophy on building any type of community and relationships online is simple, “Go where the people are,” which is why I’m an advocate of online social networks like Twitter, Facebook, and LinkedIn to engage a target audience. For the marketing department, recruiter or HR, any interaction online influences […]

Why Work Sucks. The Zero Creativity Zone

Creativity, Innovation, & Productivity at Work

Creativity, Innovation, & Productivity at Work When it comes to the workplace, people don’t often associate creativity or happiness with work, and that’s a shame. A growing number of employees are unengaged and consider their work time a soul-sucking nightmare.  Well, I for one don’t want to spend my time in any type of soul-sucking […]

The Search for the Next Career Expert

Launch Search for the Expert

Searching for the Next Career Expert It’s been a crazy couple of weeks since I have announced the purchase of the online community, Secrets of the Job Hunt.  Over the next few weeks, you will begin to see some small changes to the site at www.secretsofthejobhunt.com. Next week, I have a survey launching for our […]