I am putting the finishing touches on a social networking presentation to the South Puget Sound SHRM Chapter and I wanted to get your take on this question: What do HR people need to know about social media? What networks should they be on? What opportunities are there? What dangers are there? Where should they [...]
I know this is a crazy post. I know my blog has certainly helped me rise up. Other’s blogs have helped them rise up. I am going to an unconference that is going to focus on HR people who are interested in blogging. Someone may ask me if they should start a blog. In the [...]
Fistful of Talent has released their rankings of the best HR bloggers and guess who made the list? Better yet, guess where I ended up on that list? That’s right folks. For the second consecutive rankings (both the March Madness style ranking and the FOT writer’s ranking), I have ended up as the number two [...]
I watched the NBA Finals on Sunday night like a lot of people. As a Portland Trail Blazers fan, watching the Lakers win was like watching Lex Luthor (Kobe Bryant) take down Superman (Dwight Howard): the villain won. As I watched as the Lakers celebrated and the Magic sat there with glazed over eyes, I [...]
I have already received several messages from companies about meeting up at SHRM 2009 in New Orleans and I’d like to throw it out to y’all as well. Are you going to SHRM? Do you want to meet up there? Here’s my agenda so far: Sunday June 28th Plane arrival early afternoon 2:30-4:00p – Jack [...]
I know some of my readers think all I care about is Human Resources and the Portland Trail Blazers but this is simply untrue! If you listened to my interview with the Recruiting Animal, you know my dad owns a small meat processing plant here in the Northwest and I grew up in that environment. [...]
