Researching this article has been a challenge to my ability to focus on anything for long periods of time. I am the kind of person that will find a useless item out of place in my office while looking for my car keys and after a fit of obsessive compulsive tinkering still have not found my keys. Freud would probably diagnose this as anal retentive behavior, so I am glad that others have challenged his… Read More »Balance Your Social Media Universe
The functionality of my browser is better with add-ons. These little micro-programs fit in with the design software of a primary program for surfing the internet and makes expanded capabilities almost seamless. People have add-ons too. In almost every endeavor there is a narrow scope of job requirements that could be defined as the minimum standard for performance. Education is never wasted or lost. Integrating new thoughts and ideas into the traditional models makes a… Read More »From the Archives of Make HR Happen – Those Times We Talked About Recruiters
Ask any group of people to define social media and there will be as many answers as there are people in the group. That is not a bad thing. It is different things to different people. There are arguments and agreements, problems and solutions, challenges and responses… that sounds just like real life, doesn’t it? It is actually an artificial reality that mimics real life and the value of the exchange will always depend on… Read More »Reviewing This Week on Make HR Happen – All About Social Media
The only thing that limits the expansion of social media is the human brain and expanding technology to meet the needs of communication and curiosity. Today’s social media usage has gone far beyond science fiction of a few years ago, so perhaps there is a clue into how future needs will be met in the fiction writer’s brain… or the technology geek. There are also dark clouds on the horizon if we allow technology to… Read More »What Is Next in Social Media?
One of the first uses of social media ties between a company and an individual is sales and marketing communications. Many miss this legitimate point: there is nothing different about the message if it is just warmed over crap on a different medium. The use of social media for recruiting is the probably the most significant use in that it contributes to both the lifeblood of a company and the livelihood of prospective employees. There… Read More »Social Media in Recruiting and Job Search