Ask any startup company or grass roots business venturing out on their own about what they want and need to be successful in business, and you’ll get an pretty consistent mix of answers. I conducted my own unscientific poll amongst friends and colleagues who are knee deep like me in the midst of a startup [...]
Tuesday, December 29, 2009
2010 is already shaping up to be an exciting year and 2010 hasn’t yet begun. Even still, I can’t seem to contain myself. I have three different announcements– Brand-Yourself. I am now a weekly columnist for Brand-Yourself Blog. Each Wednesday I’ll be contributing to the blog and talking about personal branding, the job search, and social [...]
Sunday, December 20, 2009
For the most of us, the end of the year signifies an opportunity to think, reflect, and remember the life lessons, events, and topics that demanded our attention over the last 12 months. And professionals within the Human Resource and Recruiting industry are no exception. I think that I can speak for everyone that [...]
Friday, December 11, 2009
“A brand is a living entity – and it is enriched or undermined cumulatively over time, the product of a thousand small gestures” – Michael Eisner, CEO, Disney What Mr. Eisner is saying is that the small things matter when it comes to your organization’s brand. Every interaction impacts the perception participants have of your [...]
Sunday, November 29, 2009
Not too long ago I was inspired to create a directory of HR Bloggers. Below is the most current list of current Human Resources or HR Bloggers. This process has been amazing! What I did not anticipate is the number of great new people I have met and HR resources I have learned about during [...]
Sunday, November 29, 2009
The recession in the UK has understandably made the HR job-seeker’s endeavour significantly more difficult than in times of plenty, but the current challenge appears to be even greater as a result of certain dubious and shoddy practices within the recruitment industry. The shop-window for HR jobs in the UK largely consists of either printed media [...]
Wednesday, November 18, 2009
This most recent HR Carnival is hosted by Trish MacFarlane of HR Ring Leader and highlights all the blog posts discussing the recent HR Evolution (un)conference. Check out the entire carnival here. But first some background on the Carnival of HR. The Carnival was started by Evil HR Lady and was created as a way to [...]
Monday, November 9, 2009
I find it fitting that the 20th anniversary of the falling of the Berlin Walls falls squarely one day after the end of the first ever Human Resource HR Evolution (un)conference. The Human Resource industry is at an impasse.
Sunday, November 1, 2009
The usefulness and ubiquity of social media have made the Internet an unavoidable part of business strategy these days. If you decide dive into social networking as a company, you are going to open eyes across your office, especially if you have had the web on lockdown. That’s where a healthy and well-thought social media policy [...]
Saturday, October 24, 2009
Just this past September ERE held there Expo in Florida. One of the key speakers for the Expo was Mike Grennier of Walmart. Now, I didn’t get to go to the Expo but because all my “friends” were sending back copious twitpics about how much fun it was I decided that I had better watch [...]
Friday, October 23, 2009
Hold on to your hats, folks. Your HR team is the new face of PR. Human Resource departments aren’t just cubicles full of paper processing, copy making, policy writing drones, they are the future of your company’s business success. Ask any corporate human resource professional, and they will tell you that they wear many hats [...]
Sunday, October 11, 2009
With the nearly 95 million people on Facebook and 28 million on Twitter in the U.S. alone, social media is a force to be reckoned with. And yet still businesses fail to effectively leverage social media which is a low cost way to build consumer relations, develop an employment brand, recruiting, and market their business. [...]
Sunday, October 4, 2009
More than two and a half years ago, I join the blogosphere and created my first HR blog, BloggingforJobs. I created my blog as a way to have a voice, be seen as an expert in the HR and recruiting industries, and engage with job seekers and HR professionals. Never in my wildest dreams [...]
Saturday, October 3, 2009
After attending an amazing blogging conference in Oklahoma called Throw Your Voice, I have been inspired by Jennifer James of JenX67.com. And because of Jennifer, I am on a mission to find authentic HR bloggers in all 50 states. If you are interested in participating in this project, please email me directly at jessica@xceptionalhr.com with [...]
Wednesday, September 30, 2009
As we begin to see the rays of sunshine begin to shine through the gloom and doom of the economy and the economic recession, it’s important to remember that change is near. This addition of the Carnival of HR highlights Talent Management and the focus on the current and future economies. With so many great [...]
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