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Inventing The Future

by Ryan EstisOn September 14, 2012 0 comments

What inspires you to unleash creativity? The big ideas and breakthrough thinking that will move you and your organization closer to the future you want?

In this era of invention it’s worth considering. The artist needs to tap into the source that inspires creativity. Increasingly, so does the Sales Professional, HR Manager and Chief Marketing Officer. As our problems become increasingly more complex and the pace of change continues to accelerate, everyone needs the ability to create what is next and new.

That requires spending time working both in the business (doing the work) and on the...

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#NEXTCHAT RECAP: "Why Personal Branding Is Important for Career Development in HR"

by Mary Kaylor, SHRM-CPOn September 13, 2012 0 comments

On September 12, We Know Next chatted with Jennifer McClure about “Why Personal Branding Is Important for Career Development in HR.”

In case you missed it, here are all the great tweets from the chat:

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How To Build A Social Recruiting Platform On Twitter

by Lars SchmidtOn September 13, 2012 0 comments

Social recruiting. It sounds good, it’s ‘buzzy’ – but what does it really mean? More importantly, how can someone new to social media recruiting get started? This is a broad topic; as social recruiting is complex thing with many layers. Over time with, we’ll dissect the layers through a variety of posts covering topics like social referrals, Facebook company pages, employment branding, and sourcing – but today we’re going to focus on using Twitter as a recruiting tool. Specifically, we’ll be sharing tips on how to create, launch, and grow a corporate recruiting Twitter account.
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NEXTCHAT: "Why Personal Branding Is Important for Career Development in HR"

by Mary Kaylor, SHRM-CPOn September 11, 2012 0 comments

If someone were to ask you to write what you believe your "personal brand" is today, what would you write? Are you excited about it? Does it really describe your character, personality and passions?

In today's competitive labor market, building a personal brand with a strong online presence is critical to your career, so it's important to prioritize and identify ways to get noticed inside and outside of the office. There is tremendous value in personal branding and in understanding -- and being able to communicate -- your value and what differentiates you from others in your field....

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What CEOs Ought Not to Do When Business Sours

by John BellOn September 11, 2012 0 comments

Most of you have heard the saying, “Don’t throw the baby out with the bathwater,” or something to that effect. Basically, the idiom advises us not to discard something valuable in our eagerness to get rid of some useless thing associated with it. If you are not careful, this can happen to businesses going through a rough patch.

In terms of rectification, you have to look at the issue in the context of whether the problem is a short-term blip or the beginning of a long-term shift to your business or industry. Using the coffee business as an...

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Hiring Is Still Low-Cost Proposition in Most Industries

by Joe CoombsOn September 10, 2012 0 comments

“Good, but not great” is how most federal government employment reports are tagged each month when they’re released. But when it comes to workers’ earning power of late, “good” isn’t all that great.

A survey on worker displacement released Aug. 24, 2012, by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) shed more light on the trouble the U.S. faces getting people back to work. Since 1984, the Employment and Training Administration of the U.S. Department of Labor has sponsored surveys biennially that collect information on workers who were displaced from their jobs.

From January 2009 through...

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SHRM: September LINE Report

by SHRM StaffOn September 7, 2012 0 comments

In September, for the second consecutive month, the hiring rate will rise in the manufacturing and service sectors compared with a year ago, according to the Society for Human Resource Management’s (SHRM) Leading Indicators of National Employment (LINE) survey for September 2012.

Job growth will be steady in September. More than four out of 10 (40.8 percent) manufacturers will add jobs in September; nearly one out of four (24.8 percent) of service-sector companies will conduct hiring. The layoff rate for both sectors is at a four-year low for the month of

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Social Media Password Protections: Not Just MD and IL

by Jonathan SegalOn September 3, 2012 0 comments

Maryland was the first state to enact a statute in the employment context prohibiting employers from requiring or requesting that applicants or employees provide their employer with their passwords to their private social media sites. Illinois has become the second.

More specifically, last month, on August 1, 2012, Illinois Governor Pat Quinn signed an amendment to the Illinois Right to Privacy in the Workplace Act (P.A. 097-0875), which prohibits employers from requesting or requiring that employees or job applicants provide their employer with access to the employee's or applicant's social media accounts. The amendment, which goes into effect...

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#NEXTCHAT: Compare the Candidates at the #2012DNC

by Mary Kaylor, SHRM-CPOn September 3, 2012 0 comments

Raising awareness about the human resource profession is one of SHRM’s most important missions, and the 2012 Presidential election provides an attentive audience of policy makers and business leaders with whom we wish to communicate.

On August 26, SHRM introduced a new, 30-second TV commercial on CNN, Headline News and CNN Airport News. The commercial focuses on leadership and highlights HR’s ability to “get the most out of business by getting the best out of people.”

SHRM is also the sponsor of "National Journal’s“Compare the Candidates” policy forum events at the Republican and...

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ABR: Always Be Recruiting. How to Build a Pipeline of Talented Intern Candidates

by SHRM StaffOn August 31, 2012 0 comments

Most of you know Alec Baldwin’s famous speech in Glengarry Glen Ross where he shares the golden rule of sales: “ABC: Always Be Closing.” Even more so than sales, recruiting is a job where you need to always be on. If you’re not constantly building a pipeline of candidates and promoting your brand, chances are that the top candidates you want to hire will slip through the cracks.

In the past, this has been very tough to accomplish in college recruiting. With the constant churn of new...

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