Two camps.
One that digs social media as THE engine driving recruiting, learning and organizational development.
And the other that does not.
That was pretty clear during last night’s #TChat about social media in the workplace. Some of you may have tired of the social conversation, but many of us have not.
Remember the resistance to e-mail and the Internet? Good Gosh — what business value do those time-wasters and secret sharers have?
So much fantastic input last night — like workplace laser word tag. Zap. Zap.
Zap.
For me, “social” has always been about networking and learning outside and in the organization and taking the conversation offline to “live” to further discuss:
- That job opportunity
- That sweet hire opportunity
- That business opportunity
- That learning opportunity
- That sharing knowledge opportunity
- That mentoring opportunity
- That business birth opportunity
- That consulting opportunity
- That collaborative R&D opportunity
- That partnership opportunity
- You know, these opportunities and more
Again, the key is taking these conversations offline to “live.” The anecdotal statistics are there for me and many others; I’ve generated many of those opportunities above as I’m sure many of you have as well.
But, the business metrics are still all over the place and underreported and overestimated. Such is the life of a business metric, right? I wrote a little about that yesterday in my post I say recruit how we do business, and do business how we recruit.
With the rise of the mobile/virtual workforce, I can’t imagine the world without organic and holistic social connectivity.
The “does not dig” camp is choking on the words organic and holistic right now. We are here to share different views. Like a real workplace. Like a real social community.
Here were the questions we asked last night:
- Q1: How has #SM specifically impacted the way you conduct a job search and manage your career?
- Q2: Within your org, how have #SM platforms/tools been used to enhance HR/recruiting initiatives?
- Q3: Within your org, how have #SM platforms/tools been used to enhance learning initiatives?
- Q4: How have #SM platforms/tools been effective – or not – at any or all levels within your org?
- Q5: What business metrics have you established to measure how effective your #SM efforts are?
- Q6: What specific barriers do you see within your org that impede top to bottom acceptance of platforms/tools?
- Q7: Be honest – how do you see yourself improving your efficacy in utilizing #SM platforms/tools within your org?
Thank you to all who participated. It’s good folk like you who make every #TChat a lightning learning round of workplace laser word tag.
Zap.
Social is about us, not the technology.
Here were the top contributors from last night:
- @talentculture – 172
- @meghanmbiro – 129
- @KevinWGrossman – 105
- @IanMondrow – 89
- @JeffWaldmanHR – 79
- @gregoryfarley – 77
- @LevyRecruits – 77
- @CyndyTrivella – 64
- @dawnrasmussen – 53
- @Kimberly_Roden – 52
See you next week, January 25, 2011, 8-9 pm ET (5-6 pm PT).
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