Social learning is everywhere around us – in short, bursty ideas that simultaneously draw us in and distract us from whatever we were intending to accomplish. It also brings us together across the digital divide. It’s time to embrace quality peer-to-peer exchange and shared insights…
Employer brands and personal brands – is alignment required? Should employers strive to promote a fit? And what is a good balance – for better or worse? We’ll explore these issues and more at #TChat this week…
If it wasn’t for those pesky, messy, meddling humans, the world of work would actually work flawlessly. We’d work together happily and collaboratively, without deceit,
In today’s increasingly informal work environment, what’s the most appropriate want to bring new hires and contractors into the fold? How can you make a lasting first impression, and support new hires throughout their indoctrination?
It’s no secret that organizational cultures have been hurting in recent years. But how can we expect culture to flourish on diminishing investment in the “human” side of business? And how long can HR wave its magic wand until business leaders reinforce culture at its foundations? #TChat sparked some serious questions…
Is it time for chief culture officers to emerge in the workplace? Is this what it will take to provide a bridge between executive leadership, business culture and an increasingly disaffected workforce? That’s what was on our minds at TalentCulture this week…
Once I dipped my toe into the Twitter pool, I knew there was no turning back. And now here I am one year later, writing the recap for the very chat that indoctrinated me into the social world of work…
Business is messy – and it’s only getting messier. So perhaps that’s where HR can truly make a difference today – to know the business, staff the business, teach the business and grow the business – all predicated on managing the messy yet mingled bad with the good. We can lead the way in helping business learn from its mistakes…
Human Resources…what does it mean to most people in today’s workplace? HR is usually seen less a curators of workplace culture and more as the police brought in to direct traffic or quell a riot. So how do we change it up? What can we do to add value?
I’d like to talk about several pet theories about employer/employee relationships. First, employees work to make money. Second, it’s Maslow’s world, and we just live in it. So what does this mean for the world of work? Let’s look closer…
Innovation and entrepreneurship, paired with good old-fashioned hard work, have created a new era of “fringe” benefits. But despite all the fancy tricks organizations offer these days, it seems like they may not get it. Recognition 101 = Listening.
Thank you, Michael Jackson, for your timeless lyrics; your title song lines are the theme of this week’s Top Trends in the World of Work.
Brand issues have been a hot button topic for us at The World of Work as of late. Employee brand has given way to employer
We’d thought we’d cause a rift in the space time continuum. Fortunately we didn’t. That’s because the amazing SocialHRCamp attendees in Vancouver BC and the
There’s a fun event today, Wed May 16th – A Live Social HR Camp being hosted from Vancouver, BC Canada and six other locales spread across
“Attract quickly, hire slowly.” That sentiment comes from Dave McClure, venture capitalist and founding partner at 500 Startups, an Internet start-up seed fund and incubator program
Successful talent strategy requires much more than filling open job requisitions. Look closer at your organizational culture — what does it say about your company?
Are assessments the key to hiring the best talent and retaining your best people? Good question. It’s not easy to answer, but the TalentCulture community is uniquely qualified to examine the pros and cons…
Analysts estimate that the recruiting/talent industry is a $124 billion industry. So, how are we leading this industry into a brave new social era? That’s what this week’s #TChat is all about…
The #TChat that took place Wednesday was titled, “#TChat Communication Tools: You Can’t Use Them All”. Specifically, take a look at the questions that were
Join us for the #TChat Radio show tonight at 7 pm ET (4 pm PT) where our special guest is John Sumser, the principal analyst
There are thousands of them: Strategists, Specialists, Editors, Coordinators, Contributors, Community Managers. And that’s just in California. When you search for “social media jobs” on Indeed,
And then there’s this: The term was used in a 1964 study of British youth by Jane Deverson. Deverson was asked by Woman’s Own magazine
While much said and written about discrimination due to race, religion, disability, and gender in general, the bias for and against beauty is often overlooked in the world of work. It’s worth closer inspection by leaders and others in today’s workplace…
The diversity perception is much different in practice. The reality is, we discriminate; we stink at giving folks a fair shake, especially when they’re not
