An Employment Social Contract?
I recently spent some time speaking with Bruce Morton, CMO of Allegis Groups Services, about his upcoming keynote at TalentNet Live Chicago. Bruce has a unique viewpoint on the changing nature of our global workforce. As Bruce says, our contingent workforce is growing. ”Organizations are realizing that having the best talent is of key importance [...]
Continue Reading →Attracting and Retaining Talent Through Choice Management
BY PAUL SMITH Originally posted on MonsterThinking.com Quite often, many of my thoughts are accompanied by song lyrics that I’ve heard over the years. The two that come to mind when I think about the concept of choice are the following: “I hate this supermarket But I have to say it makes me think A [...]
Continue Reading →#TNL Spotlight: The True Value of Thought Leadership
By Don Ramer originally posted on MonsterThinking.com I’ve been picking my brain about my presentation at the upcoming Talent Net Live event in Dallas, turning around questions about value and, more importantly, values, two of the core precepts that lie at the heart of any successful executive’s vision and strategy. And thinking about thinking is always [...]
Continue Reading →10+ Reasons Why Facebook Has Nothing to Fear from Google+
By Joel Cheesman originally posted on MonsterThinking.com Joel Cheesman, the founder of start-up Mobsicle, a mobile solutions provider for therestaurant industry, will be joining top HR thought leaders, recruitment marketers and talent managers this upcoming Friday, 8-26 at TalentNet Live! (#TNL), an HR and recruiting event hosted byPepsiCo at FritoLay’s Plano, TX headquarters (click here for [...]
Continue Reading →Is Your Employer Brand A Social Object?
By Craig Fisher, originally posted on MonsterThinking.com How interesting is the job for which your company is hiring? How interesting, for that matter, is your company? Is there a compelling story? On July 26th, 2011, the recruiting community in San Antonio discussed this in a live conversation with Robert Scoble as he kicked off TalentNet [...]
Continue Reading →A Whole New World
By Maren Hogan, originally posted on the Brave New Talent blog We’ve been busy little bees over here atBraveNewTalent, trying to incorporate new features, update campaigns, onboard new clients and spread our community tentacles to the farthest edge of the globe. Meanwhile, back on the ranch, in the States I’ve been trying to build upeducation around Talent Communities. And it’s [...]
Continue Reading →Should Leaders Embrace Social Media?
BY CHINA GORMAN originally posted on MonsterThinking.com As business leaders, we’ve always known our customers talk about their experience with us. Sometimes it’s good…sometimes, well, not so much. Ten years ago, heck, five years ago, if we really cared about what our customers were saying to their families and friends about their experiences with us, we [...]
Continue Reading →How to Follow a Conference Virtually
By Trish McFarlane originally posted on MonsterThinking.com This Friday I planned to cover theTalent Net Live (#TNL) conference atRackspace in San Antonio for you. Unfortunately, business needs necessitated my being in St. Louis this week. This does offer me the opportunity to share how to attend a conference virtually using several social media platforms. The [...]
Continue Reading →Recruiters are Lazy?! by Chris Hoyt
Originally posted at RecruiterGuy.net I want to be clear – as a recruiter and veteran in the HR/Recruiting field for almost 18 years, I like to think I know how to recognize a good thing when it relates to job seekers and candidate engagement. Heck, trying to find better and sustainable ways to connect talent [...]
Continue Reading →TalentNet Live TNL San Antonio 2011 Register Now!
Register now! July 29th in San Antonio – Join us for a TNL Social Recruiting Unconference in the Alamo city. The second of three TNL conference events that we are hosting in Texas this year will be held at Employment Brand leader, Rackspace. What can you expect from TNL San Antonio? Those who have attended [...]
Continue Reading →Register Now for TNLive Austin 2012
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