It’s happening and more common than anyone wants to admit. As the concept and importance of personal branding, social media, and an online presence becomes more common place, companies are becoming more interested in their employee’s personal brand.While companies and the court look to find a common ground in the world of social media, personal branding, and the concept of microcelebrity, here are some things you can do to ensure your own personal brand doesn’t outshine your employer’s brand. Read more at Andywerdegal ...
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Ted Williams, who runs HR Management Consultants, has encountered a spike in the past six months in clients who complain social media is sparking fights between employees at work. “It's incumbent on the company to state its position and ...
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According to CNN, “If you’ve been saying for years that long hours at work are killing you, forward this article to your boss—it might literally be true. According to a new study, people who work more than 10 hours a day are about 60 percent more likely to develop heart disease or have a heart attack than people who clock just seven hours a day.” Read more at Punk Rock HR
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I actually lost feeling in my thumb for an extended period of time from texting too much.Imagine my HR lady’s relief when I came into work wearing a wrist brace—for what she thought might be an impending workman’s comp case—only to have me blurt that I had what the doctors diagnosed as “text finger.” Read more at newzchaser
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Whether you are looking for a job or looking for a potential candidate, social media is a tool that can enhance this process. Social media can be very complex but the basics are easy to follow. The fundamentals consist of interacting, informing and listening to other people in your selected networks. Since social media has such a wide spectrum I am going to be focusing on how to utilize the basics of Facebook, LinkedIn and Twitter to better your job and candidate search...Read more at RecruitingBlogs
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Social media (Facebook, Twitter, blogs) and other user-generated-content sites (think of picture and video sharing sites) are not new. They certainly came of age in the past decade, but in Internet Land, a few years are equal to a few decades. Therefore, you’re not surprised that employers are looking online to see what information you’ve posted: networking profiles, blogs, posts on online forums, pictures and videos. Read more at The Work Buzz
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You want people who look at your Twitter profile go “wow, this is good”. You want them to find your profile interesting, creative, and original, because better believe it – they will judge you on the basis of that. The recruiters and HR personnel can always use people who are interesting, creative, and original; however, if your profile screams boring, lazy, rude or dumb, you can be sure that not only you will not land a new job, you may even lose the one you do have. In other words, if you are putting yourself out in the open – and by having a public Twitter account you are doing exactly that – then tweet as if the boss (your current one or a potential one) was reading. Read more at OnlineFantastic's Blog
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The first issue with privacy is the use of mobile devices. Its hard to prevent ALL personal use of a company supplied device, especially a mobile device. Even if you ban personal use of the device, it is hard to monitor and hard to enforce. Would you really discipline an employee who made a personal phone call on their blackberry? You need a clear policy that is enforceable. You also need to set reasonable expectations of privacy. Read more at Compliance Building
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Don’t tell anybody: New research outlines exactly how your employees can drive each other crazy. It’s all in a new Work Watch study from staffing firm Randstad and pollster Ipsos Public Affairs. The can’t-miss irritant: The misuse of work time — for things like long lunches, smoke breaks or extended online surfing. More than four in 10 (43%) employees surveyed cited these “poor time management” complaints as their biggest pet peeve...Read more at HR Morning
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Because workplace politics can be complicated, be clear and consistent on your personal policies regarding social media connections. For instance, I will not accept friend requests from current Siena students on Facebook, but will happily connect with them via LinkedIn. When I get friend requests from students on Facebook, I send them a reply letting them know this. Read more at Careers and Worklife
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This is a compilation of what we feel are the most productive, successful, and growing career groups on LinkedIn. These groups are designed for those on the hunt for a new career, new position, new company, or information related to career search. If you’re not utilizing LinkedIn groups you are missing out. If you are involved in some groups take a look at this list to evaluate if you’re getting the most from your LinkedIn experience and doing the best you can for your career. Read more at 40x50
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Many people use social networking sites to remain in touch with their friends and family, or to find new friends. Jibe, a New York start-up in collaboration with Facebook will help people yield more out of their social network. ... This helps you in getting more relevant and crucial information about the job, work environment, salaries, H.R. policies, system of performance appraisal and lot more inside stuff. The facts that provides Jibe an edge over other recruitment ...
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As people and as consumers, we’ve numerous social networking sites for many of our health concerns. The number of health sites has grown from 35 to nearly 500, estimate the officials of the health 2.0 conference. One recent survey found that 40% of online consumers use social media for health information. This rise in popularity isn’t surprising when you consider the trends in social media overall and the quest to improve health engagement. what is surprising is how few companies are making use of online social networks as part of their health and wellness efforts. Read more at Free-Range Communication
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WisBar | Jon Ingram writes:
"HR has access to a broad range of opportunities for introducing social media or Web 2.0 into HR processes, supporting the move to a more social workplace and creating a new approach to people management - HR 2.0. Read more at PersonnelToday.com |
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Mashable (blog) | Sharlyn Lauby writes: For those of you not familiar with Foursquare, let’s start at the beginning. It’s a location-based social network that combines your friends, location and status, meaning it allows me to tell my friends where I am and what I’m doing. The interesting thing about Foursquare is that this happens in a pseudo-game format. When I check-in at places, I get points. After multiple check-ins, I get badges. And I can see how many points I have in comparison to my friends. Read more at Mashable
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The Business Insider | When you work in the cybersecurity business, friends can make you their default -- read "unpaid" -- computer safety expert. Wen Tseng, research director for the Cloud Computing Alliance, really doesn't mind, however; it gives him a chance to confirm that scammers and hackers are increasingly relying on the friendship networks spreading through social media to do their damage to bank accounts and reputations. Read more at TechNewsWorld | ...
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