What do you do when you discover employees are discussing company issues on social networking sites such as Twitter or Facebook? Do you shudder at the thought or reel with excitement? Potential clients and employees know more about your company than ever before (whether you have officially embraced social networking or not). Companies and employees alike need to understand social networking is about authenticity, transparency and insight into a company’s culture. These channels create dialogue that can promote an organization’s products and workplace as well as enhance or damage careers. One can’t control who might be “listening”. Check out: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29796962/ Read more about social networking
Archive for April, 2009
Best Recruiting Practices During a Down Economy
Tuesday, April 21st, 2009By now, most recruiting managers are dealing with the impact the economic downturn has had on both recruitment and talent management. During the “good ol’ days”, hiring managers and recruiters spent a majority of their time seeking out the best talent from small candidate pools. Now, we have large candidate pools coupled with a limited number of openings and in some cases, no openings. How can you make sure your organization’s recruitment practices are aligned with current economic challenges and your business goals? Read more best recruiting practices
Seeing Differences as an Asset
Wednesday, April 15th, 2009Any time you have two or more people working together you inevitably will have differences of opinion and potential conflict. It’s a given. Unfortunately, the common paradigm most people hold is conflict is a bad thing, a symptom of organizational discord. Well, the fact of the matter is conflict is value-neutral, meaning that it is neither inherently good nor bad. The value aspect comes into play when we look at our reaction to those differences of opinion – do we handle it well and welcome it as a source of strength, creativity and learning, or do we cower from the potential unpleasantness? Read more about using differences as an asset