By Eric B. Meyer The U.S. Chamber of Commerce is hot! How hot is the Chamber? Hotter than Paris Hilton humming an 80’s Buster Poindexter tune. … Read more
Relax – You’ll Never, Ever be Asked For a Facebook Password
It’s one of the hottest and long-standing recent HR stories. In March, the Associated Press reported on several job seekers being asked their Facebook … Read more
Unpaid Internships Revisited: Could Your Program Land You in Court?
By Patricia F. Weisberg With regular college classes ending for the summer, employers nationwide likely are ramping up their summer internship programs – … Read more
The Yahoo Fiasco: Headhunting Firms Denies Involvement in Resume Blunder
Yahoo’s beleaguered CEO Scott Thompson is out, in a shakeup that replaced the company’s chairman of the board and added new directors chosen by … Read more
Future of Workplace Flexibility: It’s About Recruiting & Retaining Women
To recruit and retain women. A measly 1 percent. That’s it. When 1,226 employers were asked in a recent survey what their primary reasons were for … Read more
U.S. Senate Now Has Its Own Facebook Password Protection Bill
By Eric B. Meyer Well, that didn’t take long. Late last month, I reported on a bill that had been introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives, … Read more
New Report Says LinkedIn is One of the Possible Buyers For Monster
A report from Reuters says that LinkedIn is among a handful of potential companies expressing interest in purchasing all or some of Monster Worldwide. … Read more
Weekly Wrap: Survey Shows What is Driving the Internet Generation
Every generation develops their own sensibilities about work and life, and it is one of the things that makes things interesting. After all, if we all … Read more
Yahoo Resume Case Raises the Obvious: How Could It Happen?
The brouhaha over the academic credentials of Yahoo! CEO Scott Thompson raises an obvious question for the search profession: How could this happen? … Read more
Facebook Firing? Employer in Hot Water? Stop Me If You Have Heard This Before
By Eric B. Meyer Yesterday, I gave my social media in the workplace spiel to a great crowd in Hershey, Pennsylvania, at the Banyan Consulting 12th Annual … Read more