By K. Carrie Sarhangi Are your employees allowed to use their work email account to send and receive personal emails? Should staff be permitted to surf the … Read more
No Workplace Policy Can Prevent People Doing Something Really Stupid
By Eric B. Meyer On Martin Luther King Day, I performed community service with a few of my co-workers and my 4-year-old son. We went to a local center and … Read more
What Your Employees Really Need to Hear From You
Last week I wrote about the importance of information sharing across an organization. If you missed it it’s a very important idea. This week I want to … Read more
Best Ways to Communicate With Job Candidates in the Social Media Age
Here are some shocking statistics for you: Only 4.4 percent of candidates receive specific feedback from hiring managers and recruiters. Another study … Read more
Study Finds That (Surprise!) Facebook Alone Isn’t a Good Hiring Barometer
Here’s a scenario for all you human resource professionals out there: Let’s just say that most job candidates made their Facebook profiles public. Let’s … Read more
What Recruiters On Twitter Did Last Summer
Want to know who recruiters Tweet about the most? And what they’re reading and sharing on social media? Leadtail, an online marketing and social … Read more
What Do You Do When an Employee Blasts a Racist, Insensitive Message?
By Eric B. Meyer So, your public relations executive just tweeted a racist joke that went viral. Well, it doesn’t end well for the PR exec. Just so … Read more
The Actively Passive Candidate: Why Social is the Only Way to Hire in 2014
Social media profiles have become a necessity when searching for talent, and on the flip side, when looking for a job, as more and more companies are … Read more
Help Your Client (and Yourself) Attract Candidates With Brand Ambassadors
As an external recruiter, you probably do a lot to communicate the needs of your client to potential job seekers. However, are you missing a key element … Read more
Why You Need to Take an Employee’s Facebook Complaints Seriously
By Eric B. Meyer Generally speaking, those who wait five years to complain about perceived sexual harassment in the workplace don’t win lawsuits if … Read more