By Eric B. Meyer A few weeks ago, I wrote about how the Maryland Department of Corrections was facing heat from the ACLU for requiring job applicants to … Read more
Another Social Media Skirmish: Discipline for a Tweet Gets the NLRB Involved
By Eric B. Meyer Did a bunch of bloggers sue you last week for wage and hour violations? Has the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) threatened to file a … Read more
Recruiting Truism: The Old-Fashioned Phone Never Goes Out of Fashion
Lately I’ve been reading about how the telephone is so (19th and 20th Century) over. The outcry goes that social media has reinvented the wheel and … Read more
Working From Home: The Good, The Bad, And The Ugly
Working from home is becoming more popular according to a report from Skype. And as Mashable mentions in their post about the report: As someone who … Read more
Are Managers Gun-Shy About Disciplining Reckless Online Behavior?
By Eric B. Meyer Earlier this year, I wrote an article, “Yes, you CAN discipline employees who abuse social media.” I stick by my words. And, … Read more
Somebody’s Watching Me (and You!)
In 1984, a new Motown artist named Rockwell debuted a single featuring backing vocals by pop artist Michael Jackson. The most famous lyrics of this song … Read more
Making Whuffie
Build Social Capital to Succeed with Social Media “The Whuffie Factor” is a book about using social networks to build your business. The concept of whuffie … Read more
Employees Use Their Own Phones For Access, But Employer Policies Lag Behind
Do you use your personal phone to access the company ATS when you’re not in the office? Or maybe just to contact that hard-to-reach hot prospect? Of … Read more
Sourcing Using Blogging Platforms
One thing that is all too easy to do is to get into a sourcing rut. For example, going to the same wells of talent (i.e. Linkedin, Google, etc.) each time … Read more
Building Talent Communities on LinkedIn
In the last few months, building talent communities on LinkedIn with like-minded individuals got a lot easier. First off, they have made a bunch of changes … Read more