Archive for March, 2010
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Your Daily Facebook Folly: U R Fired! C U L8TR!
Posted on March 31, 2010 | 1 CommentNot sure what is more pathetic here – the fact that the 16 year old employee was fired for losing a “tenner” she was given to run a biscuit fetching... -
Using Social Media for Social Good
Posted on March 30, 2010 | No CommentsIn recent months social media, especially Twitter and Facebook, have gotten quite a bit of negative attention due to the recent Flash Mob incidents, which occurred in Philadelphia. I would... -
This Week in Graffiti
Posted on March 29, 2010 | No CommentsBy the looks of this blog, you might think we over here at Alstin eat, breathe and sleep all that is recruitment and retention. Every so often we’ll stray from... -
A “Spring Cleaning” Checklist for Recruiters
Posted on March 26, 2010 | No CommentsBeautiful spring weather has hit the Philadelphia area–finally! Hopefully, the warm weather will also coincide with a thawing of frozen recruiting budgets, icy austerity programs and the glacial pace of... -
Music and Creativity: Let the Music Play. Or Not.
Posted on March 25, 2010 | 14 CommentsAs a Creative Director by day and an artist by night, I’m especially interested in tips and tricks to stimulate creativity. As I’m writing this, there is a base line... -
Employee Collaboration: Crowdsourcing for the Team
Posted on March 24, 2010 | No CommentsAre you a natural problem solver? A wellspring of ideas? Wish you had been the first person to turn a robe worn backwards into big bucks? Innocentive, a website that... -
Philadelphia Flash Mobs are really ‘Organized Rioting’ and the new role Social Media is playing.
Posted on March 23, 2010 | 3 CommentsPhiladelphia has recently seen an increase recently in ‘flash mobs’ that are organized and communicated via social media sites like Facebook and Twitter. There have been three events recently (Feb... -
There’s a job board for that: RealityWanted
Posted on March 22, 2010 | No CommentsIf you’ve ever watched Reality TV, it’s a safe bet that you’ve found yourself wondering: Where do they find these people? Well, there’s a job board for that. RealityWanted provides... -
Temp Jobs On The Rise: What Does it Mean?
Posted on March 19, 2010 | No CommentsIf you work in the recruitment industry, watch the news, or live on Planet Earth, you know that for quite a while the job market was as ugly as many... -
Are you ready for new standards from The Joint Commission? Cultural Competence & You.
Posted on March 18, 2010 | No CommentsIf you’re in healthcare, you already know about The Joint Commission, formerly the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations (JCAHO). Chances are pretty good that an impending visit has... -
Back to the Future: The War for Talent
Posted on March 17, 2010 | 2 CommentsSeriously, how awful were Huey Lewis and the News? Gotta get back in time Gotta get back in time Get back, get back Get back Marty Gotta get back in... -
The Irony of #Whitehouse and #Gang tweets sharing the Twittersphere. Social Media is changing the landscape of how we all communicate with each other.
Posted on March 16, 2010 | No CommentsI read an article in the front section of the Philadelphia Inquirer on Sunday (yes, I still get a weekly printed newspaper—I’m old school sometimes…plus I like the coupons). The... -
Will Google be the next Yellow Pages?
Posted on March 12, 2010 | No CommentsRemember the phone book? That heavy thing that sat in your kitchen drawer and that you would try to throw at your sister? For our younger readers, when men weren’t... -
Using Skype for Video Job Interviews
Posted on March 11, 2010 | No CommentsFor me the answer to the chicken-or-egg question is: Oprah. It was watching Skype in action on her show – not all the great reviews I kept reading – that... -
That’s the Ticket.
Posted on March 10, 2010 | 3 CommentsAlstin’s President, Mike Schluth, had one of the hottest tickets in town. And it didn’t have anything to do with baseball. It is rare when a regular Joe or regular... -
Should Blogging be the Hub of Your Social Media Strategy? My take aways.
Posted on March 9, 2010 | 2 CommentsChris Baggott and Jay Baer’s webinar “Should Blogging be the Hub of Your Social Media Strategy?” had so many great facts, tips, pointers and humorous analogies I ended up writing... -
Still Treating Candidates Like A Commodity?
Posted on March 8, 2010 | 2 CommentsWith record numbers of unemployed workers banging on your door you might think it’s ok to handle applications with an automated response telling them their application will be reviewed and... -
Let’s Hope This Video Doesn’t Describe Your Career in Human Resources!
Posted on March 5, 2010 | No CommentsI recently came across this video from the folks at HR.com While the debt to Monster’s “When I Grow Up…” campaign from several years ago is rather obvious, this one... -
Making Lemonade.
Posted on March 4, 2010 | No CommentsUndercover Boss turned out to be a real lemon of a show. I kinda figured it would, although I totally fell for the preview. To prove that good things can... -
WIN a $50 Gift Card & Picture This: Crazy? … or Crazy Like a Fox?
Posted on March 3, 2010 | 31 CommentsIs this cat just crazy?…or crazy like a fox? Ever walk away from your laptop and come back to find disaster and your cat looking pretty pleased? “Paws” to write... -
Email Blast or Direct Mail for Recruiting?
Posted on March 2, 2010 | No CommentsDebating an email marketing campaign vs. the old familiar direct (snail) mail approach? Let me give you a few good reasons why an eblast may be the way to go.... -
GDP, Debt, Consumption, Recovery and Debbie Downer.
Posted on March 1, 2010 | No CommentsGDP – Fourth Quarter 2009 (Second Estimate) “Real gross domestic product — the output of goods and services produced by labor and property located in the United States — increased...
