employee communication Archive
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How To Get Higher Quality Employee Referrals
Posted on October 5, 2012 | No CommentsIf you’re a recruiter who doesn’t regularly check out www.ERE.net (Electronic Recruiter Exchange), you really should. It’s one of the few websites I visit every day to learn about our... -
The Power of YouTube for Recruiting
Posted on August 16, 2012 | No CommentsPerhaps you’ve seen this infographic from HireRabbit that’s been circulating around. I think it provides compelling evidence not only of how pervasive YouTube is in our lives (3rd most visited... -
When it Comes to the Candidate Experience, There’s No Easy Fixes.
Posted on January 27, 2012 | No CommentsIf you really want to see a VP of HR get nervous, ask him or her about the candidate experience at their organization. Like profanity-laced tirades and red faces? Ask... -
Looking for Feedback on LinkedIn HR Groups
Posted on October 28, 2011 | No CommentsMy post today is really less a blog post and more a call for help. I’d like to get our readers’ feedback on LinkedIn groups that focus on Human Resources... -
How “Undercover Boss” really has changed thinking
Posted on October 24, 2011 | No CommentsAn article posted on Inc.com titled, “Sheldon Yellen: Why I Went on Undercover Boss” follows Sheldon Yellen’s experience when he decided to go undercover to gain more insight on his... -
Office Pet Peeves: What’s Yours?
Posted on October 19, 2011 | 1 CommentThe team over at LinkedIn (who are enjoying their second annual customer conference – Talent Connect – in Las Vegas this week) recently polled 17,000 professionals across the globe on... -
Self-promotions, video, and ERP from Alstin are winners!
Posted on October 4, 2011 | 3 CommentsThis year’s Creative Excellence Awards show that Alstin Communications is continuing its winning creative ways. Congratulations to our graphic designers, copywriters, account executives, administration — and of course, the clients — who... -
Using Twitter? Have a seat on the couch and tell us how you feel.
Posted on October 3, 2011 | No CommentsAccording to a Wired Science article titled, “Twitter-Mining Captures Global Mood Patterns,” social scientists have discovered that individuals tend to display mood patterns throughout the day using tweets and other... -
Sorry Seems to Be the Hardest Word
Posted on September 23, 2011 | No CommentsI don’t want to brag, but I feel I should tell you that the CEO of Netflix and I are pals. In fact, he wrote to me this week and... -
Retaining Talent- How to keep your employees happy
Posted on August 22, 2011 | No CommentsSHRM.org recently posted an article titled, “Benefits, Advancement Key to Worker Happiness, Report Says” revealing results from a study on employee satisfaction. While this might come as a surprise to... -
Keeping the creative juices flowing by getting creative
Posted on July 25, 2011 | No CommentsGreat companies often thrive on keeping a certain momentum. Perhaps that means, maintaining a number of sales each year to meet a quota, or keeping up with new technologies and... -
How to “Enchant” your Employees
Posted on July 11, 2011 | No CommentsJob-hopping seems to be more prevalent than ever as many job seekers took whatever they could find during the recession and might now be re-evaluating those decisions with things starting... -
An Open Letter of Apology from the Economy?
Posted on June 29, 2011 | No CommentsWhile traveling last week on business, I grabbed a New York Times. On the back page of the Arts Section was a full page (don’t see those much anymore!)... -
YourHRStore is Open for Business.
Posted on June 23, 2011 | No CommentsWe’ve all seen promotional products done poorly. The sloppily printed smiley face squeeze ball that ends up rolling around your office drawer. The pen that doesn’t write. The letter opener... -
Focus on: mouth-watering knowledge. The value of focus groups in employer marketing.
Posted on June 17, 2011 | No CommentsDid you ever hear about the studies involving witnesses? Despite a group of people seeing a staged crime take place at the same time, there are rarely two people who... -
From the mouths of employees: What makes a company a best place to work?
Posted on May 25, 2011 | No CommentsWhat employees say about the organization they work for holds plenty of weight. From being ”brand ambassadors” through their (good or bad) word of mouth advertising, to seeking out employee referrals or to... -
Breaking Down Problems in the Workplace
Posted on May 16, 2011 | No CommentsAn article recently posted to the Harvard Business Review blog titled, “Small Wins and Feeling Good” establishes one of the best ways to help tackle obstacles by dissecting them into... -
Revisiting the Candidate Experience
Posted on April 14, 2011 | No CommentsThis is my second blog post on the candidate experience. If you read my first one, you know that the candidate experience is being talked about a lot on both... -
The Perfect Boss
Posted on March 14, 2011 | No CommentsA New York Times article titled, “Google’s Quest to Build a Better Boss” by Adam Bryant explains how Google decided to try to analyze “performance reviews, feedback surveys and nominations... -
So you got the job. Now learn how to keep it.
Posted on February 28, 2011 | No CommentsAfter you’ve spent time crafting your cover letters, sending out what seemed like hundreds of resumes and going on interview after interview, you’ve finally landed the job that you’ve been... -
If you don’t have anything nice to say…
Posted on February 21, 2011 | No CommentsIn case you missed it- early this month a Pennsylvania high school English teacher became so frustrated with issues she was experiencing with her students, that she decided to publicly... -
Improving and Maintaining Employer-Employee Relationships
Posted on February 14, 2011 | No CommentsThinking about your sweetheart all day? Anticipating that special, romantic candlelit dinner after work? Ah, yes- it’s February 14th, which means for many that love is in the air and... -
Communication Breakdown
Posted on January 24, 2011 | No CommentsAs communication in the workplace is essential in all industries, FastCompany.com posted an article last week about a solution to workplace miscommunication titled, “Too Much Miscommunication at Work? A Simple... -
Are You Giving Job Seekers What They Want?
Posted on December 15, 2010 | No CommentsWhat draws qualified job seekers to the opportunities at your company? More and more these days, recruiters are being inundated with resumes from unqualified or under-qualified job seekers who are... -
Get in on the Video Game (it’s easier than you think)
Posted on October 5, 2010 | No CommentsIsn’t it always the way? When you get yourself up to speed with the latest trend, something new comes onto the scene. In this case, just as you’re putting the... -
If you blog about how lame we are, you’re fired!
Posted on September 15, 2010 | No CommentsTony Rosato sent me this pretty funny Dilbert cartoon the other day. I am sure many of you will also get a laugh from it, as well as relate: A... -
Communications and HR: Taking a deep breath, and stepping back to go forward.
Posted on August 20, 2010 | No CommentsThe other day I was in Jake’s, my favorite new sandwich shop, and in the next booth over were four young people having lunch. For the next ten minutes I... -
Does Your Organization Need an Ombudsman?
Posted on July 30, 2010 | No CommentsIn the “that-happened-yesterday-who-cares-about-it-now” age we live in, I was really glad this article caught my eye. I’m referring to a detailed, even-handed and informed criticism of ESPN’s handling of the... -
Face to Face vs. Electronic Media: Why the Face-to-Face Meeting is still a valuable way to conduct business.
Posted on July 14, 2010 | 4 CommentsIn these days of Skype, text, and instant messaging, email, conference calls & social media, has the art of the in-person meeting gone out of style? Everyone’s busy on a... -
How NOT to Interview: What HR Can Learn from Jiminy Glick
Posted on June 25, 2010 | No CommentsFor those that don’t remember, Primetime Glick was a short-lived comedy show featuring Martin Short as the rude, clueless Hollywood reporter, Jiminy Glick (if you don’t recognize Martin, don’t worry,... -
Summer Camp for Recruiters
Posted on June 24, 2010 | No Comments“No more hiring managers, no more budget freezes, no more applicants’ dirty looks.” Haven’t heard that one? Unfortunately, school is never really out when you’re a recruiter. But rather than... -
Your Internal Brand: First a Bad Joke, and Then Why It’s No Laughing Matter.
Posted on June 18, 2010 | No CommentsOkay, so Martha the HR professional dies and meets Saint Peter at the Pearly Gates. Peter says, “Everything seems to be in order. Now we just have to show you... -
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... -
Behavioral Economics: What the “reality” of a workforce can teach Human Resources.
Posted on January 6, 2010 | 3 CommentsGood leaders are good listeners. They are of the sort that actively seek out feedback from the team, act on the good stuff, try to resolve the bad stuff and...
