HR & Social Media
Should Performance Reviews Include Information from Social Media?
In other words, is it acceptable to judge an employee’s performance on activities that occur outside of the office, even if those activities include disparaging the employer? Though laws and policies are different in different states and jurisdictions, the question is still valid. It may seem obvious that employees (and really everyone) should not compromise…
Read MoreShould You Ignore Questionable Social Media Posts from Job Applicants and Employees?
Over the past decade, employer reviews of social media accounts rose by around 500 percent, according to a CareerBuilder survey. Employers report using social media to investigate potential new hires and to communicate with — and check up on — existing employees. While the practice of involving social media in the employer/employee relationship is still…
Read MoreTop HR Influencers and Bloggers (2015 Edition)
The following is a purely subjective list of the top HCM and HR leaders and bloggers to follow on Twitter. We’ve found that they all have a true passion for Human Resources. Our list stops at 185, but there are really many more. The names can also be found on List.ly. It’s in no particular…
Read MoreHCM Analysts to Follow on Twitter
The following is a purely subjective list of the HCM Analysts to follow on Twitter. The list contains research analysts and firms that cover HR and HCM Technology. It can also be found on Twitter and List.ly. The list is in a random order. We apologize if we left anyone off. Please add analysts in…
Read MoreHR HelpDesk Can Burnish Your Employer Brand
The days are gone when a company could control its brand either as an employer or a market solution. Gone also are the days when nearly everything a potential candidate or buyer knew about a company came directly from its public affairs office, from stories the company urged its employees and existing clients to disseminate,…
Read MoreTop HR Influencers to Follow on Twitter
The following is a purely subjective list of the top Human Resources Influencers and Bloggers to follow on Twitter. There are really so many – we wanted to keep the list at 100 but it stretched to 131. The list can also be found on Twitter and List.ly. It’s in no particular order, other than…
Read MoreEmployee Social Networking and Corporate HR
Do employers have the right, whether legally or ethically, to monitor the private social network sites of their employees? Certainly employers may legitimately have full access to public-facing pages, such as an employee’s public profile on Facebook or LinkedIn, but what about sites that permit users to configure viewer access rights? In these cases, to…
Read MoreSocial Networking and HR
How social networks can extend the reach of the Human Resources Department Anyone who thinks online social networking sites are just a passing fad needs to consider a few cold hard statistics. Facebook alone claims over 800 million users worldwide. That’s more than twice the total US population! It also happens to be more than…
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