The segment I participated in on Fox News this past weekend is now available on their website. My thanks goes out to Julie Banderas for facilitating such a comfortable interview and to Eldad Yaron for setting this up and getting the video link to me.
As a result of my participation in the JobAngels movement, [...]
JobsInTheUS
RFL: JobsInTheUS and JobAngels on Fox News
Employment Branding
RFL: Off topic and On the Twitter Mosaic
Okay… I’ve officially become a TwitterGeek! While I originally found this app to be a complete waste of time and silly creation, I’ve certainly come to admire it. There really are many ways in which Twitter can be of value, both personally and professionally. Yes, it can seem a bit odd. [...]
JobsInTheUS
RFL: National Exposure on FoxNews
This afternoon, I’m booked to participate in a live broadcast on FoxNews’s weekend American News HQ with Julie Banderas. I was contacted by the station after the article on JobAngels ran in the Wall Street Journal this week. Apparently, feel good stories are in fashion! JobAngels started as a single “tweet” on [...]
Employment Branding
RFL: Social Media Bucket #2: Professional Networking
As previously stated in my post about Social Media Bucket #3: Information Sharing, I feel strongly that all social media resources fall into one or more of three distinct buckets: Social Networking, Professional Networking, and Information Sharing. In this edition, I’ll share my thoughts on bucket #2, Professional Networking. Again, here’s my disclaimer:
Please [...]
Employment Branding
RFL: Musings on eExternal Employment Branding
As a follow up to my previous posts, Don’t Just Sit On Your Hands and 4 Keys to INTERNAL Employment Branding During a Recession, the following bullets are laid out to provide some direction to employers, recruiters, marketing directors, personnel managers, and HR professionals on EXTERNAL Employment Branding. (remember, Consumer Branding is meant to [...]
Employment Branding
RFL: Social Media Bucket #3: Information Sharing
As you may have heard me say, or read in previous posts or in response to questions on LinkedIn, I believe that all social media falls into one or more of three buckets: Social Networking, Professional Networking, and Information Sharing. I thought it was about time I went into more depth on these three [...]
JobSeekers
RFL: Not just another day in the office.
A few weeks back, my company agreed to a proposal I put forth to offer free job hunting workshops on-site at companies that are forced to lay people off this year. We’ve been offering this content at state agencies and college career centers across New England for almost 5 years now.
With the economy affecting [...]
JobSeekers
RFL: Job Seekers Scammed NBC30
Job Seekers Scammed
By LAUREN PETTY
Updated 10:30 PM EDT, Mon, Mar 9, 2009
Related Topics:Jason Blais
Online jobs database have seen a rise in sham jobs.
Many people looking for work head online, but there’s a growing trend that some of the listings aren’t legitimate.
“I actually got a call this morning from a friend. She had applied [...]
Human Capital Management
RFL: The Skinny on EFCA- Unbiased Facts and Biased Opinions
I sat through a 90 minute presentation by a labor attorney speaking to HR folks about the issues associated with the Employee Free Choice Act, EFCA. While there was a significant undertone of fear-mongering and scare tactics employed to generate calls to his firm, the speaker did offer a good general overview of the [...]
Human Capital Management
NH’s 2009 Human Capital Summit Update
I absolutely cannot believe that it’s been 10 months since the Granite State HR Conference hosted it’s 2008 event! Even more scary to me, is that our 2009 event is now just 2 months away!!! Actually, since joining the board for the conference back in May of last year, I’ve been pleasantly surprised [...]
