Upon reading this internal communication, I realized just how much negative press has been devoted to exposing the dark underbelly of corporate greed through the acquisition of private and revealing emails. Rarely does one encounter a news bit that begins with, “Our station has acquired a copy of the internal email…”, and is followed by a feel-good or uplifting story. Normally, this type of exposure ends in a story about some type of insidious and [...]
The Granite State Human Resource Conference’s 2009 Human Capital Summit took place on Tuesday, May 12, in Manchester, NH, attracting nearly 300 professionals in HR, nearly 50 exhibitors, and a dozen or so sponsors. This year, the conference offered more HRCI credits than ever before- with a PHR or SPHR able to pick up 6.25 recertifications hours, and GPHR able to pick up 3.25. The day of professional development and networking was punctuated with a [...]
(Reprinted from the Employment Branding Best Practice Exchange on LinkedIn)After speaking with more than 100 HR professionals over the last year, I’ve found that very few develop or feel they control the employment brand. At first, this appears to illuminate a broken system. It seems logical and intuitive that the people who spend the most time dealing with the employees, and focused on the employee/employer relationship, would be the exact right folks to build and [...]
JobsInVT.com Partners With the Vermont Chamber of CommerceVermont’s #1 Recruitment Resource Forms Strategic Partnership With State’s Largest Chamber of Commerce, Offering High Growth Industry Portals, Discounts and Webinars to Members BURLINGTON, VT–(MARKET WIRE)–Apr 30, 2009 — JobsInVT.com, Vermont’s leading recruitment resource, has entered into a strategic partnership with the Vermont Chamber of Commerce, giving the 1,300 member companies access to the best employment advertising resource in the state at a significant discount, plus high growth [...]
Abstract from 20/20 Employment Branding: Employment Brand Defined In this session, we’ll talk about creating and leveraging a “brand” to increase your recruiting success. We’ll identify the strategies that are used in marketing and advertising to attract customers, and apply them to the goals of attracting the best possible candidates. So, instead of building a consumer brand focused on selling your products to customers, your goal is to develop an effective employment brand focused on [...]