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		<title>The Power of Acknowledgement</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 May 2013 18:30:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jason</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Human Capital Management]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[This past January, I decided it was time to be a little more active in my daily routine, and I began walking an hour a day thanks mostly to my good friend, novelist, marketing guru, and community outreach specialist at Big Brothers Big Sisters of the Ocean State, Steven Porter.   Steve had chronicled his <a href='http://jasonblais.com/the-power-of-acknowledgement/' class='excerpt-more'>[...]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Success is a Result of Discretionary Effort</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Dec 2012 15:26:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jason</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Employment Branding]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[More than any time in the history of the world, Technology (driven by knowledge) and Service Delivery (driven by employee engagement) are the keys for organizational growth, and the foundation for the evolving economy. With this environment, comes a need to place focused emphasis on attracting the best people (read: the RIGHT people) to achieve <a href='http://jasonblais.com/success-is-a-result-of-discretionary-effort/' class='excerpt-more'>[...]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>C-Level Focus on Changing Workforce</title>
		<link>http://jasonblais.com/c-level-focus-on-changing-workforce/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Nov 2012 16:43:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jason</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Employment Branding]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[bernard hodes]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Within the labor force in the US, and to a lesser degree the world, there is a confluence of circumstances that cannot be ignored by C-Level leadership, and not relegated solely to the role of HR leaders: a shrinking workforce in key skill sets and demographics, and a decreasing average employee tenure. One set of <a href='http://jasonblais.com/c-level-focus-on-changing-workforce/' class='excerpt-more'>[...]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Sourcing Technology- Buyer Beware</title>
		<link>http://jasonblais.com/sourcing-technology-buyer-beware/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 26 Sep 2012 13:14:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jason</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Employment Branding]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[employment advertising]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[ &#8220;The Recruiting Department is where data goes to die.&#8221; This sentiment was shared with me during a recent conversation related to one of the many sourcing technologies flooding the market.  It was the opinion of this person, that the idea of data driven recruiting and the reality of data driven recruiting simply don&#8217;t match up.  <a href='http://jasonblais.com/sourcing-technology-buyer-beware/' class='excerpt-more'>[...]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>What the Conference Board&#8217;s Numbers Tell Us</title>
		<link>http://jasonblais.com/what-the-conference-boards-numbers-tell-us/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Aug 2012 15:06:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jason</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Business & Economy]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://jasonblais.com/?p=1523</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Pundits and experts alike have been vociferous in their acknowledgement that the economic growth leading up to the 2008 Recession was largely unsustainable, going so far as to condemn the governmental and financial leaders of that time for not seeing the writing on the wall.  One organization who has been keeping their eyes on the <a href='http://jasonblais.com/what-the-conference-boards-numbers-tell-us/' class='excerpt-more'>[...]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Fishing for Talent</title>
		<link>http://jasonblais.com/fishing-for-talent/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Jul 2012 14:35:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jason</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Human Capital Management]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Related Posts: No Related Posts]]></description>
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		<title>Is Global Employment Branding a Threat to US Employers?</title>
		<link>http://jasonblais.com/is-global-employment-branding-a-threat-to-us-employers/</link>
		<comments>http://jasonblais.com/is-global-employment-branding-a-threat-to-us-employers/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Jul 2012 20:37:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jason</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Employment Branding]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[employment advertising]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://jasonblais.com/?p=1511</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I have been blogging and presenting on the practice of Employment Branding since 2005, and facilitating a group on LinkedIn focused on this subject matter since 2009.  This is an area of human resource management that I&#8217;m zealously passionate about, and the group has served as an excellent opportunity to connect with and learn from <a href='http://jasonblais.com/is-global-employment-branding-a-threat-to-us-employers/' class='excerpt-more'>[...]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Is Talent Management ACTUALLY a Strategic Imperative?</title>
		<link>http://jasonblais.com/is-talent-management-actually-a-strategic-imperative/</link>
		<comments>http://jasonblais.com/is-talent-management-actually-a-strategic-imperative/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Jun 2012 12:32:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jason</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Business & Economy]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[In a guest post from April of 2010, 6 Reasons Why Talent Management is a Strategic Imperative,  Sean Conrad of Halogen explains: Today&#8217;s business climate is forcing a shift in the role HR plays. Instead of providing administrative support, HR is becoming a strategic manager of the organization&#8217;s greatest asset – its people. Driven by <a href='http://jasonblais.com/is-talent-management-actually-a-strategic-imperative/' class='excerpt-more'>[...]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>The Lasting Power of Mentoring</title>
		<link>http://jasonblais.com/the-lasting-power-of-mentoring/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Dec 2011 14:09:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jason</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://jasonblais.com/?p=1492</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[If you&#8217;ve had the chance to read up on the future of the workforce both domestically and globally, you&#8217;re no doubt aware that we are facing a significant shortage of critical skills across nearly all industries. A substantial subset of this trend is the lack of leadership development or succession planning currently in place to <a href='http://jasonblais.com/the-lasting-power-of-mentoring/' class='excerpt-more'>[...]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Organizational Success: People vs. Hedgehogs</title>
		<link>http://jasonblais.com/organizational-success-people-vs-hedgehogs/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 07 Oct 2011 19:55:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jason</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Earlier today, I heard someone say that the success of their organization is directly attributed to the people within the organization. If you&#8217;ve read my posts here or elsewhere, you may be surprised to hear that I don&#8217;t necessarily agree with that notion. While I believe that an organization cannot be successful without qualified, engaged, <a href='http://jasonblais.com/organizational-success-people-vs-hedgehogs/' class='excerpt-more'>[...]</a>]]></description>
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