Over the past six years, Andrew Saidy has been able to touch a range of HR processes and policies at Schneider Electric—a global energy management and industrial automation organization that supports roughly 135,000 employees in more than 100 countries, including 25,000 in the U.S.—as MORE

Recruiting Host: Gordon Collier About: Dropping talent acquisition value in short consumable episodes designed for the "recruiter". chattalent Host: Alan Walker About: In this podcast Alan Walker speaks to industry leaders, interesting Talent, Recruitment & HR folk, and anyone else who has a story to tell, or something interesting say. It includes stories and journeys of CHRO's, Chief People Officers, CEO, Head of Talent, and more. Join us as we reimagine talent. MORE

Employer branding is having its 15 minutes of fame right now, but every sensible employer knows there’s more to it than just the buzzword. With the right employer brand, your candidates should be lining up to apply like a southern gal at a Lilly Pulitzer for Target premiere. Your employer brand is your talent attraction strategy and should display exactly who you are as an employer to talent worldwide. MORE

“Talent management? asks Josh Bersin, speaking at the HR Tech conference, held recently in Las Vegas. Bersin, a highly respected consultant who is Principal and Founder of Bersin by Deloitte, Deloitte Consulting, offered his research and tips for succeeding with the new talent agenda. Bersin’s research shows the following top talent priorities: Top Global Talent Priorities. Talent Acquisition & Access. Talent & HR Analytics. MORE

Recently, one of my contacts who is planning her 2015 schedule sent me a question asking for my recommendations for the top 2 – 3 conferences to attend in the US for HR professionals. One of my plans for next year is to attend more conferences in the US; ideally I’d like to attend events where there is a lot of networking, collaborating and great speakers. My Top 5 HR Conference Recommendations. 2015 SHRM Annual Conference (Las Vegas, NV). MORE

I attend and speak at dozens of conferences each year – many focused on audiences of practitioners in the Human Resources, Recruiting and Leadership Development professions. Your conference or event will be better because you didn’t just seek out an author of some unknown book or a consultant or lawyer who will also agree to be a sponsor of your event. Mary Faulkner – Director of Talent Management, ClearChoice Dental Implant Center. Blog: Amplify Talent. MORE

This week I attended three client conferences – SuccessFactors Successconnect, the Achievers Customer Experience, and the Glassdoor Employment Brand Summit. Bersin & Associates, Leading Research and Advisory Services in Enterprise Learning and Talent Management. Employee Engagement Enterprise Learning Human Resources Sourcing and Recruiting achivers employment brand engagement glassdoor SAP successfactors MORE

The changing economy is rapidly altering how organizations view talent. Challenges such as the impending retirement cliff, an increasing skills gap and talent shortages, as well as the persistent difficulty of retaining top employees—who are creating havoc across all companies and industries. These challenges demand the status quo for talent acquisition and talent management strategies be modernized, updated and transformed in an effort for to stay competitive. MORE

Recently, one of my contacts who is planning her 2015 schedule sent me a question asking for my recommendations for the top 2 – 3 conferences to attend in the US for HR professionals. One of my plans for next year is to attend more conferences in the US; ideally I’d like to attend events where there is a lot of networking, collaborating and great speakers. My Top 5 HR Conference Recommendations. 2015 SHRM Annual Conference (Las Vegas, NV). MORE

Cielo (check out our complementary Talent Activation Index ) is one of the sponsors of HR Tech Europe , which takes place in Amsterdam on October 23-24. The convergence of consumer and employer brands, business and talent analytics, as well as Cloud and mobile has changed the playing field. At the same time, the lens on HR and talent functions has never been so intense. How will we harness and decipher Big Data and let predictive talent analytics flourish? MORE

By Maurice Fernandes, Manager of Employment Brand & Social Media at Ceridian. As the generations making up the majority of today’s workforce begin to shift, so must the recruiting strategies of employers. And today more than ever, it’s so important that organizations are able to effectively tap into the talent pool of recent college graduates. Below are some tips employers should use based on the research findings. MORE

And wars or not, there have always been talent shortages — which means the better experience you can provide job seekers, the more competitive advantage you can gain. Let’s look at four key parts to the candidate experience we can all do better at from a brand, leadership and recruiting angle: It’s a small world. The CandEs 2014 awards showed that the interview is crucial for candidate as well as employer ; among its other purposes, it’s the essential drill-down to potential fit. MORE

Solutions that potentially solve virtually every conceivable problem within the broad spectrum of Human Resources—recruitment, on-boarding, performance management, employee engagement, recognition, talent management—the list goes on. Organizations are made up of people who require an emotional connection to each other, the workplace, and the brand. Guest post by Jeff Waldman, Founder & Social HR Strategist of Stratify and SocialHRCamp. MORE

Talent pool, talent network or talent community—semantics shemantics. Part of the problem with understanding talent communities, lies in our attempts to define it. While we could sit around and debate the meaning of specific words, concepts and ideas, a simple definition just doesn’t capture the essence of what a talent community really is at its core. Instead, what if we equate the core purpose of a talent community to the practice of relationship building? MORE

I headed to #rmsconf (leading social recruiting conference in France) a couple of days ago, and had a fantastic time there. In addition to this large event, a lot of smaller ones have been happening for four years, with hot topics such as employer branding, employee advocacy, digital HR, digital transformation and robotization (just to list a few). After all these tweets, quotables and brilliant posts, there’s this recurring theme: social talent. MORE