Professional Alternatives

FEBRUARY 20, 2012

When applying for a new job, chances are you will be one candidate among many applying for the same position. So, what can you do to make a great first impression, stand out, and win the day? As one of the most awarded recruiting and staffing firms in Texas, we have some insight on this topic! Here are our top tips for helping you stand out and nail that next job interview: 1) Do Your Research Understanding the company you are applying to and the people you will be interviewed by will give you c

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Josh Bersin

FEBRUARY 12, 2012

Last week LinkedIn reported amazing financials (stock jumped almost 20% in one day). The company reported 105% YTY growth in quarterly revenues to $167.7 Million, putting the company on a 2012 plan. Bersin & Associates, Leading Research and Advisory Services in Enterprise Learning and Talent Management.

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The Bamboo Project Blog

FEBRUARY 3, 2012

Thanks to Hildy Gottleib over at Creating the Future , I found Hank Green's video on the Webb Telescope. Not that I care terribly much about the Webb Telescope. But I do care about the first minute of Hank's video, which you should watch first if you haven't seen it before. Here's what Hank says: . “There are two ways to make the world a better place.

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Achievers

FEBRUARY 29, 2012

Human Resources Professionals go head-to-head to prove who is better at engaging their staff through their rewards and recognition program. Who will come out on top? Check back next Wednesday to find out! The post Rewards and recognition providers go head-to-head! appeared first on [engage]- The Employee Success and Engagement Blog by Achievers.

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Conversation Matters

FEBRUARY 10, 2012

Before the Meeting. • Keep virtual meetings small; no more than twelve, even if that means you have to hold five different virtual meetings. You can hold a discussion with a small group but that is not possible if there are thirty or more people on line. • If you hold a series of virtual meetings keep the same small groups together each time. After several virtual meetings twelve people can begin to feel like a community, recognizing each other’s voices, remembering what each person sounds like,

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Strategic HCM

FEBRUARY 9, 2012

'My next big HR conference which will include a big focus on social technology will be HR Technology Europe in Amsterdam on 25th and 26th October. As last year, I will be chairing the conference and will be blogging about it here too. However, the conference now also has a blog , of which I am one of several contributors (along with Naomi Bloom, William Tincup and others).

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Josh Bersin

FEBRUARY 9, 2012

I guess we saw this coming. Today Oracle announced plans to acquire Taleo, the largest provider of recruitment software, for $1.9 billion. The company positions this as part of Oracle’s. Bersin & Associates, Leading Research and Advisory Services in Enterprise Learning and Talent Management.

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The Bamboo Project Blog

FEBRUARY 9, 2012

Last week I wrote about increasing the awesome vs. decreasing the suck and how I think that the only way to decrease what sucks is by focusing on what's awesome. Since then I've been thinking a lot about how to increase the awesome in my work life--what is it that we can do to bring the awesome? . Here are three tips I came up with from noticing my own practice. . 1.

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Achievers

FEBRUARY 28, 2012

“While recognition and engagement scores hit bottom, people still inherently want to feel connected with others more and more. Tweeted, posted, and liked recognitions allow employees to share positive moments at your business with their internal network.”. The post Inspire your team while building a brand appeared first on [engage]- The Employee Success and Engagement Blog by Achievers.

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True Faith HR

FEBRUARY 21, 2012

'That''s right! 365 days in the making, it''s the 2011 Season of "The 8 Man Rotation." We introduced you to the 8 Man Rotation last year , and because demand was so high, we''ve brought it back! Featuring 45 stylings from Steve Boese , Kris Dunn , Lance Haun , Tim Sackett , and me, as well as forewords from William Tincup and Trish McFarlane , you are not going to find a better collection of sports-related HR posts anywhere.

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Working Girl

FEBRUARY 21, 2012

'If you are a typical company, your marketing department is bigger than your HR department, although HR is ostensibly responsible for recruiting, compensation, benefits, talent management, workforce analytics, workplace safety and legal compliance and marketing just has to write a few white papers. So why does the marketing team typically have its own wing while HR fits in a cubicle?

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Strategic HCM

FEBRUARY 7, 2012

'I’m at the Enterprise 2.0 Summit in Paris today – you can see my posts on the conference at Social Advantage, these include, so far: #E20S Developing social strategy 2 #E20S Developing social strategy 1 I’ve been attending some of the most technically oriented sessions rather than the organisational ones, so initially missed one called ‘Maximising Social Work Mindset’.

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Josh Bersin

FEBRUARY 21, 2012

The talent management systems market has been under quite a bit of stress lately. In the last 90 days we have seen SAP’s acquisition of SuccessFactors, followed by Oracle’s acquisition. Bersin & Associates, Leading Research and Advisory Services in Enterprise Learning and Talent Management.

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The Bamboo Project Blog

FEBRUARY 7, 2012

Through a friend, I discovered the In Good Company blog and this excellent post on 5 tough questions entrepreneurs should be asking themselves. Reading through the questions, I thought they could easily be adapted to anyone, whether they work for themselves or for someone else, so here they are. Just replace "business" with "job" if you're working for someone else. . 1: If you could wave a magic wand to instantly fix three things in your business, what would they be?

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Achievers

FEBRUARY 27, 2012

It is not uncommon for employers and workplaces to become accustomed to certain sales processes and a particular work environment. Comfort is typically equated to stability, but for companies to exceed goals and truly establish themselves as industry leaders, scaling people to push boundaries by focusing on aggressive annual sales goals is critical to helping the organization get ahead.

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True Faith HR

FEBRUARY 28, 2012

'Day 2 of the wonderful Transform HR conference kicked off with Billy Beane, GM of the Oakland A''s, and focus of Michael Lewis'' " Moneyball." Given the emphasis on managing talent with an uneven playing field, having Mr. Beane as the keynote speaker couldn''t be more apropros (especially given the multitude of blog posts on Moneyball (self-promotion alert: check out a couple of them in the 2011 season of the 8 Man Rotation )).

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Working Girl

FEBRUARY 4, 2012

'Josh Bersin recently wrote a compelling post about how the nature of jobs are changing. Instead of functions, people assume roles, perform tasks and participate in projects. They may ‘report to’ a number of people besides their own manager, from project managers to stake holders. They may lead teams and manage projects without a manager title. This is all fascinating from an organizational development perspective and Josh did his usual great job describing how high performing companies develop

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As organizations scale, keeping employees connected, engaged, and productive can seem like a monumental task. But what if AI could help you do all of this and more? AI has the power to help, but the key is implementing it in a way that enhances, rather than replaces, human connection. Join us for an exploration into how industry trailblazers are using AI to transform employee experience at scale while addressing both the potential and the pitfalls.

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Strategic HCM

FEBRUARY 26, 2012

'I’ve been down in Johannesburg for a few days, delivering a workshop on HR metrics and analytics. And it was analytics, not too surprisingly (as this is such a rapidly becoming an extremely important and popular topic), which gave rise to the most interesting discussion in the workshop. For me, both HR metrics and analytics need to cascade from a company’s HR strategy / strategic risk assessment.

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Josh Bersin

FEBRUARY 24, 2012

This week SuccessFactors and SAP announced their integration plans. Simply stated, the combined companies plan to move all their strategic talent management investments from SAP HCM and Business ByDesign into SuccessFactors, and build Employee Central (SuccessFactors’ central directory product) into its core cloud-based HRMS offering. This is a bold and somewhat risky strategy.

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The Bamboo Project Blog

FEBRUARY 20, 2012

I was emailing with a graduate of my Getting Unstuck course about her ongoing progress since the class ended and we were discussing the issue of living our dreams. What came up is the tension between staying on our own path of exploration and discovery and getting involved in helping others realize their dreams. This is a tension I see all the time, especially with people who are "helper" types, constantly on the look-out for ways to nurture and support the people around them.

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Achievers

FEBRUARY 24, 2012

Rebecca Black may have written the anthem, but A chievers sets the trend when it comes to Fridays! What better way to unwind at the end of the week than with some fun, fun, fun, fun? Our First Round Fridays often reign top of the list for reasons why employees love working at the company. Check out some highlights! Top 10 Reasons First Round Friday ROCKS at A chievers: The workday ends a half-hour earlier than usual.

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True Faith HR

FEBRUARY 28, 2012

'Margaret Morford had the tough task of following Billy Beane with her presentation "HR Fiddles While Organizations Burn!" Starting off, working HR, she notes, should be measured in dog years, given the challenges HR managers face on a daily basis. To meet this challenge, Morford discussed her strategic six things HR needs to do: be different in your thinking, ignore fads, get brave, develop talent & skills, outrun the pack, and get out of HR (temporarily).

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QAspire

FEBRUARY 12, 2012

We live in an “instant” world. People want to do everything instantly, including understanding, comprehension and making sense of something. I remember having attended a strategy meeting where head of the department (call him boss) was explaining a new strategy that none of us had heard about before. He completed explaining and requested the audience to ask questions if any.

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Strategic HCM

FEBRUARY 3, 2012

'I (virtually) attended HCI’s Talent Strategy and Workforce Planning conference this week and will be posting on some of the WFP and data stuff from there over the next few days. However the most interesting piece for me was Peter Howes’ session which included some insightful inputs on WFP but particularly this slide on career management. Peter notes that upwards promotion can’t be an effective focus for career management.

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Josh Bersin

FEBRUARY 21, 2012

The talent management systems market has been under quite a bit of stress lately. In the last 90 days we have seen SAP’s acquisition of SuccessFactors , followed by Oracle’s acquisition of Taleo , and then the smaller Kenexa acquisition of Outstart and PeopleFluent acquisition of Strategia. And while all this is going on, CornerstoneOnDemand.

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The Bamboo Project Blog

FEBRUARY 22, 2012

Throughout my working life, I've encountered people who made me think, "Kill me if I ever start acting and thinking that way." Generally these are people who are bitter and angry about their work, or who are so disengaged as to be practically dead. While I most notice those people who are aggressive about their career unhappiness, there are plenty of other people who simply disappear, I guess hoping to escape notice as their souls slowly shrivel up. .

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Achievers

FEBRUARY 23, 2012

Hey A, We’ve had an Employee of the Month program for years now – our executive team loves it. The program is meant to be a motivator, but sometimes we’re recognizing people who did something great at the beginning of the month, so the impact of the reward isn’t as great at the end of the month. How can we evolve our program? Sincerely, May B. Better.

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True Faith HR

FEBRUARY 28, 2012

'Kicking off the afternoon sessions of Day 2 of the Transform HR conference is "The Second-Generation Workplace Wellness Program" with Fran Melmed, Founder of Context Communication. Given that wellness affects all employees, its important to not only learn about the continued barriers to effective workplace wellness, but the trends, innovations and successes that mark effective wellness programs.

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