Gaming is no longer an activity tied to the home. A recent article by Fast Company’s Scott Steinberg showcased the use of video games in companies for management exercises. Up to 80 percent plan on using them next year alone.
The article showcased examples of “gamification,” or the use of game thinking or techniques in non-game [...]
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What Do You Think? Gaming In The Workplace
An Employer’s Guide To Facebook Timeline
It’s said that change is good. When it comes to changes on Facebook however, most are hesitant to embrace it. That doesn’t just apply to us when it comes to personal accounts, or the job seekers that are trying to learn more about your company. In case you’ve been avoiding Facebook like the plague, you [...]
4 Questions a Hiring Manager Should Never Ask – Anthony Morrison Quoted in US News
The goal of any interview is to get to know you better and make sure that your background fits the company’s needs. Every employer wants to fill the position with someone who fits well and has enough experience to do the job. And while interviews can become more personal as the conversation continues, certain questions [...]
3 Tips to build and Improve a Talent Community – Guest Post on Business Insider
Talent communities facilitate engagement between employers and candidates and among candidates who share common interests and experience. From this purposeful interaction arises another dimension of talent screening: passive screening. You get to participate in conversations and spectate while talent interacts over various subjects related to their profession, the industry, job functions, political and economic factors [...]
Small Workplace Asks, Big Career Wins – Anthony Morrison in Forbes
Formal training, mentorship or inclusion in projects can help to bridge the gap between where you are in your career and where you want to be, but they also have another advantage when discussed in a review setting: they are mutually beneficial for you and the company. “The best small asks you can pick are [...]
What Do You Think? 5 Keys for Building Successful Internal Talent Communities
Talent Communities have really amped up in the past few months.
And for good reason – as more and more job seekers and employers engage in talent communities, we will find that more jobs will be filled with the very best talent.
Check out: Talent Communities 101: How to Use Your Talent Community in Your Job Search
While this [...]
Can Facebook Get You a Job? {infographic} by Jobvite on MBAonline
Spend more than ten seconds looking for job advice online and you’ll find that it’s all about social media.
LinkedIn can help you connect to your next boss while Twitter can help you jump in on the conversation for your particular industry. But what about Facebook?
Facebook is, by far, the largest social networking platform with the [...]
Talent Connection Episode 31: How to Engage Candidates in Social Media
The following is an approximate transcript.
HEATHER: Hello and thank you for joining Episode 31 of Talent Connection, a podcast about connecting job seekers and employers, produced by Cachinko. My name is Heather Huhman, and I am the founder & president of Come Recommended, as well as the Career & Recruiting Advisor for Cachinko. I’m joined [...]
There’s an (HR) App For That: Apps For the Other Side of the Table
On this blog, I write frequently about different tips for job seekers, how to reinvent their job search and what to do in different job search situations, amongst other things. After all, there are a whole lot more job seekers out there than HR folks. In this murky hiring climate, why not improve the job [...]
New NLRB Case Affirms: You Can’t Fire Facebook Gripers
Recently, we’ve seen a lot of new movements made by the National Labor Relations Board about social media usage.
First, there was the addition of “mere griping” on Facebook to the list of reasons why an employer can fire an employee.
Then, the NLRB outlined several points on social media policies in the workplace.
This past week, the [...]
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