Posts Tagged ‘twitter’

Next on Compassionate HR And Social Media, Kevin W. Grossman, Co-Founder Of Talent Culture's #TChat

Kevin W. Grossman is the Chief Marketplace Evangelist at Fisher Vista, LLC and HRmarketer.com. Previously at HRmarketer.com for over seven years, Kevin returns to the firm after brief tours at the Glowan Consulting Group and Ventana Research. He now leads HRmarketer.com’s strategic B2B marketing and business development initiatives as well as advising HR and other B2B suppliers on marketing best practices and marketplace positioning. Kevin has more than two decades of business experience including over 10 years of HR marketplace experience, during which time he has helped hundreds of HR software and services companies grow their business. Kevin has been a Top 25 Online Influencer in Human Resources, Talent Management, Recruiting and Leadership (via the HRExaminer and Traackr.com) as well as being an HR Industry Top 100 Influencer (via Industry Analyst John Sumser). He’s been a prolific “HR business” blogger since 2004 primarily on Marketing to HR and Marcom HRsay, author of the eBook Conversation Starters – Social Media Marketing in the HR Marketplace, and has co-authored multiple articles on leadership for Glowan as well as vendor and human capital management marketplace assessments for Ventana Research. Kevin speaks at HR industry events, has moderated HR and Talent Management webinars and roundtables, and has educated C-level executives on social media marketing best practices. He’s also a partner and collaborator of the TalentCulture community with as well as a co-founder of the online Twitter chat #TChat and the #TChat radio show. Kevin received his BA in psychology from San Jose State University. He’s a proud father who enjoys reading, writing, running, drumming and music. He’s also a published writer of a children’s book, short fiction and poetry and has his own blog about fatherhood and domestic violence awareness – Get Off The Ground.

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Amanda Hite, Founder of Talent Revolution, Change Agent, and Social Media Strategist is on a mission. She’s made a pledge, and she wants us to join her.

PLEDGE WITH US:

“I believe that no child in America should go hungry. By pledging today, I add my voice to the national movement of people committed to ending childhood hunger in America by 2015.”
http://nokidhungry.org/

She challenges us to do what Mahatma Ghandi suggests, “Become the change you want to see in the world.” Her #BeTheChange movement has gone viral around the web.

Hite is a SexyThinker, which is how she is known as on Twitter. I had the pleasure of meeting her in 2009 at the first HRevolution unconfernce. She wowed us then, and she wows us now. She’s learned how to make brand evangelism fun, and profitable for organizations. She ties it all together with a feel good message. Amanda and her team create social media campaigns that empower employees to be brand agents, and created an accountability element.

Doing good equals doing well. Doing good deeds can be woven into an organization’s corporate communication strategy. Employees engaged in philanthropic activities have higher productivity, lower rates of absenteeism, work more effectively on teams. According to my research, organizations that engage their employees, and empower then to have time off to participate in a charitable activity as a team have higher employee employee retention rates which decreases the cost of hire. Employee attrition is expensive to an organization. Service learning, strategic philanthropy, and corporate responsibility also increases brand awareness, engages customers, and can help make a social media campaign go viral.

We know that compassionate human resources feels good, random acts of kindness feels even better. Amanda Hite supported the concept behind “Random Packs of Kindness.” Cinnabon is a compassionate company. Check out this video, Random Packs Of Kindnes:

She showed a an organization “Lastin” how to create a tweet hub. Check this out:

It’s brilliant. Create a contest to audition your internal brand agents, show them how to generate buzz on Twitter, and then turn them loose to convert their followers into brand agents too.

http://lastin.thetweethub.com/index.php

If that isn’t cool enough…Amanda challenged her Twitter followers and friends to raise 5,000 in one day, and if she did, she’d dress up like Barbie, and surprise us all. No doubt Hite’s got the moves like Jaggar. If this doesn’t make you laugh, and jump for joy nothing will. Fact is, she’s pretty hot in a shocking pink mini…and can dance better than most people I know. Here’s how she set it up on YouTube:

“The deal was you raise $5,000 on Twitter in 1 Day for #ServeHope (Global Hope Network and Share Our Strength) and I do a video blog in a pink dress!”

Now you know why I simply had to interview her on Compassionate HR. The BlogrtalkRadio Show can be heard right here. Just click on the tab, Compassionate HR at the top of the screen.

Amanda Hite can be reached here:

Twitter: http://twitter.com/#!/sexythinker
Linkedin: http://www.linkedin.com/in/amandahite
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/AmandaEHite
YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/user/ahite14?feature=mhee

Be The Change Influencers: http://bethechangeinfluencers.com/
Changers of Commerce: http://changersofcommerce.com/
Talent Revolution: http://www.talentrevolution.net/
Blog: http://sexythinker.wordpress.com/

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Via Scoop.it – Social Media And Digital Influence

Every now and then you have the privilege of meeting a kindred spirit in your industry.  Truly, that is what Cyndy is to me.  She’s my colleague, my confidant, and my friend.  Cyndy and I met on Twitter (where I’ve met most of my dearest colleagues).  Last week, she interviewed me for her industry website, NasRecruitment.  It was an honor, and a pleasure to be interviewed by Cyndy.  In this post, we discussed the importance of social media, and why Corporate America must embrace it.  I now give you, Cyndy. I’d appreciate it if you’d leave a comment for Cyndy.  It will make her day!

Via nastalenttalk.com

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Do you have job search fatigue

Job Search Fatigue.  What is it?  If you find yourself identifying with any of the following statements,  you might have it:

“I’m tired, I give up, I’m sick of job hunting.”  ”I couldn’t possibly apply for one more job.”   “If I have to spend 45 minutes filling out yet another online job application, I’ll scream.”  ”I’ve talked to that recruiter twice, and he never called me back to let me know what happened.” “I’ve passed out so many business cards at networking events, my hands hurt.”  ”I’ve attended so many professional associations in the past two months, I’m practically broke.” “If feel as if my resume’s been lost in a black hole, I never hear back”.

Job search fatigue is real.  In fact, it’s a job hunt killer.  Job search fatigue can not only slow you down, it can murder your morale.  If you’ve been looking for a job for more than 3 to 6 months, you’ve probably grown weary of the job hunt.  If you’ve been looking for a job for a year or longer, you’re probably exhausted.  Some job seekers get so fatigued from the search they give up, retreat, or distract themselves with other activities that keep them from getting the job they want.  One thing’s for sure, job search fatigue is real.  How do you combat it?  How can you transform your discouragement into encouragement?  Where can you replenish your well-spring of support?  That is precisely what we are going to discuss on HFChat this Friday.  Please join us 9:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m. Pacific, 11-12 Central and Noon-1 Eastern time.  All you have to do is logon to Twitter, and follow the hashtag #HFChat.   Here are this week’s questions.  Think about these questions, and bring your own.

1. What are the common symptoms of job search fatigue?
2. How can you overcome job search fatigue?
3. Where can you go for help?
4. What can you do to prevent job search fatigue?

These questions will certainly bring up a lot of feelings, and opinions from job seekers, and career professionals alike.  I look forward to hearing from you.  Please bring your questions.  I’ll be hosting this week.  As the Founder of HireFriday, and HFChat I look forward to being of service to you and our entire community.  We’ve had some amazing guest hosts this year from a variety of disciplines.  Next year promises to be even better.  You are what makes HFChat special.  Won’t you please join us, and tell your friends?

Thanks so much!

HRMargo

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Be The Life Of The Party, Not The "Talk" Of The Party

It’s December.  You are looking for a job.  Are you thinking about the most creative, and interesting ways to find one?  Have you considered jump starting your job search by launching a high profile professional presence on Twitter, Facebook, and LinkedIn?  Listen job seekers, if you are a member of our HireFriday Community, participate in HFChat, this is no time to be shy.  It’s ok to toot your horn. In fact, I implore you to toot it so loud that everyone hears you…you can do this without being noisy. In fact you can be quite slick in how you present yourself at holiday parties, networking events, coffee shops, informational interviews, meetings, and professional association events.  You can, and should participate in Twitter chats. This is an excellent way to get noticed, and found by recruiters, and companies.    You don’t have to be an extrovert to be creative your job search campaign. Introverts are very successful with their online presence because they have the safety of the computer screen to shield them from over stimulation.  You have to ask yourself one critical question: How and where do you recharge your inner battery, and where can you make the biggest splash.

Here’s my top 5 tips for staying on top of your game:

1. Secure speaking engagements for the coming year with the organizations to which you belong: This is a cool way to get your name out there in your industry, and get some personal brand recognition. Public speaking is a brilliant way to position yourself in the market place, and can be a great way to receive the recognition you deserve.
2. Create a list of questions in advance targeted toward the people you want to meet. Make these questions industry specific, and relevant to the person you want to meet. People like to talk about themselves.
3. Ask questions: come prepared with a few conversation starters in case you find yourself suddenly scared, or feeling insecure: It happens to the best of us, we are in a crowd of people we don’t know at a holiday party, and suddenly we are overcome with the jitters.  You can overcome this by finding out in advance who is going to be at the party.  Run a Google search on the people you want to meet. Find out about their background, interests and accomplishments.
4. Don’t drink too much at holiday parties, or events: You never know who has a camera, or whether or not an unflattering picture will wind up on Facebook, or Twitter. Beware of people who can be “brand killers.”
5. Be the smart one at the party, not the life of the party. There’s a time and place for everything.  If you love working the room, by all means do so, particularly if that’s one of your skills.  However, don’t be the goon who dances like a fool, or worse who thinks s/he looks good while dancing.  If you don’t know how you look when you dance, be sure to check it out before it winds up on YouTube without you even knowing it.  There’s good publicity and bad publicity.

You are not Brett Michaels, Sorry. He Can Get Away With It, You Can't.

When you are looking for a job, you have to be the guardian of your image, and online reputation. No one will take better care of you than you.  So be sure you are the smart one at the party.  Make sure that don’t do or say anything that will offend or embarrass your boss.  If you are passively looking for a job while employed, that’s incredibly important.  The last thing you want is to find yourself fired before you are ready to leave.  If you are unemployed, and in an active pursuit of a job, the holidays are a monumental opportunity to find and secure a position…or at the very least get on the short list for the position you want when it comes open.

Tomorrow, I will continue the series with more secret sauce…job search tips…and encouragement.  Encouragement, is perhaps what we need most when job hunting, so hang in there.

Your job search pal,

@HRMargo

Margo Rose

Hey are we connected on LinkedIn?  Mention HireFriday in your invitation, and I will gladly accept http://linkedin.com/in/margorose

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