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Live Blog: My Day At NY Social Media Week (#smwny)

February 20, 2013 — 2 Comments

This is my first attempt at a live-blog, and will be updated throughout the day on Wednesday 2/20.

Today I’m traveling to New York to join The Muse’s panel, The 140 Character Resume: How Your Social Media Footprint Can Get You Hired (#smw140resume), at NY’s Social Media Week – and I’m taking you with me. The day will be filled with coffee, trains, wifi, sessions, meetings, coffee, and mixers. I’ll be taking pics, vines, and video along the way. I think it will be an interesting way to share the experience and what I learn – and hopefully it won’t suck.

5:30am: Good morning. Here we go…

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Rise and shine

7:03am: Arrived at Union Station. Checked in. Bought coffee. Wondering how many times I’ll write ‘got coffee’ today. Also, learned how to embed a tweet into WordPress.

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You Never Forget Your First

January 15, 2013 — 2 Comments

As we go through life, we’re fortunate to meet some amazing individuals who inspire us; professionally, personally, and when we’re lucky – both.

hr fishbowlI waited roughly a year from the first moment I considered blogging until I launched this site. Why? Blogging was new to me, and I knew I had a lot to learn. Fortunately for me the HR community has a deep pool of experienced and talented bloggers and writers to learn from – and one of the best is Charlie Judy, and his blog HR Fishbowl. Continue Reading…

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And Now For Something Completely Different: HR Guy Reviews Death Metal

July 12, 2012 — 11 Comments

Okay I know what you’re thinking. This is a talent and recruiting blog. What does a death metal review have to do with either of those things? It doesn’t. But here’s the deal, as someone relatively new to blogging I figure all writing is good writing. However, as you might expect there’s a bit more to this story.

Let’s start with the obvious. I’m an HR guy, an HR guy with a diverse love of music, but an HR guy nonetheless. I’m by no means qualified to review music. While my musical tastes vary from Reggae to Punk to Hip Hop to Trance, Metal is not in high rotation in my iPod. Did I jam to Metallica, Angry Samoans, 7 Seconds, Bad Brains and others back in the day when I was glued to my skateboard growing up in Florida? Sure, but it’s been a long time. So, why the hell am I reviewing a death metal CD? Continue Reading…

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6 Tips To Make Your First SHRM Rock (from SHRM Buzz)

June 19, 2012 — 2 Comments

We’re less than a week away from SHRM12. I’m excited to be part of the official blogger/press coverage this year. I aim to capture some of the sessions,  atmosphere, etc to share with my readers here and on the SHRM Buzz site. What’s SHRM Buzz? It’s the brainchild of SHRM’s Social Media guru (I called him that so it’s allowable), Curtis Midkiff. SHRM has really been pushing the envelope around social media engagement under Curt’s leadership and Buzz is another great example. Buzz is a collection of blog posts from fellow HR bloggers and more. They have a great social circles feature where you can plan your networking and learn about other attendees. You can even add suggestions and help pick the music playlist during opening general sessions. Creative, cool, engaged – I really like what SHRM has going on here.

I’m going to be experimenting with some video blogging at SHRM12 to capture some footage from the conference, and possibly some interviews with thought leaders in the talent space. Apologies in advance for the low-budget production value and likely shaky cam as I’ll be recording on my iPhone. Continue Reading…

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