Come On Recruiters - Let's Hold Hands! We Can Be Friends!
Here's the scenario. I'm based out of DC. I recruit for a global strategic communications consultancy. Plain speak, it's a PR firm. In DC alone (and I recruit for all of our North American offices), I can count out the dozens of direct competitors in this town who seek out the same kind of talent that I do, not to mention others who hire similar folks but compete for different bodies of business altogether (corporate communications, political communications, true media outlets, non-profits, think tanks... the list goes on). Some of them are smaller in size or scope, some are bigger than my company... but there are a lot of us who are all competing for the same talent. Al

Your Most Valuable Employee - The H1N1 Formula...
I witnessed an interesting thing happen in the last two weeks, organizations all over the country are quickly falling victim to H1N1.  In mass, you have employees missing work, schools are closing, parents need to be at home to take care of kids, and then they come back sick.  What I find most interesting is the small back office conversations that happen, usually with an HR Pro in attendance with some rag-tag group of executives.  The conversation goes a little like this: Executive: "Hey, did you see the sales department is down about 50% of the staff?"

Who Should CEO's, Managers and HR Pros Be Friends with on Facebook?
Raise your hand if you're on Facebook! Meeee! And you, and you too, and 200 million others as well, except for those in China who at the moment cannot access Facebook whatsoever including even accessing my company's lovely and harmless careers page on Facebook. (Shameless plug!) But I digress...Lately, I've noticed a bit of coverage online about whether to be friends on Facebook with coworkers, or should you be friends with you boss

Ellen Degeneres & Your HR Career Path....
You've probably heard by now, Ellen Degeneres is going to American Idol as the fourth judge (replacing the ever sober Paula Abdul). This would have been big news in 2004 when the show was still uber popular, but has anyone watched it lately?  With the selection of Ellen brings controversy - the pick doesn't make sense on the surface and doesn't correlate with what she has done in the past. (Tssk, tssk. Maybe they didn't use behavioral questions when they interviewed her.) 

ESPN HR Position - Dream Job or Career Nightmare?
I'm married to Kris Dunn, the HR Capitalist.  And every year, around this time, I hear the same thing: "I'd give it all up tomorrow for a flunky job learning the ropes in an NBA front office.  You'd still love me if I made 20K, right?  We could all live in a trailer 2 hours outside of LA while I climbed the NBA career ladder with the Clippers".  Blah, blah, blah... Of course, the chances of that are slim, so I tolerate the annual ritual.  However, KD is gaining connections, and there's one combo of sports and HR that might hit for him like a Vegas jackpot. Here's what I re