It’s finally over, and I’m back in the office coming down from the cloud of SHRM13. SHRM really blew it out this year, with over 15,600 people in attendance. As I look fondly back through the 26,000+ tweets that flowed like wine
Continue reading
A Job Posting is a Brand Advertisement, Not a Requisition Form
FOR SALE: Carbonated beverage. Contains water, high fructose corn syrup, caramel coloring, phoshoric acid, natural flavors and caffeine. May provide energizing refreshment to end user who has acquired a taste. Mmmmm. Want to run out and buy a Coke? Of
Continue reading
Top Ten Things to Do In Chicago at SHRM 2013
It’s that time a year. Time to dust off my most comfortable pair of shoes (that I reserve only for SHRM) and get ready to head to Chicago for this year’s Annual SHRM Conference and Exposition. So besides attending all
Continue reading
Making Sense of the Recruiting Ecosystem: An Infographic
CRM, ATS, JADs…the dizzying array of acronyms in the HR products and services ecosystem is overwhelming, and with the addition of new and unique players who are cropping up every day, the delineation between who vendors are and what they
Continue reading
Nexxt Survey Uncovers How Veteran HR Professionals Really Feel about Job Seekers from Millennial Generation
Millennials struggle to overcome stereotypes to find employment. Nexxt, a recruitment media company, announced findings from a national survey conducted among 6,000 job seekers and veteran HR professionals, finding that Millennials (Generation-Y) have a pretty serious image problem. According to
Continue reading
I’m Not in the Mood: Measuring Employee Happiness
“Feelings….nothing more than feelings…” The song “Feelings”, written in 1974 and performed by many artists since that time, is running through my head as I pen this post. And now, with the addition of some new “human capital emotional monitoring tools”
Continue reading
Who will win the war for Resume 2.0? Ten Visual Resume Tools Reviewed.
Before it was easy to build your own blog, before Facebook was hot, before the ability to tweet a message to the world…getting your skills and qualifications in the hands of the right people was much different than it is
Continue readingNexxt Launches New ‘Career Portfolio’ for Professionals to Create a Visual Resume in Minutes
Leading career network provides a new way for professionals to supplement their traditional resume with a dynamic infographic of their career history Nexxt, focused on helping people grow and succeed professionally, today announced that they have launched an all-new Career
Continue reading
Facebook Graph Search: Don’t Get Caught with Your Pants Down
OK, so it has finally happened. We’ve talked about it for years, we’ve argued about it in the bar and in the board room: “Facebook will always be for my personal stuff and LinkedIn is always for my professional stuff.”
Continue reading
How Winning an Oscar is Like Being Told You Just Got a Raise and a Promotion
This past year at Nexxt we’ve been talking a lot the Nexxt Moment—that moment where you land your dream job or get that raise and you celebrate that win. It’s a great feeling to know you’re doing something right and
Continue reading