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HR Blogs and Websites

All a Twitter

September 24, 2009

We have previously discussed the phenomena of employers searching social network sites for information on job candidates. The September issue of IPMA HR News report on a CareerBuilder Survey that finds 45% of employers use social network sites to research job candidates, up from 22%.
Of those:

29% use FaceBook
26% LinkedIn
21% MySpace
11% Blogs
7% Twitter

My question would be what [...]

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New Job Page

September 15, 2009

Originally, I was going to post job openings that I received here in the blog itself. However, I found it easier to create a separate FaceBook page. So, if you are interested in both local and national job openings in HR, you can join my FaceBook group at DDoverspike Job Listing Home page.

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From Our Friends at HR Tests

September 7, 2009

From Bryan Baldwin and the excellent blog at HR Tests.
Case in point: the state of Washington recently decided to abandon their efforts to implement SAP E-Recruiting after nearly three years and millions of dollars. The state will now go with a hosted solution which is estimated to be $700-800,000 a year cheaper (and hopefully much [...]

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Safety When Driving

June 6, 2009

Driving is one of the more complicated information processing tasks that any of us are asked to complete in our lifetime. It places a tremendous strain on our attentional resources and ability to respond quickly.
Camille Noe Pagan has written an interesting article on driving for women for Forbes magazine. You can check it out here. [...]

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NEO HR Powerhouse 2

May 1, 2009

Last week I mentioned the concentration of human resource consulting firms in the Northeast Ohio area. I think this wealth of knowledge and experience is a strength that should be built upon in bringing about a renaissance in the NEO area. Therefore, I would like to mention another firm, again headed up by a University [...]

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NEO – HR Powerhouse

April 24, 2009

The Northeast Ohio area has many strengths. Unfortunately, all too often, we fail to emphasize our strengths. Even more tragically, many people inside of Northeast Ohio are unware of the tremendous talent pool the region has to offer.
This is especially true in the area of human resource consulting, especially as it relates to employment testing and [...]

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A Public Sector Blog with an International Flavor

March 4, 2009

Most of the blogs I tend to read on human resources are US based blogs. I guess that is because HR is so dependent on the law and legal issues, and my own research interests so assessment focused, that I tend to concentrate on US issues.
However, I have been recently reading Colin Talbot’s Whitehall Watch [...]

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In a Career Transition: A Helpful Blog and Book

February 17, 2009

Are you currently undergoing a career transition? You are not alone.
A few years ago, a good friend of mine, Diane Wilson, wrote a book on career transitions. It was an excellent book that sold well, but today, the advice in the book is even more appropriate. Diane also has started blogging again and you can find [...]

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Publish or Perish – Citation Program

February 5, 2009

Google provides an excellent source for citation counts. There is a program available that simplifies the counting of citations. This program is available from Harzing. It seems to be quite popular. If interested, you can find it here. You do need to download it and also have some understanding of citations counts.

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New Year’s Resolution – Make Sure Your Comments Get Through

January 5, 2009

Welcome to the New Year. I wanted to start with an apology. A couple of blog contributors and participants notified me that their comments were not getting through and were being marked as SPAM. I assumed I got to review all comments marked as SPAM and allow legitimate comments through, which I have been doing, but apparently [...]

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