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Twitter: The 25 most influential HR Professionals

February 25th, 2010

Talent Buzz provided a list of the 25 most influential HR Professionals on twitter.  Look at their Twitter postings to get the latest scoop:

  1. Sharlyn Lauby – @hrbartender
  2. Laurie Ruettimann – @lruettimann
  3. Mark Stelzner – @stelzner
  4. SHRM Research – @SHRM_Research
  5. Jennifer McClure – @CincyRecruiter
  6. Debbie McGrath – @dmcgrath
  7. Lance Haun – @thelance
  8. Nora Burns – @PHRSPH
  9. SHRM Public Affairs – @SHRMPA
  10. HR World Today – @hrworldtoday
  11. Halogen Software – @HalogenSoftware
  12. Kurt Kennedy – @KurtKennedy
  13. April Dowling – @adowling
  14. HR Review – @HRreview
  15. HR Software -@effortlesshr
  16. Traci Deveau – @Devoted2HR
  17. Jessica Booth – @HRClubsyd
  18. People Management – @PeopleMgt
  19. David Shepherd – @oldshep
  20. Heather Vogel – @hrwhisperer
  21. Susan Heathfield – @SusanHeathfield
  22. Daily HR Tips – @dailyhrtips
  23. Guy Ellis – @PeopleStuf
  24. Ben Baran – @BenBaran
  25. Diane Pfadenhauer – @hrlawyer

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NH Governor John Lynch Tells NEJS: “It Is All About Jobs…”

December 6th, 2009

By Michele Moon, NEJS Public Relations Manager

Salem NH – November 30, 2009 – The New England Job Show (NEJS) had the opportunity to interview Governor John Lynch of New Hampshire at the NHES Networking Group meeting.

“For me it’s all about jobs. It’s all about doing everything we can in New Hampshire to help these [unemployed] people to connect with employers to get them back to work.” stated Governor John Lynch.

Governor Lynch continued by stating that New Hampshire’s unemployment rate of 6.8% is the lowest in New England. He said that NH businesses are looking to hire. The difficulty that businesses are facing is matching the individuals’ skills with the appropriate jobs.

To ease that challenge, NH Employment Security offers the NH Works Job Match System. NH Works Job Match System brings businesses and job seekers together online. This website allows business to post job openings and allows job seekers to post their resume and set up job alerts. Currently there are over one thousand (1,000) employers participating in this program.

In addition, NH Employment Security is supporting training opportunities for thousands of individuals, allowing job seekers to develop valuable new skills.

The Governor continued to say that he sees growth areas in healthcare, manufacturing technologies and green jobs. He also feels that the financial services market will rebound.

The New England Job Show’s interview with Governor John Lynch of New Hampshire was held just prior to his guest speaking engagement at NHES Networking Group. NHES Networking Group meets weekly on Monday mornings (9:00 am until noon) at SNHU, 25 Pelham Road in Salem NH

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Career Assessment: What Should I Do With My Life?

October 29th, 2009

Unemployment gives the job seeker the opportunity to take the time to explore all career options.  Do you continue with the traditional path and find a position similar to the one you just left or do you follow your secret passion.  Guest Blogger Suzanne Delaney will help you explore alternate career paths over a series of articles written for NEJS.

By Suzanne Delaney, Career & Business Coach

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When considering the age-old question “What should I do with my life?” it is most important to realize that ultimately the question is about your life – not just your career.  So it is necessary to use existing, or develop new, life goals in order to answer this question.  Determining what your life goals are is not easy.  It requires true introspection and often intense conversations with your loved ones.  Your ultimate objective in the process is to have a complete picture of what you want your life to look like in 3-5 years and what meaning you want your life to have had when you come to the end of its journey.  Creating this picture is defining your dream.

Once you have defined your dream you can then explore what options have the potential to get you closer to that dream.  Many people can get hung up at this point because of false perceptions and fear, so it is very important that you approach the process objectively.  The best way to be able to do that is with the help of external parties.  Friends who are not emotionally involved, a mentor, an associate, or a coach.  All perceptions can change with additional information, so make sure you gather all of the information you can about each option, from as many sources as you can, constantly asking the question: will this help me achieve my goals?  Once you are confident you have all the information it becomes easier to rule an option out or continue forward with it.  When you have explored each one fully and are faced with two or three options to choose from you can again return to the goals you established to determine the best option.

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AARP Lists the 2009 Best Employers For Workers Over 50

September 28th, 2009

In an article on Loosing Your Job After 50 AARP notes that in this recession the number of older workers losing their jobs is growing faster than any other age group.  Attend any local networking meeting and you quickly get an idea of the challenges that job seekers over 50 face; the search takes longer than younger workers, fewer jobs are available, and pay often ends up being lower than in a previous position.

Job seekers over 50 should check out AARP:  Cornell Heads 2009 Best Employers For Workers Over 50 for a list of companies that have been vetted to ensure that practices meet the needs of mature workers.  Company policies that are reviewed include: recruiting practices, opportunities for training, education and career development; workplace accommodations; alternative work options, such as flexible scheduling, job sharing, and phased retirement; employee health and retirement benefits and retiree work opportunities.  Five companies from Massachusetts are included in the top 50.

AARP is a nonprofit, nonpartisan membership organization that helps people 50+ have independence, choice and control in ways that are beneficial and affordable to them and society as a whole.

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LinkUp – A Job Search Engine That Goes Right To The Source

September 1st, 2009

Contributed by Howie Lyhte, PMP. A former hardware engineer, systems engineer, product line manager and program manager, Howie is looking for a program or project management position developing or delivering technical products.

I discovered LinkUp a couple of months ago from a posting on one of the networking lists. I played with it for a while and found it buggy, so I clicked on the link to report a bug. Well, one thing led to another and I ended up having a long dialog with one of the LinkUp leaders. Frankly, these guys impressed the hell out of me not only because of their concept, but their singularly-attentive customer service.

What makes LinkUp special is that they harvest job postings exclusively from companies’ own web sites, ignoring recruiter sites and other job boards, and then continuously validate that they’re still posted. No spam, no duplicates, no stale listings. Each job listed will tell you how long ago it was posted, and how recently it was verified. You can also create job alerts, get RSS results of a search, and with a single click, you can forward a listing to a friend.

Regarding customer service, the elapsed time from my reporting the initial bug to getting an answer that addressed it was about two and a half hours! Several more emails went back and forth over the next few days and these guys really understand “voice of the customer”. I have come to believe that LinkUp is really passionate about providing the best job search engine available, and have the talent and ability to do just that.

Oh yeah, it’s www.linkup.com if you didn’t guess!.

In full disclosure, I have no connection to LinkUp other than being a satisfied user. One of the joys of networking is being able to share a “find”, and I’m smiling as I type this.


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