Why are human resources professionals important? The Society for Human Resources Management hopes to answer that question with its new marketing campaign. William Maroni, SHRM’s Chief External Affairs Officer, talked about the “more balanced and interwoven” campaign at the recent SHRM conference in Chicago. “It’s an education and awareness campaign about the value and importance of [...]
Continue reading...Tuesday, June 24, 2008
By Joel Cheesman - Apparently a billion-dollar valuation doesn’t get you a booth at SHRM. LinkedIn was noticeably absent from the expo hall this year. Word is they tried to get in but were too late to overcome a sold-out convention center. The popular professional networking site was a sponsor for the greater show, however.
Continue reading...Monday, June 23, 2008
By Joel Cheesman - Aside from a Facebook “friendship” and an ongoing Scrabulous rivalry, I didn’t know much about Laurie Ruettimann coming into SHRM ...
Continue reading...Sunday, June 22, 2008
By Joel Cheesman - The following e-mail was sent to me by a former CareerBuilder sales rep. The locations and names have been changed to protect the innocent. They discuss how "selling to HR" is a no-no when trying to make the sale.
Continue reading...Thursday, June 19, 2008
By Joel Cheesman - If you’re headed to SHRM next week, odds are you’re already planning on crashing attending one of the parties below. But if you aren’t yet in the know, here’s a breakdown.
Continue reading...Monday, June 16, 2008
By Joel Cheesman - We’re giddy to announce we’ll be exhibiting at the upcoming SHRM conference next week in Chicago. Our booth number is 4421. However, if you’re not-so-good with numbers, just track down the Jobing.com booth, which won’t be difficult for the fact that it’s about the size of a small metropolitan area all by itself.
Continue reading...Sunday, April 13, 2008
I’m traveling the first half of the week, headed to Nashville for the SHRM Staffing Management Conference (many still call it EMA though). Blogging will be light.
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Monday, June 30, 2008
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