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How to avoid being a Social Media Jerk

How to avoid being a Social Media Jerk

Last week I took a step back to understand what it really means by ‘being social’ to people including me! It was bit of a hard experience for me to stay back from you and my blog but I really don’t like to throw in some scribbled junk here just for the sake of doing it. So I hope you can excuse my absence for the past week.

I really wanted that kind of a break to take a moment, step aside and see how people really treat their social media presence. As we now have a lot of blogs, tweets and hell lot of information coming in every second, is that all genuine or is that just noise! (more…)

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Top 10 Social Recruiters on Twitter

Top 10 Social Recruiters on Twitter

I am a fan of twitter chat communities and have been involved in the space consistently for a while now. This has helped me notice the recruiters out there who are seriously contributing their ideas and thoughts, sharing job search advice and are highly active on twitter to find, connect & engage their candidates. I am sure you would agree that this is more than just throwing a job description at you and leaving you staring at a black hole!

So here are the Top 10 Social Recruiters on Twitter that you must connect with!

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5 Top blogs to get Free HR and Recruiting webinars

5 Top blogs to get Free HR and Recruiting webinars

You hopefully agree that going to conferences to gain new HR knowledge or hiring someone to mentor you and advice on your career are often too expensive these days! But the internet has opened up new ways of learning in much more collaborative and cost effective manner. I have listed below the 5 Top blogs to get Free HR and Recruiting webinars. These offer FREE webinars and are often hosted by the top speakers & HR experts in the world! Some of it are eligible for HRCI credit! So you better don’t miss it! (more…)

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How and Where to find candidates on Twitter?

How and Where to find candidates on Twitter?

As part of my responsibilities in helping the HR community at the local SHRM chapter in my city, I was preparing a presentation on where and how to find candidates on Twitter! I know if you are a beginner on twitter it can be overwhelming for you to find your lead candidates. And you might get frustrated if you don’t get results from all the time you spent on Twitter. But here are some great outlets for you to find your candidates and engage them on twitter! (more…)

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How to use Facebook for Job search

How to use Facebook for Job search

I hope you all agree that Facebook is fun and I know, even if you are not an active user you can’t resist yourself from checking Facebook to see your friends updates and shared photos!

Most of you are connected with your coworkers, managers and even their network connections! So why don’t we utilize those connections to search for jobs! There may be employers, recruiters and probably someone who knows of a job opening or is planning to add one more member to their team! There is always somebody in your social network who is searching for a candidate.  (more…)

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Homesteading the HR Way

Homesteading the HR Way

This is the Part III of the series ‘What’s next for HR in 2013‘, (Check out Part I & Part II here)! Your HR Buddy is honored to present insights from an awesome thought leader, speaker, blogger & interesting person to connect with – Robin Schooling!  The person who I admire a lot, and I am a big fan of hers! Read on! 

I’ve always been quite fascinated reading about the homesteading lifestyle; the way of living favored by people who aim for total (or near total) self-sufficiency where they do stuff like raise their own livestock, grow and preserve their food and make textiles, soap and candles. Some are hard-core survivalist types living on compounds (“the end of the world is coming!”) there’s a sub group of Christian homesteaders, and others are crunchy-granola types. (more…)

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What’s next for HR in 2013

What makes me excited to work in HR is that the field is always changing. And I love to juggle with changes, deal with it and learn from it.

We all have seen when HR was once considered as just an administrative job but now the business has recognized it to be both operational and strategic. Then we got a seat at the table! As we all agree there is a brighter side to us more than just making policies, implementing it or being HR policeman! (more…)

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2012: A Year in Review

2012: A Year in Review

I am at the gate way of 2013 as are you! Looking back, It has been a wonderful year.

As we are heading ahead to a new year it’s always worth to take a moment, look back and see how the past year went! And it’s always motivating for anyone to see their hard work and dedication recognized and appreciated! So sharing my happiness with you all is much needed as I would never have reached this far without your support. And here we go….

I am so proud to announce that Your HR Buddy has been listed as the ‘Top 25 Must Read HR Blogs in 2013‘ by PayScale! (more…)

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