Just press the button and move, will ya!

December 28, 2009

Alrighty, I got up at the crack of dawn this morning and decided today was the day to launch the new Wordpress Blog.  So I dotted a couple more i’s, crossed some more t’s, crossed my fingers and pressed the button to delete the domain redirection to my blogger blog.  Hopefully everyone will find their [...]

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While you wait

December 28, 2009

Apologies on the delay in moving my blog to Wordpress. I could bore you with all the reasons for the delay (work, work, work, bad cold, holiday gatherings, learning the Thesis Wordpress theme etc…) but I know you could care less. You just want some new content to chew on. Especially that darn @thehrmaven who [...]

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Psst Vendors – Some Software Demo Tips For You

November 23, 2009

I have attended many many hours of software demos the last couple of months. Some have been great but unfortunately most have been mediocre. So, I thought I would write up some quick software demo tips for the Vendors out there. Most of these seem OBVIOUS to me but if they were obvious [...]

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Carnival of HR (late edition)

October 31, 2009

Well okay, the Carnival of HR was a few days ago but I have been traveling the last few days and have not had a chance to create this blog post. So, sue me. Anyway, the HR Bartender has done a fantastic job of hosting the latest Carnival of HR – Halloween Spirits Version.
At the [...]

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Is HR afraid of Technology?

October 27, 2009

I have had a nagging feeling for awhile that HR people are actually afraid of technology. I thought back on my last year of twitter conversations with my HR tweeps and could not think of any significant evidence of HR people talking about technology. In fact, many times during the monthly #HR_Tech chats, the [...]

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Oracle OpenWorld Fusion Apps Blogger Extravaganza

October 25, 2009

So I realize this post is VERY late but I had a couple of conversations this week about Oracle Fusion Applications where I ended up pointing people to the blog posts I could remember off the top of my head. Since it is cold morning, I though I would trudge over to the local coffee [...]

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HR Technology Conference – Quick Wrap-up

October 8, 2009

My day job is keeping me pretty darn busy right now so I’m going to give you my (brief) thoughts on the HR Technology Conference.
The conference was a great opportunity to make the rounds on the show floor and get some first look demonstrations for core HR and Talent Management systems. I am a big [...]

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HR Technology Conference – It was about the Tweeps

October 5, 2009

Wow. What a great time I had at the HR Technology Conference in Chicago last week. The show floor was overwhelming and my brain is full from the sessions and keynotes. I will be blogging over the next week about my impressions from the conference sessions and keynotes.
I have to say that the biggest [...]

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BEEP, leave a message – I’m at the HR Technology Conference

September 29, 2009

As an HR Technologist it is de rigueur to attend the best HR Technology conference of the year. So, this week I will be at the HR Technology Conference in Chicago. If you see me passing by on the show floor or in one of the many sessions, stop and say hi. [...]

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How do you handle saying no to a LinkedIn recommendation?

September 17, 2009

I posted this tweet recently trying to get some help from my expert tweeps:
Here are some of the responses I received:
“Ignore it. ”
“Just say no!”
“I have ignored requests from persons I was less than happy to recommend. Nothing nice to say, say nothing!”
“I shan’t do the requested recommendation.”
“ignore it & pretend like [...]

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