The 5 most-clicked links in SmartBrief on Workforce this past week:
The main storyline on last night’s episode of “The Office” revolved around the repercussions of Michael revealing that he hooked up with Pam’s mom at Jim and Pam’s wedding and decided to pursue a relationship with her.
Not surprisingly, Pam’s reaction to hearing this is to scream “Oh my God! Oh my God,” then run out of Michael’s office with a long “Noooooooooooooo!” Next we see her screaming in the parking lot, then fighting with her mom via cell phone. Then she yells at Michael and later Jim, when she finds out he knew first and didn’t tip her off.
Michael’s response is to ask “What is so wrong about me?”
Of course, anyone who has seen five minutes of any episode of the show can likely write a dissertation on that topic, but we won’t go into that.
There have been myriad articles, blogs and discussions devoted to the potential pitfalls of office romances and what companies do to try to keep those to a minimum. (read more…)
Jessica Lee of APCO Worldwide and Kerry Noone just finished an excellent, whirlwind presentation at TWTRCON DC of how to use Twitter to attract and hire the best talent. Here’s a roundup of their advice:
Employment branding
- Use Twitter to audit your brand. What are people saying about your organization?
- Twitter is a good way to improve the candidate experience.
- Show people why your organization is a great place to work.
- Since Twitter is an informal place, you can put more fun personal stuff on there (about your softball team, orientation program, RT new hires who tweet about their new job. )
- Use it to tell your story.
Candidate engagement/relationship building
- DO participate in the conversation.
- Get HR out of the resume black hole — lose the auto-response approach.
- Tweet to welcome new people to your company and let them know what life is like here.
- Be careful but not scared to try new things.
Are you an employee or a contractor? What’s the difference? At some companies, the distinction seems to be about benefits and labor laws, but not much else. The difference may be catching up with FedEx, as three states announced they plan to sue the shipping company and seek damages. The company has until Oct. 27 to contest the suit.
- 3 states sue FedEx over worker classification
- Do zero-tolerance policies make sense?
- Exploring the rationale behind Korn/Ferry’s decisions
Image credit, jgroup via iStock (read more…)
SmartPulse — our weekly reader poll in Smartbrief on Workforce — tracks feedback from leading managers and HR practitioners. We run the poll question each Wednesday in our e-newsletter and feature analysis from Lance Haun, vice president of outreach for MeritBuilder, the main guy over at Rehaul.com and a member of the SmartBrief on Workforce Advisory Board on this blog.
Last week’s poll question: E-mail is increasingly being replaced with real-time communication platforms such as Twitter, Facebook and Google Wave. What do you think communication will look like in your business in five years?
- Still driven by e-mail first, other technologies second, 65%
- We’ll be using something so new, it hasn’t been discovered yet, 18%
- Primarily real-time communication platforms such as chat, collaborative suites and social networking. 14%
- Technology? We’ll still be using paper memos in 2014! 3%
“An overwhelming majority of people believe that e-mail isn’t being replaced anytime soon. (read more…)
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