by Alex Putman | Dec 15, 2011 | Career Advice, LinkedIn, Talent Management
[tweetmeme source=”alexputman”] April 1999 – August 2005: I was working for a great company and as the Talent Manager had spent 6.5 years building a 450+ person team! Like any company we had ups and downs, but there were a lot more ups! September...
by Alex Putman | Sep 28, 2011 | Blogs, Facebook, G+, Human Resources, LinkedIn, Recruiting, Slideshare, Social Media, Social Networking, Social Recruiting, Social Strategy, Sourcing, Talent Acquisition, Twitter, YouTube
[tweetmeme source=”alexputman”] Everywhere you turn you hear one buzz word; social! I am in the field of talent acquisition and companies are always looking for the fountain of candidates; that one place where strong candidates are abundant, java...
by Alex Putman | Aug 21, 2011 | Blogs, Facebook, Human Resources, LinkedIn, Social Media, Social Networking, Twitter, YouTube
[tweetmeme source=”alexputman”] If you Google the term “social media expert” you will find tons of posts and writings on the topic. I have met many so called “experts”, several whom contribute to blogs and a few that have written...
by Alex Putman | Jul 31, 2011 | Human Resources, LinkedIn, Social Media, Social Networking
[tweetmeme source=”alexputman”] Logged into LinkedIn tonight and guess what I found…a new layout! Back in 2009 they tested a new layout that went over pretty well (remember the picture on the right side). A lot is changing at LinkedIn, especially...
by Alex Putman | Jul 28, 2011 | Career Advice, Facebook, Human Resources, LinkedIn, Social Media, Social Networking, Twitter
[tweetmeme source=”alexputman”] I recently heard the following comment about “improving” customer interaction and relationships “well it has worked for 25+ years, it should work the same way today. ” “Why change it?” ...
by Alex Putman | Dec 18, 2010 | Human Resources, LinkedIn, Slideshare, Social Media, Social Networking
[tweetmeme source=”alexputman”] Communities, Tribes, Social Networks; whatever term you use to describe “your peops” most people fall short on the most important thing in social media: Engagement! In this post I want to discuss how to best...
