by Alex Putman | Jul 1, 2012 | Human Resources, SHRM-Atlanta, Social Networking
I had the pleasure of attending the SHRM 2012 conference on Sunday night and all day Monday! Many of the key Human Resource influencers were out and about with the clicking keyboards of bloggers and tweeters under the city night lights and rings, vibrates and glows...
by Alex Putman | Jun 17, 2012 | Human Resources, Recruiting, Social Media, Social Networking, Social Recruiting, Social Strategy, Talent Acquisition, Talent Community
[tweetmeme source=”alexputman”] Before we get into the purpose, let’s answer another question asked by many, “what is a talent community?” Short answer; a social recruiting environment consisting of people who can share ideas for career...
by Alex Putman | Mar 10, 2012 | Facebook, Human Resources, LinkedIn, Mobile Recruiting, Recruiting, SHRM-Atlanta, Social Networking, Social Recruiting, Social Strategy, Sourcing, Talent Acquisition, Twitter
[tweetmeme source=”alexputman”] Orignal Post appeared on the SHRM-Atlanta blog Did you know that there are over 1 billion (with a “B”) smart phone users globally? By 2015 smart phone usage will overtake desktops. Do you think this mobile explosion will...
by Alex Putman | Jan 30, 2012 | Blogs, Human Resources, SHRM-Atlanta, Social Networking
[tweetmeme source=”alexputman”] In October I presented at the 2011 SHRM-Atlanta Annual conference on the topic of blogging. The biggest question; Why Blog? There are several reasons to blog and below is a list of benefits to being a blogger. Engagement...
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...