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So this is social...

I have conflicting sentiments regarding a recent exchange I had with someone within my LinkedIn network. This is a 1st level connection but someone who I do not know nor have had any previous direct communication. So I guess this is how “social” works these days…

On 12/09/11 7:20 AM, -name- wrote: -------------------- Yesterday -company name- decided to start donating toys for Facebook likes. The boss has always been a supporter of -charity…

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Added by Frank Zupan on December 11, 2011 at 10:00am — 42 Comments

"For what it's worth"

Initial thoughts from a Corporate Recruiter on Monster’s new product announcement:

“There’s something happening here, what it is ain’t exactly clear”

My Tweet stream was inundated on Saturday evening by an onslaught of messages heralding the new job seeker application developed by Monster on the Facebook platform, “BeKnown”. Because I follow several Monster Marketing folks, this wasn’t much of a surprise. The surprise was the “canned” messages being…

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Added by Frank Zupan on June 26, 2011 at 11:53am — 11 Comments

I am Recruiting, and I do not suck.

Each day it seems another pundit, social media maven, blogger extraordinaire, conference speaker, or HR consultant takes the time and effort to publicly tell me I suck. In the last several months I’ve been bombarded with blog posts, mini movie trailers, Tweets, and various social media messages sounding the alarm as to how the entire function and profession of recruiting is broken and screwed up in the U.S. and the world…

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Added by Frank Zupan on April 4, 2011 at 8:59pm — 33 Comments

Back to work!

I’m scheduled to get back to work on Monday, January 4th. Big deal, huh? I’m returning after a month of medical leave. During this month, I’ve had to re-learn the most basic, fundamental human function: breathing. Due to an “interesting” sequence of medical events, I required extensive surgery on my right lung in early December. As a follow-on, I literally had to re-establish (re-learn) a consistent, “normal” breathing pattern. Something that most humans do 15-20 times per minute for their… Continue

Added by Frank Zupan on January 3, 2010 at 12:22pm — 9 Comments

Random thoughts, impressions, and unanswered questions from HRevolution.

Random thoughts, impressions, and unanswered questions from HRevolution…

• Cool people that are willing to put their energy and devotion into scheduling an event like Hrevolution deserve major props: Trish McFarlane, Steve Boese, Ben Eubanks, and Crystal Peterson. Thank you for your… Continue

Added by Frank Zupan on November 8, 2009 at 9:10am — 1 Comment