The Need for a Flexible Employee Social Media Policy
More WebProNews Videos How strict are you when it comes to employee social media use? Have you taken the time to develop a social media policy? Guidelines for staff to follow? Deb Schultz, a partner...
View Article7 Tips For Improving Your Business in 2011
Holy cow! 2011 is right around the corner. This is the time when entrepreneur’s thoughts (aside from those focused on preparing for the holidays, of course) turn towards growing or changing their...
View ArticleWhich Parts of Your Company Should Be Listening to Social Media
Co-authored by Jay Baer and Amber Naslund “Once upon a time, customer contact was centralized around the switchboard, and the phone was the preferred method for communication between companies and...
View ArticleShould Your Employer Have Access to Your Facebook Account?
Yesterday, I read a report in the American magazine The Atlantic which asked the question Should Employers Be Allowed to Ask for Your Facebook Login? It's the story of a man in the US state of Maryland...
View ArticleThe ROI of Employees
Over at his blog yesterday, Chris Brogan wrote about his admiration for Gary Vaynerchuk. The post sparked quite the discussion in the comments, a lot of it about ROI (return on investment). This...
View ArticleStop Shoving Social Media Down My Throat
It’s time to step up and address one of the great myths pervading the social web — that an essential best practice is decentralizing social media marketing and pushing it down to employees at every...
View ArticleGhostbusters Teach Management
I'm going to be up front with you. I'm a huge fan of Ghostbusters. I fell in love with its humor and creature design. It introduced me to the genius of Bill Murray. Today, it has introduced one more...
View ArticleLinkedIn Blows Other Social Networks Out Of The Water For Recruiting [Report]
Bullhorn Reach released a new “Social Recruiting Activity Report,” finding that LinkedIn rules the roost in terms of social networks most used by employers for recruiting purposes. Not a huge surprise,...
View ArticleMultitasking Myth Bad for Business
Lots of us get caught up in trying to multitask everyday. The term has become very commonplace. People even brag about their ability to multitask. But, many business leaders are starting to realize...
View ArticleGroupon: We Don't Want Employees' Facebook Passwords
We've reported several times about the whole ordeal with employers asking the Facebook passwords of job candidates. It's been a hot, controversial item this week. Facebook deemed the practice alarming....
View ArticleLinkedIn Makes It Easier For Recruiters To Identify Company Followers
LinkedIn announced the launch of a new feature for its LinkedIn Recruiter "Talent Pipeline" tools, which lets you identify and engage with company followers right from Recruiter itself. LinkedIn...
View ArticleApple Cans Scott Forstall Over Maps, Retail Chief Out As Well
Apple announced a big company-wide reorganization at the upper level late Monday. The shakeup saw the company let go of two execs - Scott Forstall and John Browett, and it also saw others given more...
View ArticleLinkedIn Makes It Easier For Employers To Recruit Job Candidates Using Mobile...
LinkedIn has launched a couple of new products aimed at making it easier for employers to recruit new job candidates, specifically while on the go. They've expanded a couple of important recruiting...
View ArticleReuters: Pentagon Bookkeepers Wasted $8.5 Trillion
Earlier this summer, Reuters authors Scot J. Paltrow and Kelly Carr conducted an investigation into the Pentagon's payroll practices; in their report, the authors alleged that an unbelievable level of...
View ArticleCompanies Struggling To Retain Their Best Workers, Says LinkedIn [Infographic]
LinkedIn surveyed 7,530 of its members in the US, Australia, Canada, India and the UK who recently changed jobs. The company is calling this its "Exit Survey". We're assuming there will be more of...
View ArticleUber CFO Brent Callinicos Steps Down
On-demand car service Uber is saying goodbye to its Chief Financial Officer. Brent Callinicos, who served as CFO of the startup since 2013, is stepping down to spend more time with his family. "For me,...
View ArticleSurvey Finds 1/3 of Companies Not Satisfied with Digital Employees
Accenture has a new report out called Organizing for Digital Success, which is based on the survey of over 200 digital executives in the U.S. at companies with revenue of $1 billion to over $75...
View ArticleWhat is Your Best Time-Saving Hack?
LinkedIn Influencers provided some of their strategies on saving time. "Any email you can answer in 2 minutes or less, answer now," says Betty Liu, Founder/CEO at Radiate, Inc."Anything that takes...
View ArticleA Happy Workforce is a Productive Workforce
"Who here feels happy?" asked Sir Anthony Seldon, in a Google talk last year. Seldon is the author of the book, Beyond Happiness and Britain's best-known headmaster. Sir Anthony famously introduced...
View Article8 Best Practices for Call Centers Management in 2023
WebProNews 8 Best Practices for Call Centers Management in 2023 Poor call center management results in ineffective customer service, low customer satisfaction rates, low call quality, poor agent...
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