Talking HR  

The recession continues to bite around the world and the public in the UK and Ireland at least are waking up to the scale of cuts required in the public service. In Ireland, €5bn needs to be cut from public spending and staff levels may need to be cut by 17,000, including teachers and the police. In this environment, it's critical that all employers are able to engage their employees to ensure savings are made in the most appropriate and effective way, with as little pain as possible for all involved. Many employers are reducing salary costs, and some reports suggest that a quarter of workers in the UK have had their pay cut. Other organisations are trying to involve their employees in flexible working. Some of these attempts seems to be working well, others have met with rather poorer results (an example is British Airways' rather bizarre request to ask staff to work for free!). In this show, we will discuss some of these challenges and experiences, and suggest ways that employers can best trim their budgets with their employees' support.

In this show, we discuss the ideas behind and purpose of employer branding, particularly in a recession. And we talk about the role of authenticity, and social media in supporting employer branding. We’re also joined for the discussion by Steve Boise, HR technology professor at RIT.

Krishna also talks about the new social recruitment site, TribeHQ. And Jon discusses SuccessFactors’ Employee Central application.

And we review a new book, ‘Authentic Conversations’.

 

Resources:

TribeHQ.com

 

Success Factors Employee Central:

Press release

Demo

Success Factors blog

Success Factors podcast

Knowledge Infusion COE post

 

Steve Boese contacts:

Twitter

Blog

Podcast

 

Some Employer Branding blogs:

Polly Pearson's blog (EMC): Building and Branding Careers, Culture and Cool

Libby Sartain's blog: Brand for Talent

 

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Talking HR is hosted by Krishna De and Jon Ingham and you can contact them with your thoughts and feedback about the show at talkinghrpodcast(at)gmail.com.

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Follow Krishna on Twitter @krishnade and connect with her on LinkedIn. Follow Jon on Twitter @joningham and connect with him on LinkedIn.