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  • The quietest guy you’ll ever meet…

    AKA Eric Winegardner Interviews Himself I had the opportunity to sit down with Eric Winegardner from Monster during the Monster/Smartbrief on Workforce video series. If you’ve never met me in real life, let me just say this: I’m shy. I’m quiet. I don’t really talk a heck of a lot. That might surprise you, but…

  • What’s the Annual SHRM Conference like?

    Last week I had the opportunity to attend the Annual SHRM Conference in San Diego, California. It was a big surprise to be able to attend, and I gained some valuable insights that I can’t wait to try out at work. I was writing about my experience throughout the event, and if you’re interested, you…

  • Lessons for a lifetime-My #SHRM10 Recap

    All I can say about my experience at #SHRM10 is “wow.” I’m still trying to digest all of the lessons from the event, but I can already say that it was completely worth my time and sweat investment. There were 30% more attendees at SHRM10 than at SHRM09, and I think that was a part…

  • Quick Hits from Sunday at #SHRM10

    This weekend has been a whirlwind of activity and the big stuff hasn’t even started just yet. As I’ve said before, I’m working as a part of the Monster Street Team to cover the event. Here’s the whole backstory. I have a few pieces of content in the works, and here are a few quick…

  • It all comes back to people

    In a frantic rush to prepare for SHRM10, I’ve been brushing up on my “elevator speech” to describe who I am and what I do when I meet new people. As a neat little test, I built a Wordle using a sample text snippet from my blog to see if it gave me any ideas. Check…

  • #SHRM10: newbie lessons, my plans, and your thoughts

    So… I’m going to the  SHRM10 conference! Check out the video below. I also have my video notes below for your immense enjoyment. Great post from Franny Oxford about the SHRM conference My rough draft schedule for the SHRM10 conference My funny post from last year on reasons I was NOT attending the annual SHRM…

  • Are you a decision maker or an influencer?

    I signed up for this webinar a few days back and was quite surprised at one of the questions on the attendee survey. Check out the video below for more. (Subscribers may have to click through to see the video) Now that you’ve watched the video, take a moment and turn it over in your…