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" The most successful companies are those that think jointly technological change, work design and the changes in internal social relationships.” Antoine Riboud.
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Will you know how to export your conversations and focus on transactions ?

December 7th, 2009 · View Comments · Communication, HR & Management 2.0, Social Networking, recruitment

The world of communication and marketing is worried because of the consecration of digital medias, an highbrow word used to talk about the web by people who are suddently feeling out of date.
For many people, the revolution brought by the web is the so-called new “power” that’s in internauts’ hands. According to me this power, [...]

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Recruitment process socialization

August 13th, 2009 · View Comments · HR & Management 2.0, Human resources, Social Networking, recruitment, social computing

New concrete example of socialization : the recruitment process. Here again, we’ll see that it’s possible to do things without Copernican Revolution or harming anyone.
The situation
Enterprises have to hire people. Even if the market is sometimes hard for applicants, no company can work without people. The need is clear : hiring people who fit both [...]

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Branding without an improvement process is a flash in the pan

June 1st, 2009 · View Comments · Communication, Human resources, Social Networking, recruitment, social computing

Now that people realize that the traces everyone (businesses or individuals) leaves on the net impact their economic activities everyday more, “branding” is becoming a very trendy issue. First “personal” then, logically, “corporate”.
Then, things should be as perfect as possible in a perfect world. Everyone will be able to know everything about anyone, so will [...]

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HR 2.0 as an ongoing process

May 28th, 2009 · View Comments · HR & Management 2.0, Human resources, Social Networking, enterprise 2.0, recruitment, social computing

This post is the continuation of the one I wrote on the central role HR have to be given in the change process businesses need to undertake to grow in the current economy.
Most often, identifying a need implies that a project has to be undertaken. A project is made of a number of known and [...]

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Personal Branding won’t go without Corporate Branding

May 4th, 2009 · View Comments · Communication, HR & Management 2.0, Human resources, Social Networking, recruitment, society

Personal Branding is a very fashionable topic today. More than that, it’s a deep trend that is overdiscussed because of its yougness. A day will come that it will be so obvious that no-one will feel like arguing anymore. The purpose is to manage one’s reputation and professional brand in order to :
- those who [...]

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Is digital identity only for experienced people ?

April 23rd, 2009 · View Comments · Human resources, Social Networking, recruitment, social computing

A few weeks ago I attended an event called YouOnTheWeb which purpose was to make people aware of digital identity, e-reputation and personal branding. A competiton was organized to reward students who are managing well their personal brand what means, on an employer’s side, that their abiliy to be relevant on a specific topic can [...]

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New jobs description for Enterprise 2.0 ? Try the Enterprise 2.0 job profiler

December 3rd, 2008 · View Comments · Human resources, Organization & Management, enterprise 2.0, recruitment, social computing, strategy

Every day I notice that many companies, conscious that their move toward Enterprise 2.0 -like dynamics is a major issue, are beginning to hire people for new kinds of jobs. It’s both about aligning people-centric activities with corporate purposes, identify new opportunities, energize cross-organiszaiton dynamics, favor new practices and new tools adoption, re-align tools on [...]

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Danone explorers : In Real Life recruitment 2.0 for Y Gens

November 30th, 2008 · View Comments · Communication, HR & Management 2.0, Human resources, Social Networking, recruitment

A few weeks ago I was invited by Danone to attend their Danone Explorers event, a moment when the company and students who are looking for an internship can meet.
I already wrote many things about Danone on my French blog but nothing here. I think there are a few things you have to know before [...]

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Organization’s networking potential will drive talents

May 29th, 2008 · View Comments · Ideas & innovation management, Social Networking, knowledge-economy, recruitment

I’ve just read with a real interest this post, about the power of people networks. Top make it short it says that people will be increasingly attracted by regions who offer a strong potential of networking and interactions because it allows them to exploit more their talents and maximise its economic reward.
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Tools won’t seduce digital natives. Culture will.

April 16th, 2008 · View Comments · Human resources, recruitment

Recruiting Digital Natives make companies ask lots of questions. Some of their concerns are not justfied, and we can also read many nonsenses.
“They have their habits, their own way to do things, with their own tools…we only have to adopt those tools to seduce them”. Wrong ! They don’t juge by appearances (or as we [...]

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