HR Happy Hour

HR Happy Hour 157 - 'Recruiting in 2013' Thursday February 28, 2013 - 8:00PM EST Call in 646-378-1086 Sponsored by Aquire Follow the backchannel conversation on Twitter - hashtag #HRHappyHourThe HR Happy Hour Show is back and this week we are really excited to welcome back to the show the great Gerry Crispin - a thought leader, influencer, and the man who has the pulse of the world of corporate recruiting.  Gerry's influence in the world of recruting is immense - his firm CareerXRoads issues the definitive 'Source of Hire' report each year that is widely regarded as the industry benchmark. Addtionally, Gerry is one of the driving forces behind the new Candidate Experience movement - spearheading research and awards that are pushing the recruiting community to improve and enhance how candidates are treated in the recruiting process.This week we will talk with Gerry about some of the big-picture trends in corporate recruitng, hit upon what technologies are having the most impact, and what we can expect to see in the world of recruiting in the future.. So this week we think you wil enjoy the conversations on all things recruiting with the great Gerry Crispin, of course also joined by the HR Happy Hour hosts - Steve Boese and Trish McFarlane.It should be a fun show and I hope you can join us!

HR Happy Hour 156 - 'The 8 Man Rotation, Season 3' Thursday February 21, 2013 - 8:00PM EST Call in 646-378-1086 Follow the backchannel conversation on Twitter - hashtag #HRHappyHour The HR Happy Hour Show is back and this week we are really excited to welcome back to the show the 8 Man Rotation gang - Kris Dunn, Lance Haun, Tim Sackett, and Matt 'akaBruno' Stollak. This week the latest 8 Man Rotation 'Sports and HR' ebook dropped - the third edition in the popular series on all things having to do with the connection between sports and the workplace. Recruiting, coaching, team building, getting the best performance out of a team - the connections and parallels from sports to the workplace are endless. So this week we think you wil enjoy the conversations on all things sports and HR with the 8 Man Rotation guys - of course joined by the HR Happy Hour hosts - Steve Boese and Trish McFarlane. It should be a fun show and I hope you can join us!

HR Happy Hour 155 - 'Tech and the Job Hunt'   Thursday February 7, 2013 - 8:00PM EST   Call in 646-378-1086   Follow the backchannel conversation on Twitter - hashtag #HRHappyHour   The HR Happy Hour Show is back and this week we are really excited to welcome back to the show longtime friend, industry leader, and now new author Kevin Grossman to talk about his new book the Tech Job Hunt Handbook.   We are really excited for Kevin, and can't wait to talk with him about the new book, his take on the hiring and recruiting process as it sits today, and for him to share some ideas about how the game can be improved both for candidates, as well as for the organizations that desperately need to find and land the best talent.   Kevin has seen the tech job scene from every angle, and his ideas, experience, and insight are sure to benefit everyone in the HR/Recruting/Technology space.   So we hope you can join hosts Steve Boese, Trish McFarlane and our guest Kevin Grossman this week for what will be an interesting and important topic.

HR Happy Hour 154 - 'HR and Health Care Reform' Thursday January 17, 2013 - 8:00PM EST Call in 646-378-1086 Follow the backchannel conversation on Twitter - hashtag #HRHappyHour One of the biggest and most important issues facing Human Resources and Talent pros in 2013 is Health Care Reform. Call it what you like - Obamacare, the Affordable Care Act, or simply HCR - the changes that are starting in 2013 will impact all size organizations and their employees. This week on the show we will be joined by John Barkett from Extend Health, and Jennifer Benz of Benz Communications to dig into the issues facing HR pros in 2013 and beyond. John, prior to joining Extend Health, spent more than 2 years in Washington contributing to the writing, passage, and implementation of the PPACA; and Jennifer is CEO of the leading Benefits Communication Consultancies in the USA. Just some of the topics we will cover on the show: What are the most important aspects of HCR that you as an HR pro need to know?   How does HCR and its implications and demands differ across company size? What key communications messages and strategies do you need to consider when keeping your employees informed? What does the medium and longer term look like in the world of employer-sponsored benefits? Where can the HR and Talent pro go to learn more? I hope you can join hosts Steve Boese, Trish McFarlane and our guests this week for what will be an interesting and important topic.

HR Happy Hour 153 - 'Happy HR New Year' Sponsored by Aquire Thursday January 3, 2013 - 8:00PM ET Call in 646-378-1086 Catch the backchannel on Twitter - hashtag #HRHappyHour The HR Happy Hour marches into 2013 with our first live show - a look ahead to 2013 from a HR, Talent, and Workforce Management lens. What are the big issues for talent pros in 2013? How did 2012 turn out? Was it at all like you planned? Is 2013 going to be really THAT different than 2012? What two or three issues are high on your list of actions for 2013?  Are they the same ones as last year? Will this episode win the prize for most HR buzzwords used in an hour? (engagement, Big Data, Zappos, social, mobile, BYOD, Carmelo) Joining us to help get your year in HR off to a great start is the HR Ringleader, and HR Executive Trish McFarlane. So make plans to start the HR New Year with the HR Happy Hour Show!

HR Happy Hour 152 - 'The 2012 Wrap-Up' Sponsored by AquireThursday December, 13, 2012 - 8:00PM EST Call in 646-378-1086Follow the backchannel on Twitter - hashtag #HRHappyHour This week the HR Happy Hour Show will take a look back on the 2012 Year in HR and take a look forward to 2013.   What was good, bad, tired, exciting, bold, boring in 2012 and what should we look forward to in 2013 in the HR and Talent game? What did you think of 2012? What were some of the highlights? What are you most looking forward to in 2013?  Joining us on the show will be Trish McFarlane, the HR Ringleader and the Co-founder of HRevolution and Women of HR.   But we'd also love to hear from you this week, to share your thoughts about the year that is coming to a close,  and the one just ahead. It should be a fun show and I hope you can join us!

HR Happy Hour 151 - 'The LinkedIn Show'' Sponsored by Aquire Thursday November, 29, 2012 - 8:00PM EST Call in 646-378-1086 Follow the backchannel on Twitter - hashtag #HRHappyHour This week the HR Happy Hour Show is all about LinkedIn - what its continued growth in size and importance means for the HR, Recruiting, and Talent Management space, what challenges and opportunities it presents for the industry, and how it impacts the talent community as well as individual users. Does LinkedIn have the market cornered for professional networking? As it grows and expands, is it in danger of becoming too generic, and open for competitors that are chasing it and nipping at the edges? Do we as HR and Talent pros over-rely on LinkedIn at the expense of other tools and platforms? Will LinkedIn become even more important to the Talent pro in the future - getting into more and more traditional talent managment areas? Joining us this week to help break it all down will be industry legend John Sumser from HRexaminer.com, who recently published a series of excellent articles about LinkedIn, which are required pre-reading for this week's show. It should be a fun show, and I hope you can join us!

HR Happy Hour 150 - 'The 8 Man Rotation NBA Preview'   Thursday November 8, 2012 - 8:00PM ET   Sponsored by Aquire   Call in on 646-378-1086   Follow the backchannel on Twitter - hashtag #HRHappyHour   This week the HR Happy Hour Show is back live - and we are back with my favorite show of the year - the Annual NBA Season Preview brought to you by your friends from The 8 Man Rotation.   Not familiar with The 8 Man Rotation?   The 8 Man Rotation are your pals in the HR/Talent/Recruiting world that are just a little too obsessed with sports, pop culture, and trying to convince you that you can understand work, talent, HR, and the world in general by seeing things through the lens of sports, movies, hip-hop, and comic books.   This week on the show some or all of The 8 Man Rotation - Kris Dunn, Tim Sackett, Lance Haun, Matt 'akaBruno' Stollak, and Steve Boese will be in the house to talk NBA, and maybe sprinkle in some politics, movies, TV, and music as well.   Join us!

HR Happy Hour 149 - ‘Office Politics’ Sponsored by AquireThursday October 16, 2012 - 8:00PM ET Call in 646-378-1086Follow the backchannel on Twitter - hashtag - #HRHappyHour Have you heard something about pretty important election happening in about 3 weeks?Are you concerned about the results of the election and the potential impact to your business? Is your CEO threatening to fire everyone if his/her preferred candidate does not win? Are your staff getting into little skirmishes over the upcoming election, in a little mini-drama that plays out in the break room? Just want to call in and pitch your candidate or philosophy? I don’t know much about politics, but that never stopped me, (or anyone else), from spouting off from time to time.So this week on the show we thought we’d try our hand at talking politics - its influence on work and the workplace, how the upcoming election is affecting your workplaces, and whether or not work and politics should mix at all. We will also recap the recently concluded HR Technology Conference, HRevolution, and whatever else is on your mind.And be warned, if the politics conversation falls flat - I am prepared to do a complete team-by-team NBA season preview! I hope you can join us and participate in the fun!

HR Happy Hour 148 - 'HRevolution 2012 Preview' Thursday, October 4, 2012 - 8:00PM ET Call in 646-378-1086 Follow the backchannel on Twitter - #HRHappyHour Wow, a year goes by quickly!  This coming Sunday, October 7, 2012 the fifth HRevolution Event for HR, Recruiting, and Talent professionals will take place in Chicago, Illinois, (ticket information here). The HRevolution is a one-day conference unlike any other in the industry, and provides the opportunity for attendees to interact, learn from, engage, and connect with some of the most innovative thinkers in Human Resources today. If you have been to a previous HRevolution event, you know what I am talking about, and if this will be your first time, then you are in for a treat. This week on the HR Happy Hour Show we will preview the HRevolution event, and welcome an assortment of presenters, attendees, sponsors, and organizers to help set the stage for the upcoming event and help you start to get your Hrevolution on. It should be a fun show, and I hope you can join us!

HR Happy Hour 147 - 'Sports, Labor, and Lockouts' Thursday, September 20, 2012 - 8:00PM ET Call in on 646-378-1086 Follow the backchannel on Twitter - Hashtag #HRHappyHour This week the HR Happy Hour Show returns from a long summer hiatus, tanned, trim, and rested, and ready to once again take on the important issues facing the workplace, Human Resources, and Talent Management.  Of course that means another sports show! Seriously though, here in the USA there are several compelling sports-themed stories that are not only impacting the sports world, but also have wider and larger implications for Talent and HR professionals in any field. Take a quick scan of the sports news today, and you'll likely see stories on: The NFL labor impasse with its on-field officials, which has led to a lockout, replacement (scab) officials, and a noticeable deterioration of the quality of officiating, and some would argue, the actual product. The NHL, also stuck in a labor battle, this one pitting the league against its own players. Another lockout, another potential situation for replacement labor, or even an entire season cancellation. A major college football power, Arkansas, that fired its former, (successful) coach after an off field scandal, only to replace him with another high-profile coach who is in the middle of a personal bankruptcy and may be coming a little unhinged. Finally, Notre Dame absolutely embarrassing Michigan State last week. So tonight we will open up the lines to talk sports, labor, talent, and more, all in the HR Happy Hour style. I hope you can join us as we relaunch the show tonight!

HR Happy Hour 146 - 'Radical Reinvention' Thursday, August 30, 2012 - 8:00PM ET Call in 646-378-1086 Follow the backchannel on Twitter - hashtag #HRHappyHour The HR Happy Hour Show returns from summer vacation and welcomes back to the show author Kaya Oakes, to talk about her most recent book, Radical Reinvention: An Unlikely Return to the Catholic Church. Ms. Oakes' book is about her journey back to the church after many years away, and how she attempts to come to terms as a progressive feminist in a church that at times seems to be clinging to its conservative past. What does 'Radical Reninvention' have to do with the world of work, or any of the 'normal' issues this show has been about the last three years? Probably nothing, but I loved the book, and I think the show will be fascinating for anyone interested in effecting change - whether in a religion, a corporation, a government, whatever. I think it will be a fun show and I hope you can join us!

HR Happy Hour 145 - 'Go Mobile: Relo, Recruiting, Retention Sponsored by Aquire Thursday June 7, 2012 - 8:00PM ET Call in 646-378-1086 Follow the backchannel on Twitter - hashtag #HRHappyHour Tonight on the show we will chat with HR and Recruiting legends Kris Dunn and Trish McFarlane about the the Allied HR IQ research study, www.hriq.allied.com, an initiative designed to conduct and deliver research on a set of topics of immediate and long-term interest to human resources professionals in all industries. This year’s research project, the 2012 Allied Workforce Mobility Survey, was developed in collaboration with distinguished human resources practitioners (us), and Allied’s research partners. The survey examined a wide range of organizational practices and capability around recruiting, onboarding, relocation, and more. Want to get some more insight as to what is happening across the nation in recruiting, retention, and more? Then the Allied HR IQ project has you covered. Tonight on the show KD, Trish, and Steve will talk about some of the highlights of the study findings, wax philosophical on the implications and takeaways for organizations and  talent professionals, and mix in a little NBA playoffs analysis as well. It should be a fun show and I hope you can join us!

HR Happy Hour 144 - 'The American Way of Eating' Sponsored by Aquire Thursday May 3, 2012 - 8:00PM ET Call in 646-378-1086 Follow the backchannel on Twitter - hashtag #HRHappyHour This week the show welcomes Tracie McMillan the author of the recently published ‘The American Way of Eating: Undercover at Walmart, Applebee’s, Farm Fields and the Dinner Table’, Tracie's book takes a look at what seems to be a simple topic, eating in America, and through research, workiing in the farm fields of California, in Walmarts in Detroit, and finally in an Applebee's in Brooklyn, reveals that how, what, and why we eat like we do to be a much more compelling and complex question after all. Tonight on the show we will talk with Tracie about her journey writing, working, eating, and understanding about how we eat in America today. It should be a fantastic show, and I hope you can join us!  Tracie McMillan has written about food and class for a variety of publications, including The New York Times, O, The Oprah Magazine, Harper’s Magazine, Saveur, and Slate. From 2001 to 2005 she was the managing editor of the award-winning magazine City Limits, where she won recognition from organizations ranging from the James Beard Foundation to World Hunger Year

HR Happy Hour 143 - 'Gaming Health and Wellness' Sponsored by Aquire Thursday, April 26, 2012 - 8:00PM ET Call in 646-378-1086 Follow the backchannel on Twitter - hashtag #HRHappyHour In a climate of rising obesity rates and increasing health care costs, workplace wellness has emerged as a way for employers to address the health and well-being of their employees. Although workplace wellness has existed in one form or another for well over four decades, advances in technology have recently and rapidly changed the way employee health promotion programs are delivered. In the past five years in particular, companies have begun adopting gaming technology in the service of wellness, making the achievement of healthy goals more approachable, engaging, social, and fun. This week on the show we will welcome special guests Dr. Rajiv Kumar the the founder and chief medical officer at ShapeUp, the leading global provider of clinically proven, social networking-based employee wellness programs; as well as Fran Melmed ,the owner of context, an award-winning communication and change management consulting firm that specializes in wellness and health care consumerism to talk about: Workplace wellness challenges Why wellness can be more than just fun with games How insurers and consumers are adopting health games Why health games are proliferating and succeeding in the workplace. It should be a fun an interesting show and I hope you can join us!