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Join us each week as experts help us explore issues shaping the world of work! The TalentCulture #TChat weekly show is back live on Wednesday, December 11, 2013. #TChat Radio will start at 6:30 pm ET (3:30 pm PT), and immediately after, our entire community will continue the conversation on #TChat Twitter from 7-8 pm ET. Last week we discussed the one-person HR department, and this week, what if we told you there wasn't as much as a difference between the five generations in the workplace as we've been led to believe? In fact, what if we told you Millenials of either gender are asking for the same respect as our fathers and mothers are asking for in the world of work? Would you believe it? Well, you should. The latest research results of the 2013 Candidate Experience Awards are being finalized after receiving nearly 50K candidate responses and the report will be out early in January 2014 — it speaks of this insight and much more. Join #TChat co-creators and hosts Meghan M. Biro and Kevin W. Grossman as we all the latest "candidate experience" insights from our guests: Elaine Orler, President and Founder of Talent Function Group and Chairman of the Talent Board; and Gerry Crispin, international speaker, author and acknowledged thought leader and Co-Founder of the CareerXroads Colloquium. Both are Co-Founders of the Candidate Experience Awards. This will another informative "world of work" show. Join us!

Join us each week as experts help us explore issues shaping the world of work! The TalentCulture #TChat weekly show is back live on Wednesday, December 4, 2013. #TChat Radio will start at 6:30 pm ET (3:30 pm PT), and immediately after, our entire community will continue the conversation on #TChat Twitter from 7-8 pm ET. We hope you all had a Happy Thanksgiving! Last time we met we celebrated our 3-year anniversary, and this week we're talking about the one-person HR department. "Get it for a dime — and get it on time!" That's the mantra for this week's guests — two Human Resources professionals who have both run one-person HR shops in various organizations. Not easy to do, mind you. Feeling like you're all alone with zero budget and no time for career development while pressured to help scale and grow the business? If so, then you'll have to learn how to be more prepared for the job's demands and still keep the positive culture vibes pulsing through your veins. You also have to learn how to organize the HR job across all talent-related activities. Join #TChat co-creators and hosts Meghan M. Biro and Kevin W. Grossman as we learn the tips and tricks of a one-person HR department with our guests: Donna Rogers, SPHR, instructor of management at UIS and owner of Rogers HR Consulting, and Dave Ryan, SPHR, Director of Human Resources at Mel-O-Cream Donuts. This will be another informative "world of work" show. Join us!

Join us each week as experts help us explore issues shaping the world of work! The TalentCulture #TChat weekly show is turning 3 years old and back live on Wednesday, November 13, 2013. #TChat Radio will start at 6:30 pm ET (3:30 pm PT), and immediately after, our entire community will continue the conversation on #TChat Twitter from 7-8 pm ET. They spring from the wild, virtual earth in many forms. Most are vibrant, multi-colored and multi-faceted, nurturing their roots with the diverse individuals who come to share, learn and network around a variety of important topics. Just like the TalentCulture #TChat Community that is turning three years old with over 150 Twitter chats and over 50 new radio shows since we've relaunched them! From the first #TChat on November 16, 2010, about emotional intelligence, to the latest show about mobile hiring on November 13, 2013, #TChat continues to break new ground as one of the largest and longest running online learning and networking communities in the "world of work." A very special thank you to the thousands of loyal participants during the past three years. Join #TChat co-creators and hosts Meghan M. Biro and Kevin W. Grossman as we celebrate online communities with: Ambrosia Humphrey, VP of Talent and the entire Hootsuite Community. This is an exciting milestone for #TChat and we have all of you our wonderful community to thank!

Join us each week as experts help us explore issues shaping the world of work! #TChat Radio show is back live on Wednesday, November 13, 2013, at 6:30 pm ET (3:30 pm PT). Immediately after, our entire community will continue the conversation on #TChat Twitter from 7-8 pm ET. Recently we talked about mobile recruiting and its unprecedented growth. According to a recent Recruiting Trends survey more than 40% of recruiters have received an application using a mobile or tablet device. Here's a new statistic for you — the fact that there are one billion job searches completed each month on a mobile device. But beyond recruiting, can mobile be applied to hiring, too? Think about the old model of snail mail offer letters and conference room paperwork. Horribly inefficient. Even email has become cumbersome to many in the workplace, especially millennials and younger generations. Join #TChat co-creators and hosts Meghan M. Biro and Kevin W. Grossman as we discuss the mobile hiring future with: Todd Owens, President and Chief Operating Officer of TalentWise, and Kyle Lagunas, Talent Acquisition Analyst at Brandon Hall Group. This will be another important #TChat show about how mobile continues to change the world of work!

#TChat Radio is back live on Wednesday, November 6, 2013, at 6:30 pm ET (3:30 pm PT). Right after we'll continue the conversation on #TChat Twitter from 7-8 pm ET. Last week we talked about mobile recruiting and this week we're going to talk about social influence and brands, but not just for marketing. Brands understand social influence relevant to their products and services via social networks. But what about recruiting? You've heard the adage — marketing is recruiting is marketing. We're all perpetual customers and candidates. We always want the very best and we want to buy from and work for those we know and trust. Finding and engaging the voices of influence can help land both. Join #TChat co-creators and hosts Meghan M. Biro and Kevin W. Grossman as we discuss the the art of sourcing influence: Mark Fidelman, author, speaker and CEO for Raynforest Inc, an Influencer Marketplace, and Mark Willaman, Founder and President of Fisher Vista, LLC, the owners of HRmarketer software and the fisher VISTA marketing agency. Join us each week as experts help us explore issues shaping the world of work!

Join us each week as experts help us explore issues shaping world of work! #TChat Radio show is back live Wednesday, October 30, 2013, 6:30 pm ET (3:30 pm PT). Immediately after, our community will continue the conversation on #TChat Twitter from 7-8 pm ET. Last week we talked about fun and games in team-building and employee engagement activities, and this week we're going to have fun searching and applying for jobs on our smart phones. Really, we are. A recent Recruiting Trends survey finds more than 40% of recruiters have received an application using a mobile or tablet device. Also, LinkedIn and Prudential recently told Bersin by Deloitte that more than 50% of candidates find jobs through their mobile devices. These recruiting times they are a-changin' by rockin' the mobile. Join #TChat co-creators and hosts Meghan M. Biro and Kevin W. Grossman as we discuss the subject with our good friends this wk: Jessica Miller-Merrell, SPHR, Founder and Chief Blogger of Blogging4Jobs, and Rayanne Thorn, VP of Product Marketing and Strategy for Technomedia, a global talent management solutions provider. This will be another important #TChat show about how mobile continues to change recruiting and job search!

Join us each week as experts help us explore issues shaping the world of work! #TChat Radio show is back live on Wednesday, October 23, 2013, at 6:30 pm ET (3:30 pm PT). Immediately after, our entire community will continue the conversation on #TChat Twitter from 7-8 pm ET. Recently at this year's HR Technology Conference & Exposition, we had an amazing panel discussion about engagement - more specifically - employee energy, drive and focus, which has become the holy grail of HR and business leaders. This is true through every aspect of the talent lifecycle. By why? Most internal initiatives designed to improve the status quo haven't moved the needle much, if at all. Now throw in "fun and games" into the engagement equation. Does creating fun team-building challenges and continuous recognition activities improve overall well-being, productivity and retention? Does it help create culture where there was none before? Join #TChat co-creators and hosts Meghan M. Biro and Kevin W. Grossman as we look to our new friends from the Great White North for answers: Mario Coculuzzi, Eastern Region Director for Microsoft Canada, and Dan Benoni, Co-Founder & Product Director of Officevibe, a social employee engagement platform.

Join us each week as experts help us explore issues shaping the world of work! #TChat Radio show is back live on Wednesday, October 16, 2013, at 6:30 pm ET (3:30 pm PT). Immediately after, our entire community will continue the conversation on #TChat Twitter from 7-8 pm ET. Last week, the TalentCulture community discussed age discrimination in the workplace. This week, we look at age in the workplace from another perspective -- specifically through the lens of Generation X. Why Gen X? Many say that Boomers and Millennials capture most of the attention -- leaving little on the table for those in the middle. But does evidence really support that perception? Is Gen X suffering in silence somehow? If so, what are the consequences for business, as Boomers retire from the workforce, and organizations require new leaders, experts and innovators? This week, we're giving Gen X the attention it deserves. Join #TChat co-creators and hosts Meghan M. Biro and Kevin W. Grossman as we welcome expert guest, Mark Babbitt, CEO of YouTern and COO of SwitchandShift. This is a topic that affects us all -- regardless of our age or profession. So be sure to tune in and join the conversation!

#TChat Radio is all new and live Wednesday, October 2, 2013, at 6:30 pm ET (3:30 pm PT), with the #TChat Twitter chat right after from 7-8 pm ET. Last week we talked about the rub of transparency and privacy in the workplace between employer and employee, and this week we're talking about engaging the dark side of workplace effectiveness. Yes, the dark side. Contemporary organizations focus on trying to maintain upbeat hyper-positive work ecologies. Anger has to be managed; depression requires medication; shame becomes a disciplinary tool; guilt is the subtext of the employee manual; grief is allotted three days; family crises are never lunchroom conversations. What if the key to maximum effectiveness was the celebration of these dark emotions and moods? What if we recognized that each of the darker, unacceptable emotions were treasure troves of insight and results? What if organizational adaptability depended on employing the full person not just the razor thin, Prozac enhanced person? What if indeed. Let's discuss. Join #TChat co-creators and hosts Meghan M. Biro and Kevin W. Grossman as we welcome our special guests: John Sumser, the founder and editor-in-chief of the HRExaminer Online Magazine and the principal of Two Color Hat; and William Tincup, the CEO of HR consultancy Tincup & Co. and a leading thinker on social media application for HR and an expert on adoption of HR technology. This will be another important #TChat show about engaging the world of work's dark side, so join us!

#TChat Radio is all new and live Wednesday, September 25, 2013, at 6:30 pm ET (3:30 pm PT), with the #TChat Twitter chat right after from 7-8 pm ET. Last week we talked about gaming and measuring talent, and this week we're talking about the rub of transparency and privacy in the workplace between employer and employee. The transparency movement has certainly solidified, particularly the fact that employees not just prefer but demand more transparency from their employers – for example, how much profit they've made, why they promote and fire certain individuals and not others. Truth be told, while many employment laws have an indirect "transparency" mandate like in the case of Title VII and Sarbanes Oxley, generally the law does not grant a "right" of transparency to employees. And it just gets more complicated when you add in privacy issues and the ability of an employer or an employee to prevent disclosures to the other. Join #TChat co-creators and hosts Meghan M. Biro and Kevin W. Grossman as we welcome our special guest: Mary Wright, a Shareholder and the former General Counsel of Ogletree Deakins, the US Powerhouse in Employment Litigation, and founding Editor of the HR Gazette, a daily on-line newspaper for HR Professionals and Employment Lawyers. This will be another important #TChat show about employment law, transparency and privacy.