TotalPicture: Talent Acquisition, HR Tech, Careers, Leadership, Future of Work

Dan Jessup has been with Groupon since June 2009, directing recruitment as the company scaled from approximately 50 employees that summer, to over 1,000 in North America in Q4 of 2010. He transitioned to Vice President of Human Resources in the Fall of 2010, as the company began to build out a larger internal HR team to reflect and expand the company’s employment brand and culture. Dan’s background is in talent acquisition and training, with a double life as an improv actor.

Joining us today is the one and only somewhat conference fried and jet lagged Maren Hogan, AKA Marenated. I contacted Maren several months ago when she had decided to make a career change and now, due to the magic of Skype and timing, we can talk about it!

I’m excited to be talking today with Terry Schuler, executive vice president and Chief Human Resources Officer at East West Bank, one of the largest independent commercial banks headquartered in California with over 130 locations worldwide, including the US markets of California, New York, Georgia, Massachusetts, Texas, and Washington.

Why is New York so important to the global media industry, and how is digital transforming the industry — broadcast, publishing, news media, ad agencies?

Joining us today is Jon Bryant, Co-Founder and Chief Strategy Officer of Inside Connector. I met Jon at the recent SourceCon Conference in New York and asked him to share the story of InsideConnector with us.

Our guest today is Rodney Moses, Vice-President of Global Talent Acquisition at RIM. Rod has provided talent acquisition leadership, vision and innovation to some of the world’s largest and most visible companies for over 20 years. He is responsible for re-engineering the structure of the Research In Motion team, bringing a new philosophy of focus on candidate care and streamlining processes to support the rapid and recent growth of the business.

One of the very cool and amazing people I met at salesforce.com Cloudforce 2011 conference in New York City last week is Adeola Whitney, Newark Executive Director for Playworks.

Joining me today is Julie Fletcher, Senior Vice President of Human Resources and in that role provides leadership for attracting and supporting talent for the AMN Healthcare Corporate staff.

Are you staying awake at night because of business nightmares? Are you frustrated by work that falls far short of your expectations? Does the term "employee engagement" send waves of laughter and sarcastic remarks throughout your organization? Does the expression herding cats, describe teamwork at your company? On some days, do you feel trapped inside an episode of The Office?

Joining me today is Laura Goodrich is an internationally recognized expert in the field of workplace dynamics and relationships.

If you’re on Facebook, chances are you’ve received numerous requests from your friends to join them on BranchOut. According to the service, "Members can search the database to quickly find all of their professional contacts for the ultimate inside connections for great opportunities including jobs, leads and career networking. BranchOut also operates the largest job board on Facebook with over 3 million jobs and 20,000 internships."

A scientist turned serial tech entrepreneur David Priemer is the VP of Sales and one co-founders of Rypple, an online service that uses principles of social media to help organizations promote a culture of ongoing feedback, coaching, and recognition.

"Talent acquisition now is really a defined field whereas 10 years ago, it was just part of HR and if one person didn’t want to do it, they put it on the new guy. Now people are really determined to build a strong talent acquisition team and to staff their company with the best people. After all, the talent acquisition team are the salesmen for your company; they’re the ones who say, come to work for us and this is why you should join." Donna Thomas

UA proposed HR standard for measuring cost per hire (CPH)—the first of its kind in the United States to help organizations calculate recruiting costs—is available for public review and comment on the SHRM web site.

Beth’s career coaching practice is global in scope, and she is frequently quoted in major publications. Beth was quoted in a recent Wall Street Journal article written by Joe Light titled Languages Needed, but No Plans to Learn. Since the article was published, her phone has been ringing off the proverbial hook.