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

Our guest today is Rodney Moses, VP 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 currently responsible for re-engineering the structure of the RIM team, bringing a new philosophy of focus on candidate care and streamlining processes to support the rapid and recent growth of the business.

"How have top companies continued to recruit the talent they need around the world throughout the economic downturn? What are the stumbling blocks to finding and keeping executives in far flung locations – and what are the short-term tactics and longer term strategies to make sure a company has the global leadership needed to stay on top?"

PeopleMatter thrives on the success of one simple goal – helping businesses motivate and grow their No. 1 asset: their people."

After spending 7 years as both a blogger, practitioner, and observer, Lance Haun has become a highly influential voice in the HR Community. He is the Community Manager for ERE Media, writer for their sister site TLNT and maintains his own identity as the man, the myth and the legend behind his popular blog Rehaul.com.

"We are in midst of major change and turmoil - and the need for new and innovative talent strategies has never been greater... Firms that don't have a focused vision for how they will be building exceptional leadership, today and down the road, will seriously lag behind their competitors."

500 Million Users and Growing: Facebook's Biggest Challenge - A Conversation with David Kirkpatrick - AdweekMedia Conference

According to David Dalka, "Business is currently undergoing profound changes not seen since the Industrial Revolution created standardized industrial processes. This time, search engines and social media are putting customers in control of the business conversation on their time schedule. Legacy business budget structures, outdated processes and organizational structures need to rapidly adapt to grow revenue and improve profit margins."

On his blog, WorkStrong, Peter Weddle, founder of Weddles.com and author of The Career Activist Republic, writes; "The land of the free and the home of the brave has for many of its citizens become an unpredictable place consumed with anxiety.

Today, we’ll be speaking with a leader -- and organization --that walks the talk -- Bill Pelster, Chief Learning Officer with Deloitte. A clear indication of Delotte’s commitment to its people: the firm is opening a new, $300 million “Deloitte University” next year.

"Linkedin is not a social network. Linkedin is a social database."

"According to Skrenta, Blekko was created from scratch and features "a multi-billion page index, a prioritized crawl, and new ranking and anti-spam technology."

"Trish is one of the most positively engaging, influential leaders in the HR 2.0 space. Through her blog, The HR Ringleader, she engages her audience in conversations about issues that effect leaders, managers, and employees. With laser like focus, she ensures consistent content for her readers posting anywhere between 5-7 times a week. It has served her well."

According to their web site -- “Trada is revolutionizing the way Agencies, Advertisers and PPC Experts build and manage PPC marketing campaigns.”

"We are in receipt of your resume. Now, please go away." Gerry calls it a "unicorn" Elaine calls it something else.

A "next generation" perspective on blogging and social networks - at work.