Janet Swaysland
Janet jumped from the consulting world into the corporate front lines when she joined Monster as head of global communications and social media. Here she’s building what she says is the best team in the business, focused on Monster storytelling, content production, news pipeline, engagement strategy, conversation monitoring… you get the picture. Before Monster Janet was a founding partner at Beeline Labs, a consulting group that helps clients sort out how to change their communication and business practices to succeed in a socially-driven age. And before Beeline Labs, she held consulting and operational leadership roles at integrated communications agencies Arnold, Mullen, and Brodeur. She has a degree in education from Wake Forest University and lives in Marblehead, MA.
Rebels at Work: Motivated to Make A Difference
Jobs, the economy, and change make the headlines every day. Whether you call it The Great Disruption or The Big Shift, the flow of opportunities and changes in our global economy is forcing companies and individuals to spot opportunities faster and adapt to trends more quickly than they ever have in their lifetimes. Some become disgruntled, others thrive finding new ways. I recently interviewed author Lois Kelly about her research on good corporate rebels, those people who feel more comfortable creating change than fighting against it.
Continue reading...Talent Acquisition: The Myths and Power of Social Media
Tuesday, May 24, 2011
Social recruiting is just like social for any other part of the business: everyone is learning as they go. But lots of companies have been incorporating social into their recruiting strategies long enough to know a couple of things: the need to engage in new ways with people who can propel your business is here to stay, and there many points of entry for getting started or taking the next step.
Continue reading...DailyFeats: How Social Media For Social Good Helps Your Job Search and Career(!)
Wednesday, March 9, 2011
Every day hundreds of millions of people around the world type in small boxes on social networks what they are thinking and doing. We all complain about the inane, boring stuff. Status updates and tweets can also be moving and sometimes can fuel revolution. 50 million tweets a day. 500 million people on Facebook. Back of envelope math says time spent each day doing updates is equivalent of 25 people working full time for a year. (!) How to channel all the energy and desire to share for the good?
Continue reading...MonsterThinking: Top 10 Posts of 2010
Friday, December 31, 2010
What’s interesting about compiling these “Tops of the Year” posts is first deciding what criteria, exactly, it takes to get to the “top” – most views, most comments, most retweets? We decided not to obsess, and our MonsterThinking Top 10 list is based on a unscientific mash-up of all the “mosts” and by what we found surprising, or just plain fun. Enjoy, and here’s to a thought-provoking 2011 for us all.
Continue reading...How Brookstone Hires for the Holidays
Thursday, December 16, 2010
With 22% of retailers planning an increase in holiday hiring, attracting and retaining top seasonal talent is more competitive, and critical, than ever before. Few employers understand this better than Brookstone, whose seasonal staffing strategy requires essentially doubling their workforce for the fourth quarter. Monster spoke with Brett Morgan, HR Director at Brookstone, to learn more about their seasonal recruitment strategies and how this innovative retailer plans on competing – and winning – the fiercely competitive holiday hiring war.
Continue reading...Meet the #monsterlive Social Media Street Team
Monday, June 28, 2010
Monster’s social media team hit the road this week, traveling to San Diego to cover the SHRM 2010 Conference on a growing range of social media platforms (Twitter, Facebook, and this blog, for example). This year, we’ve added two HR practitioners/bloggers to our in house team to help us deliver more in-depth coverage and help us share the story of #SHRM10. Together, the #monsterlive social media street team will be weighing in with each day’s most interesting news and views.
Continue reading...Monster: Live from #SHRM10
Thursday, June 24, 2010
Many of us are about to make the annual pilgrimage to SHRM’s main conference. If you’re like me, when it comes to mega conferences you’re sporting both trepidation (bland sessions that blur, acres of eager sales people, too many brochures…) and genuine enthusiasm. What am I excited about? Some truly bright spots to look forward to, brought to you by Monster and SHRM. Our Top 5:
Continue reading...Why a MonsterThinking blog?
Friday, April 2, 2010
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Anyone know how many blogs are out there now? Technorati stopped counting. That should tell us something. So does the world really need another one, especially in the crowded HR/recruiting space? Yes, we do. Here’s three reasons why Monster decided it was time to launch our own blog: The world needs all the ideas and [...]
Continue reading...Let us know what you’d like to hear
Thursday, March 11, 2010
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MonsterThinking is a new blog from Monster that will be launching in the next few weeks. We are rarely at a loss for words but MonsterThinking wants to know what you’re thinking – and what you want to learn more about or talk about. Please take a couple of minutes to complete a short survey.
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Monday, October 31, 2011
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