Meghan M. Biro, founder + CEO of TalentCulture, is a serial entrepreneur, leader and globally recognized career expert in talent acquisition, creative personal and corporate branding. Meghan has conducted more than 300 successful career searches for clients ranging from Fortune 500s to the most innovative software start-up companies. Meghan is also a new media strategist who enjoys accelerating collaborative business and community goals. When not recruiting, blogging, and innovating she manages a dynamic coaching practice empowering corporate leaders, mid-level managers, software technologists, and recent college graduates. Meghan is a member of the National Association of Personnel Services (NAPS), The Society for Human Resources Management (SHRM) and several entrepreneurial organizations. She serves on the Alumni Council for Greens Farms Academy, acting as a career mentor to high school and college students.
What are you worth to an employer? Quick, come up with a number. OK. Now, let’s come up with a realistic number. Negotiating salary is, for most of us, as difficult as getting past phone screens and interviews to the job offer. It can be tough to think of yourself in dollar terms. If you’re not prepared to negotiate, you’re sure to be unhappy with almost any offer. So don’t be caught flat-footed.
Continue reading...Wednesday, November 23, 2011
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The economic realities of the holiday season, for those of us struggling to make ends meet or to find a job, makes it difficult to be grateful. When you’re in survival mode, it’s pretty tough to step back and reflect. So, should we be grateful for a job these days, or merely relieved? Should we express that gratitude to a boss? And if we do, will it be viewed as sucking up?
Continue reading...Friday, October 28, 2011
One of the topics that has come to the forefront of our industry dialogue and conversation revolves around the emergence of talent communities, and the possibilities they present for employers, brands and job seekers. But while we’ve discussed how talent communities fit into the future of talent, how will they service – and what will they mean – for the talent of the future? Let’s think about what talent communities can do for Generation Z.
Continue reading...Tuesday, October 18, 2011
Welcome to the future of Recruiting and HR Technology. So it is with recruiting and many HR tools, which for years treated a recruiter’s connections as a set of flat files and resumes, trapped in some kind of relational database with few connections to the outside world.
Continue reading...Friday, October 7, 2011
I know many of us in the industry are writing about their experiences at the HREvolution and HR Technology conferences in Las Vegas. It was a much larger conference overall than I initially anticipated. I can say one thing with certainty – I already look forward to returning next year. Everyone’s trying to distill the experience down to a word or, at most, a bullet list. I’ll likely forgo that effort.
Continue reading...Friday, September 30, 2011
There’s a perfect storm brewing in Vegas, and I’m not talking about the weather. It’s supposed to be in the 90s and sunny during this week’s HR Technology and HR Evolution events. Selling that climate (and the sponsored parties, swag, expensed meals, etc.) to decision makers isn’t hard. The real forecast, however, that they should be concerned with is the intersection of talent communities and company workplace culture.
Continue reading...Tuesday, August 23, 2011
“The Cloud” is one of those technology marketing terms which represents a shift in the way technology is delivered; after all, you’d have to really be tuned out to not hear the word ‘cloud’ at least once every 15 minutes. Oddly enough, though, cloud computing is the ultimate it’s-been there-a-long-time technology. And it is forcing leaders and HR practitioners to sit up and take notice. Why?
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Monday, January 23, 2012
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