CARNIVAL OF HR – Special Employment Edition
It wasn’t my idea. Let’s be clear about that.
Here’s how it happened: Margo Rose, known as @HRMargo on Twitter, began a shout out called Hire Friday, encouraging people to highlight out-of-work friends and contacts, to help get people back to work.
I liked the idea so much that I used it to publicize a few people on Facebook and Twitter. Then I received a message from Teresa Morris (@contollergirl), who said she had read my Facebook post and was suggesting “highlight the unemployed” as a Carnival of HR theme. Teresa claims to not have sufficient computer skills to host her own Carnival, so I picked up this rolling ball and decided I could put it into play. I contacted Shauna Moerke, the HRMinion, who is the coordinator of the Carnival. She said, in her best Captain Picard imitation, make it so.
SO . . .
If you are out of work, unemployed, in transition in the HR (or related) field, let me – and ultimately the Carnival readers – know in one of the following ways:
1. Send me a link to a blog profile. Several people have already been featured in a blog, or have their own profile on their own blog. I will have a section just for those links.
2. If you don’t have a blog link readily available, I will also accept short (200 words or less) profiles to be pasted directly into the Carnival. Hopefully, those profiles will contain links to other online resources, such as LinkedIn.
You can send links to other blog posts via the comment section or email. Please send your short profile by email to ginsberg dot joan at gmail dot com.
Carnival of HR – Special Employment Edition is set to go live on MARCH 24, 2010. I need your links or profiles by 6:00 pm EST, MARCH 22, 2010.
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Great idea Joan (and Teresa)! It’s wonderful to see how the HR, recruiting and social media communities are coming up with great ideas to try to help people in transition. From my experience, once people start focusing on helping others first, things start happening for them too.
Thanks for picking up the ball and hosting this next Carnival!
I’m a little slow thanking you for your comment, Jennifer. I do agree that we need to remember our sense of community and keep working to help each other.
It is an honor to be the catalyst for this week’s Carnival of HR. My heart is filled with gratitude. I know like perhaps few others do the pain of being in transition. I also know the joy of being hired. Being in transition can also be exhilirating, particularly when I meet people like you Joan. When I started #HireFriday, two weeks ago, I did so because I felt compelled to help my friends, and their family members in transition. I’m so tired of #followfriday with its meaning rows of names. Instead, each of us can use twitter’s busiest day to shine a light on the people we know who are looking for work. Every job I’ve ever had has been through the result networking. What a great opportunity to put our networks to work for those who need it most. Everyone wins, the candidate, the hiring manager, and the recruiter; as well as the family members and friends. I believe passionately in the power of service work. This is something I’ve taken on as a volunteer opportunity. I’m not doing it to make money. I am honestly doing this because of the sincere compassion and empathy I feel for people in transition. I always say, be nice to people who are in transition. You never know when you’ll be reporting to them.
Hugs,
@HRMargo
I have not had much response from the unemployed, yet. I think the more we keep trying to help the better, though.
Thanks for the awesome shout out, Joan (and @cincyrecruiter). It’s totally true that my web skills are less than ideal, which is why my blog is on Posterous in the first place. I wasn’t just assing out of being responsible for getting this rolling!
Thank you for taking this on. If it gets one person a job or a connection to a job, then it’s served its purpose. Thanks also to @HRMargo for getting the #HireFriday bandwagon together.
Let’s get our people back to work!
I think you are far more skilled than you want to admit, Teresa. You need to be more confident in your abilities. I thank you again for the idea, though!
You’ve got a lot of heart, Joan…I’m looking forward to participating!
Oh, please DO participate! I’m surprised I haven’t gotten more links/entries. I would love to hear from you.
That is a really great idea! Good job Teresa and Joan!