Ten years ago SHRM had the notion to create subgroups based on HR specialty (a concept they've abandoned), at the time I'd recently moved from an HR Generalist role into one focused solely on recruitment - it was the job that changed my perspective on what I wanted to do, where I wanted to do it, and how I wanted to about mapping out my career. It was a job that simply put wasn't the right fit. So it shouldn't be all that surprising that as I sat next to my then boss in a windowless conference room attending my first subgroup chapter meeting I was less than enthused for what the next several hours might entail. But then Gerry Crispin - of CareerXroads fame - took the floor, a man who before that morning I hadn't heard of and one whom since I've followed and read with vigor (seriously, his insights in around talent fulfillment are world class). Gerry talked that morning about the evolving nature of social media, online networking, and "internet tools" to assist recruitment functions in identifying and sourcing the talent. He talked about Spoke, Ryze, BizTribe, LinkedIn and others... read the rest at LinkedIn.

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