Finding the right people for your company is extremely difficult and important. Your company is your product, your vision and the result of your strategy but that is all just...

Read More: Your employees WILL leave you

Finding the right people for your company is extremely difficult and important. Your company is your product, your vision and the result of your strategy but that is all just 20% of the total. The rest is made up by the sum of all your partners and employees. If the people suck, are stupid or [...]

Read More: Your employees WILL leave you

Today's guest post is written by Amber Avines. Want your company to attract more business, secure greater exposure, and reach new customers? Look no further than your employee base to give you that critical advantage! Empowering your staff with the inside scoop on what’s happening, why it’s important, and how it benefits customers can be [...]

Read More: 7 Ways to Turn Employees into Brand Ambassadors

A judge has ordered a New York nonprofit to reinstate five employees who were fired after they were found to be complaining about their jobs on Facebook, a decision that is thought to be the first of its kind.Inc.com reports that a National Labour Relations Board judge said that because the employees were discussing working conditions at Hispanics United of Buffalo out-of-hours, they were protected by the National Labor Relations act, which states that a company cannot be seen to be "interfering [...]

Read More: Company ordered to re-hire employees fired for moaning about their jobs on Facebook

Are you an employer who spends hour wondering about your staff’s social networking habits? If so, you should resist the urge to check up on them according to a new guide.


Read More: New Guidance: Snooping on Employees Via Social Media Is a Bad Idea

Business owners and employees need to address the issue of monitoring social media traffic within the company. Business owners must assume that their employees are using Facebook or Twitter while on the job. They may not want to stop the use of social media during work hours. After all, social media is not the problem. Bad judgment might be, though.


Read More: 5 Myths Employees Believe About Social Media

A new study/infographic from Mindflash and Column Five explores the question, ‘Are Companies Allowing Employees to Use Social Media in the Workplace?’ Not quite sure how much I trust the data, especially since they call the study an “informal global study”. Here are some key data points that certainly surprise me and sadden me at the same time: 48.3 percent of companies allow all employees access to social networking sites (This is a good start) 27 percent of companies actively monitor employees [...]

Read More: Why is that companies don’t trust their employees?

Sometimes you need a social media statistic to finish a project, whether it is a blog post, client presentation or a slide deck to support a speech. I recently needed the results of a survey that showed how many companies blocked employee access to social networking sites. All I could find was a study [...]

Read More: 31% of Companies Block Employees From Using Social Media