As you might already know, my partner works in the media industry and I like to hear about what he does when he comes home just as he listens to me and my HR adventures for that particular day. He’s accompanied me to HR events and I like to go along to some of his events. I like to do this because I am interested in social media (not that that is all he does...

That’s ok there are a few ways you can keep in the loop. You can search twitter to monitor the back channel about what people are saying. Just head to Twitter search and type in the hashtag for the event which is #AHRINC You can then follow some of the people and see what they are saying. For example: @AHRIevents @mspecht or follow me and I’ll try and...

On Friday I attended a breakfast which was organised by Robert Walters (FYI they have an AWESOME view of Sydney from their office- check it out if you get the opportunity). It was called ‘HR & Social Media’ and it was presented by Richard Spencer from the Daemon Group. It was set-out and explained in a very simple but effective manner and I really enjoyed...

Last night I went along to the first Digital Citizens Event in Sydney. You have heard me mention Social Media Club Sydney before and how I admire the way in which people in the media industry network. Well a few of their members broke away from the group and wanted to start something a bit different; hence Digital Citizens was born. The alternative organisation is...

There is so much going around the HR circles at the moment about social media and what HR needs to do to be prepared. I love working in HR but sometimes I feel like we (and our legal counterparts) get our knickers in a knot about things when really we should just take a chill pill. For instance, just this week I read an article on how your company may own your...