Putting Web 2.0 to Work: The Opportunity for HR June 10, 2008

Webinars, research, reference checking, wikis, legal updates and social networking are just a few of the wonders on the web. Join us and your colleagues as we bring our best kept web secrets to this highly interactive learning session.

Web 2.0 technologies, websites like Google, Yahoo! social networks and digital communities, are becoming more and more useful to the HR Professional. Are you leveraging these tools to your best advantage? There are many sources to assist us with ongoing HR functions, especially recruiting (sourcing, reference checking, etc.), workforce management, retention, training and day to day employee issues. Whether you are an HR department of one or are part of a larger HR department, this session will provide an overview of the technology and share savvy HR professional's tips to put the web to work to assist you in getting the information you need as quickly as possible. You will walk away from this session with valuable resources to further empower you in your HR role.

-Distinguish productive from non-productive web activities
-Identify key ways to deploy Web 2.0 in the HR function
-Learn new valuable resources to use in your job
-Alert company management to potential risks

Bring your thoughts, ideas, questions and experiences to this interactive session.

Speaker: Pat Sharp, Programs Chair for the Peninsula Chapter of the NCHRA, has worked in consulting roles in staffing and technology for over 20 years. She played an instrumental HR role in Deloitte's national technology center in Nashville, TN and has worked with HR technology for over 15 years and is a recognized thought leader on digital communities in the workplace.

NCHRA Members: $35 / General: $55.

Official Website: http://www.nchra.org