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Jan. 22, 2012

Rahul Nawani answered this question at this roundtable

#TChat Radio: Building and Sustaining 3-D Talent Communities [9/28 @ 4 pm]

What is a talent community?

My question would be as a org. perspective what should be the approach to go for talent community whether they should go for developing there in-house platform or they can use platform that is already a big hit's like Facebook , twitter , focus and ... more

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Dec. 4, 2011

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Nov. 7, 2011

Jacob Madsen commented on a roundtable

#TChat Radio: The Why of Launching Online Talent (Communities) Pools

Great show and insight into the highly complex subject and thank you for input. That said with recruiters/TA staff being often stretched to the max, question is who these days have the necessary time and opportunity (given their workload) to spend time in engaging in ... more

Nov. 3, 2011

Scott Albro and 1 other person answered this question at this roundtable

#TChat Radio: The Why of Launching Online Talent (Communities) Pools [11/2 @ 4 pm]

What are some specific examples of talent communities?

Here are some specific examples that I was able to find:
Starbucks
BestBuy
Deluxe Corporation
IBM
I'm sure there are many more. more

Nov. 2, 2011

Sugandha Goyal answered this question at this roundtable

#TChat Radio: The Why of Launching Online Talent (Communities) Pools [11/2 @ 4 pm]

Should the team running the talent community be communicating with the marketing team to match culture?

Quite intricte question.However i percieve that the Talent Community should not be only communicating matching with any single culture but should understand & follow the culture of " MISSION" of the Organization. The Mission lays the values & define culture of the Organization.That will in ... more

Nov. 2, 2011

Beth Carvin asked a question at this roundtable

#TChat Radio: The Why of Launching Online Talent (Communities) Pools [11/2 @ 4 pm]

What are some of the challenges & solutions you have faced in implementing talent communities (or other collaborative-like tech) into the workplace?

Oct. 31, 2011

Caty Kobe asked a question at this roundtable

#TChat Radio: The Why of Launching Online Talent (Communities) Pools [11/2 @ 4 pm]

Are talent pools/ communities necessary for internal mobility?

Oct. 31, 2011

Caty Kobe asked a question at this roundtable

#TChat Radio: The Why of Launching Online Talent (Communities) Pools [11/2 @ 4 pm]

What are active job seekers more interested in - jobs or communities?

Oct. 31, 2011

Caty Kobe asked a question at this roundtable

#TChat Radio: The Why of Launching Online Talent (Communities) Pools [11/2 @ 4 pm]

Why is social recruiting so important to building and maintaining talent pools and communities?

Oct. 31, 2011

Caty Kobe asked a question at this roundtable

#TChat Radio: The Why of Launching Online Talent (Communities) Pools [11/2 @ 4 pm]

What recruiting activities do companies need to embrace to reach talent pools & communities?

Oct. 31, 2011

Caty Kobe asked a question at this roundtable

#TChat Radio: The Why of Launching Online Talent (Communities) Pools [11/2 @ 4 pm]

What are online talent pools and what are the differences between pools and communities?

Oct. 31, 2011

Caty Kobe asked a question at this roundtable

#TChat Radio: The Why of Launching Online Talent (Communities) Pools [11/2 @ 4 pm]

Online talent communities mean different things to different organizations. What do they mean to you

Oct. 3, 2011

Caty Kobe and 1 other person answered this question at this roundtable

#TChat Radio: Building and Sustaining 3-D Talent Communities [9/28 @ 4 pm]

Who’s responsible for building and maintaining talent communities within an organization?

Haha! Were you a Red Rover captain too?? :)

Sept. 29, 2011

Lisa Scales and 4 other people answered this question at this roundtable

#TChat Radio: Building and Sustaining 3-D Talent Communities [9/28 @ 4 pm]

Where do talent communities reside?

Hi - thanks! Yes its our thought that it doesn't just stop at attraction and hire stage ;o) Hopefully we can meet in person at some stage and chew over stuff with a coffee ;o) more

Sept. 28, 2011

KC Donovan answered this question at this roundtable

#TChat Radio: Building and Sustaining 3-D Talent Communities [9/28 @ 4 pm]

How does one stand out in a talent community among the sea of individuals with varying backgrounds?

Do what Maren says... :) (...and embrace making a career investment when you don't have to!)

Sept. 28, 2011

KC Donovan and 1 other person answered this question at this roundtable

#TChat Radio: Building and Sustaining 3-D Talent Communities [9/28 @ 4 pm]

Is there a link to talent communities & revenue generation?

There are definitely ways to monetize the community - no question - but the objective of a "talent" community is to cultivate highly talented workers to join your company and help resolve overcome business challenges, not make money from it. I do think that in ... more

Sept. 28, 2011

Lars Schmidt and 1 other person answered this question at this roundtable

#TChat Radio: Building and Sustaining 3-D Talent Communities [9/28 @ 4 pm]

In lean organizations with minimum resources, how does an organization evolve beyond talent pools and build a talent communities?

I've owed you that call for awhile methinks. Catch up in Vegas?

Sept. 28, 2011

Maren Hogan answered this question at this roundtable

#TChat Radio: Building and Sustaining 3-D Talent Communities [9/28 @ 4 pm]

Does generation make a difference when building talent communities? GenX vs. GenY?

It really does. Generational differences matter. Industry matters. Verticals matter. That's why so many platforms incorporate several. I think Marvin Smith mentioned that he was looking at rounding out the education part of his talent community and was really looking hard at the fact that ... more

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