Lance Haun

Lance Haun is an editor at The Starr Conspiracy, a marketing agency focused on the enterprise HCM market. He spent three years as an editor at ERE Media and seven years in the recruiting and HR trenches before joining the agency. You can follow him on Twitter, circle him on Google+, check out his blog or contact him directly at lance@coug.rs.

Articles by Lance Haun

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4 Ways to Do a Social Media Policy That’s Simple, Smart, and Right

by Lance Haun on Nov 30, 2012, 9:13 AM | No comments yet

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Editor’s note: Sometimes, readers ask about past TLNT articles that they have heard about but may have missed. That’s why every Friday we’re republishing a Classic TLNT post that some of you have asked about.

I’ve gone on the record of saying that social media policies are generally unnecessary. More than anything, employees need education instead of policy in dealing with emerging technologies.

Given the comments and general response I get when this is suggested though, it seems that this is a fairly unpopular idea. HR pros think they need the policy, in-house lawyers demand them and despite evidence they obfuscate other important issues, businesses feel they are still necessary. Even if other rules already cover their action or if what they really need is education, not policy.

Fine. I get it. Read more…

Recruiting and Staffing

C’mon Man! Facebook’s Long-Awaited Job Board is a Badly Flawed Mess

by Lance Haun on Nov 16, 2012, 6:47 AM | 3 Comments

Forbes said that recruiting will never be the same.

I said in July that a Facebook-driven job board has potential. And after several false starts this summer and fall, they finally launched it this week. Now, millions of people are flocking to it to get a job, right?

Paying homage to the folks at Monday Night Countdown, there’s only two words I have for you: “C’mon Man!” Read more…

HR News & Trends, Recruiting and Staffing

Facebook’s Billion Dollar Question: Will Candidates Buy Into Mobile?

by Lance Haun on Oct 30, 2012, 8:10 AM | No comments yet

Last week, Facebook announced that they had gone from zero dollars in mobile advertising revenue to $1.09 billion.

When I heard Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg speak in September at TechCrunch Disrupt, he was hot and heavy on the mobile bandwagon. They not only saw it as a catalyst for their own growth, but as an opportunity for improvement.

Now we see exactly why.

But the $1 billion dollar question isn’t actually whether you can get a lot of money from advertising revenues on mobile. The bigger question is whether you can get people to act on a mobile device, not just simply consume and communicate with those you already know. Read more…

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When It Comes to Workplace Incentives, Just Show Me the Money

by Lance Haun on Oct 26, 2012, 8:10 AM | No comments yet

A couple of weeks ago, I was listening to the HR Happy Hour Internet radio show and the subject drew my attention. It was about rewards, motivation and incentives and how they best operated in the workplace.

Paul Hebert and Trish McFarlane were co-hosting the show and I thought I would call in about the question I always have about incentive programs: Why don’t we just use cash as the incentive of choice? Read more…

HR Technology

HR Tech 2012: Oracle’s Mark Hurd on Talent, Technology, and Growing Data

by Lance Haun on Oct 11, 2012, 10:25 AM | No comments yet

Oracle co-president Mark Hurd didn’t want to talk too much about Oracle’s HR technology when we sat down with him at a news conference after his speech yesterday on the last day of the 15th annual HR Technology Conference in Chicago.

But he did anyway.

In truth, the story of Oracle today is a story similar to many of the current and potential customers they faced at the conference this week. Their business is changing and growing. They’ve dealt with acquisitions of their own and their competitors continue to nip at their heels. They are dealing with growth (and yes, they are hiring in case you’re interested). They have concerns about talent as well.

Just another day working in HR, right?

HR Tech 2012: What Recruiting Vendors Are Saying Here in Chicago

by Lance Haun on Oct 9, 2012, 3:09 PM | 1 comment

I’m here at the 2012 HR Technology Conference in sunny but chilly Chicago. One of the best reasons to come to the HR technology show (besides the great people here, the sessions and parties) is to talk to people and vendors about the new technologies they are working on

Like many of you, I love to focus on technology as part of my job. But, as I go through the floor here in Chicago, I’ve tried to pull out the recruiting vendors from the rest of the human capital space. As is typical, recruiting is often leading the pack in innovation and new products.

Here’s a brief rundown of the things I’ve seen (and haven’t seen) at the HR Technology show: Read more…

HR News & Trends, Recruiting and Staffing

Are Recruiters Ruining LinkedIn?

by Lance Haun on Aug 8, 2012, 11:30 AM | 5 Comments

Do you think recruiters are ruining LinkedIn? Do you see some of the tactics your peers in the field use and shake your head about them?

That’s what Glen Cathey asked this week (and, shameless plug alert, Cathey will be speaking about LinkedIn at SourceCon next month in Dallas). The post is fantastic and the evidence is damning.

And even though he personally doesn’t believe recruiters are ruining LinkedIn, I think he makes a good case as to why a lot of people – including some recruiters – think recruiters make LinkedIn a less awesome place to be. Read more…

HR Insights, Talent Management

Think You’re Helping Students With Unpaid Internships? Think Again

by Lance Haun on Aug 1, 2012, 8:15 AM | 8 Comments

I’ve never been a fan of unpaid internships and I’ve never been with a company that has offered them (at least on my watch). People who work for the benefit of the company (and I’d argue that most internships are structured that way) deserve to be paid, at least minimum wage.

A company that pulls in a decent profit can’t afford to pay an intern minimum wage for 5-10 hours a week? Spare me the excuses. If that’s really the case, you already can’t afford interns, even if you don’t pay them at all.

Still, people who reluctantly defend unpaid internships always go back to the old tired defense of this practice: any internship, even an unpaid one, is better than nothing. It helps these students out and gets them experience, even if they don’t get a paycheck. Hard to argue against that.

But does that unpaid experience really help them get a job? According to a recent survey by the National Association of Colleges and Employers, that answer is an emphatic no.

What is Facebook Thinking? Do We Really Need Another Job Board?

by Lance Haun on Jul 13, 2012, 10:15 AM | No comments yet

I’m looking at you, Facebook.

When word leaked out this past week about Facebook launching some sort of jobs board, I hoped that it would be something game changing or unique. As I learned more about the leaked plans, I came to the realization that it clearly wasn’t (and I’m not the only one).

I don’t know what the ultimate game plan is here. I’ve seen a lot of new ideas (a lot) and there are some solid ones out there. But this? This is job board 1.0 sort of innovation. And we don’t really need more of that.

Facebook Decides to Jump Into the Job Board Business

by Lance Haun on Jul 11, 2012, 9:12 AM | 3 Comments

According to Dow Jones Newswires, Facebook will be launching their own jobs board as soon as August. The effort would be the social network’s first serious exploration of the careers space that many have been predicting for years.

While details about the planned move are sketchy at this point, it is believed that the board would incorporate listings from third-party providers that currently service Facebook-based brand pages.

While this may not be the big, disruptive splash into the employment space that many had hoped for, as one talent acquisition manager told me, “This is definitely a big deal.” Read more…

Lance Haun

Articles by Lance Haun

Facebook’s Billion Dollar Question: Will Candidates Buy Into Mobile?

When It Comes to Workplace Incentives, Just Show Me the Money

HR Tech 2012: Oracle’s Mark Hurd on Talent, Technology, and Growing Data

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HR Tech 2012: What Recruiting Vendors Are Saying Here in Chicago

Think You’re Helping Students With Unpaid Internships? Think Again

Facebook Decides to Jump Into the Job Board Business

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