OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla., Nov. 4, 2011 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Employee Policies Blueprint by Jessica Miller Merrell reveals new rules of HR and recruiting. Miller educates HR and top management teams how to write efficient social media policies for the company's employee handbook
Employee policies have changed. Social media played a big role to establishing new rules. When it comes to writing human resources policies, HR Pro Jessica Miller Merrell encourages the management team to include the social media guidelines in order to build a bridge of solid communication with employees. Social media guidelines must be custom created for a company.
According to Jessica Miller Merrell, founder of Blogging4Jobs.com and CEO of XceptionalHR, "When evaluating your social media policy and determining how to incorporate it into your company's employee handbook, standard operating procedures, or policy manuals, constant communication is key"
As a leading social media and HR expert, Miller believes that today social media is so crucial for any organization, and HR and even top management must become aware of how it can affect the company culture.
Miller Merrell points out that "social media policy must fit the organizational culture" and covers all aspects of any company intended to accomplish.
By including social media policies as a part of employee handbook the management can alleviate a lot of organizational headaches especially when companies face with crisis management, monitoring or using social media in their external branding or promotional efforts.
Miller puts a big emphasis on the research process can help to prevent miscommunication in the workplace. She said in her interview, "I recommend considering the following websites and tools such as BackType.com and BoardTracker.com and Twilert to get you started in learning more about what is already being said so you can plan a strategy of how and when to respond and act."
How can HR and senior leader communicate the changes in their social media policies? The human resources policies can be communicated in various ways:
- Employee Memo from the CEO of the company
- Senior Manager Meetings
- Signed Acknowledgment Forms Plus Annual Training
- Social Media Training for All New Employees
- Focus groups in a comfortable and open environment where employees talk freely about their way they communicate in social media.
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For serious business professionals who want to expand their company's business, Jessica Miller-Merrell is available for speaking engagements, corporate consulting and private educational events.
Jessica Miller-Merrell, SPHR known as @blogging4jobs. She's an Internet television host, author, speaker, new mother, and Human Resources professional with a passion for recruiting, training, and all things social media. Jessica is a leader in the HR social media community and has over 11 years of experience in Human Resources and Recruiting. Her book, Tweet This! Twitter for Business was released in February 2010.
Jessica blogs about HR, Social Media Policies, Recruiting, Job Seekers and Recruiting topics. Blogging4Jobs has more than 500 blogs posts and has been active since 2007.
Contact Jessica via email at jessica@xceptionalhr.com or by phone at 405.293-2564
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