Anyway, in the modern era where employees use Facebook, My Space, Twitter and personal blogs frequently, it would be strongly advisable to have a blogging policy.

For instance, at my company, if an employee has a personal blog, we have several requirements that they must agree to as a part of our policy:

• Make it clear to the readers that the views expressed are the employee’s alone and they do not necessarily reflect the views of the company
• Do not disclose any information that is confidential or propriety to the company or to any third party that has disclosed information to the company.  Consult the company’s confidentiality policy for guidance about what constitutes confidential information.
• Uphold the company’s value of respect for the individual and avoid making defamatory statements about company employees, clients, partners, affiliates and others, including competitors.
• Be careful not to let blogging interfere with the employee’s job or client commitments.

Of course, this is only if they choose to identify themselves as an employee of ours somewhere in their blog.

Our first stop will be in Ohio at the 37^th Annual Ohio Human Resource Conference.  It’s at the Kalahari Resort from September 16^th through the 18^th.

We’ll be talking to HR Professionals and vendors – and may even take a few trips down their awesome water slides if time permits.

There will be more information to come on this event, as well as initiatives in other states…

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Now that HR Whiz is fully operational, we are looking for individuals/companies/organizations to submit Guest Posts on topics our HR readers would like to know about.

The guidelines: It needs to be single-spaced, in Microsoft Word (Times New Roman – 12 – font) and no longer than 1.5 pages.  It also must address a relevant topic, current event, idea or anything else of interest to (or affecting) HR professionals.  Oh, and make it entertaining!

In return for your submission, you will get free publicity for you, your company or your service from our readers.

Contact us directly if interested.

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Our vision is for HR Whiz to be a full-functioning and resourceful HR blog.  Meaning, we will offer continuously updated content in the form of our own posts, Guest Posts, commentary, networking, links, product information and more.  Basically, we will be a one-stop-shop for the busy HR Professional out there (or anyone that also does HR as a part of their job).  From recruiting to employment law to legislation to strategic practices; we’ll cover it for you.

A good blog can be judged by visitors vs. content vs. comments – and here we will strive to bring you all three.

We just launched on July 9^th, so more updates will be available shortly.  Please visit back soon!