{"id":12832,"date":"2012-10-17T13:46:37","date_gmt":"2012-10-17T20:46:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.smartrecruiters.com\/blog\/?p=12832"},"modified":"2017-10-17T09:56:05","modified_gmt":"2017-10-17T16:56:05","slug":"why-hr-bloggers-defy-traditional-hr","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.smartrecruiters.com\/blog\/why-hr-bloggers-defy-traditional-hr\/","title":{"rendered":"Why HR Bloggers Defy Traditional HR"},"content":{"rendered":"

In 2007 when I started my life as an HR blogger I had no idea that I\u2019d be \u201chere\u201d today. \u00a0I had given a professional blog some thought to differentiate myself among other HR professionals<\/a> who served as my professional competition in the city where I lived.\u00a0 As a middle manager human resource director, I\u2019ve always had a point of view<\/em>.\u00a0 It just got lost in translation or sidelined due to office politics.\u00a0 I was of tired of not having a voice.<\/em>\u00a0 I was tired of not having a voice to the obvious.\u00a0 I was tired, frustrated, and disenchanted with the corporate world of HR.\u00a0 In HR like the rest of the corporate world, you work hard and pay your dues.\u00a0 You climb the corporate ladder.\u00a0 You pay your dues.\u00a0 It is only once you\u2019ve been made you have a voice.\u00a0 The HR Blogger turned this notion upside-down.<\/p>\n

The practitioner\u2019s point of view often gets lost in a series of marathon conference calls to determine the scheduling for the next week\u2019s meeting.\u00a0 I was tired of being invisible. I started a blog.<\/em><\/p>\n

I really think that\u2019s where the power lies for the HR Blogger.\u00a0 We\u2019re underestimated, flexible, and open to experimentation. Unlike the VP of HR for a Fortune 200 Company, I have much less to loose. My 30 year professional reputation is not at stake.\u00a0 I am a practitioner just like you.\u00a0 There\u2019s power in speaking to the likeminded professional, and for most corporate HR professionals, their working world is spent alone.\u00a0 As a keeper of policy and procedure and flip flop police, we don\u2019t have friends at work because chances are your friend will be the center of next week\u2019s workplace investigation.\u00a0 And we can\u2019t take that chance.\u00a0 This is cynical but true.\u00a0 You, the HR Blogger have a common bond through life and experiences working and living in the world of HR.\u00a0 There are literally millions of HR professionals<\/a> riding the waves of office politics and many who have also had enough.\u00a0 They need to hear your voice.\u00a0 There\u2019s power in you.<\/p>\n

\"hrThese practitioner-level HR Bloggers<\/a> set out to solve problems and share their knowledge.\u00a0 There were no rules to play by so we made our own.\u00a0 What we found were best friendships, business opportunities, and passion.<\/p>\n

Bloggers defy traditional HR because we blazed our own trail.\u00a0 We didn\u2019t pay the industry dues the same way.\u00a0 Dubbed online influencers and thought leaders we\u2019re stuck somewhere between an industry analyst and an expert.\u00a0 We are ostersized by some because we didn\u2019t follow the traditional path while being respected and revered because we have a voice<\/em>.<\/p>\n

For human resources to truly be successful it starts in the field.\u00a0 It starts with you.\u00a0 The internet, social media<\/a>, and blogging gives the practitioner the power to influence the way it has always been<\/em>. You can be a part of turning it into what it can be.<\/p>\n

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\"JessicaJessica Miller-Merrell, SPHR is a workplace and technology strategist specializing in social media. She\u2019s an author who writes at\u00a0Blogging4Jobs<\/a>. When she talks, people listen.<\/em><\/em><\/p>\n

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