In Three To See this week; new social stats, HR hate abates and employee fear-fatigue.

My first pick came via Luis Suarez on the Content Management Connection blog: Social Media Revolution 2 from Socialnomics.

There are some interesting stats in the clip but one that stood out for me was the claim that "80% of companies use social media for recruitment" and that 95% of these use LinkedIn, prompting me to ask recruiters the question - does this reflect your experience?

In his post to the Harvard Business Review blog, Bill Taylor explains Why We (Shouldn't) Hate HR:

"The real problem is that too many organizations aren't as demanding, as rigorous, as creative about the human element in business as they are about finance, marketing, and R&D. If companies and their CEOs aren't serious about the people side of their organizations, how can we expect HR people in those organizations to play as a serious a role as we (and they) want them to play?"

Taylor isn't letting HR off the hook with this statement, rather he is defining the valuable role that the profession can play in a way that outsiders can understand:

"You can't be special, distinctive, compelling in the marketplace unless you create something special, distinctive, compelling in the workplace. Your strategy is your culture; your culture is your strategy. The most successful companies I know understand that the most important business decisions they make are not what new products they launch or what new markets they enter. What really matters is what new people they let in the door — who they hire — and how they create an environment in which everyone in the organization can share ideas, solve problems, and develop a psychological and emotional stake in the enterprise."

My final pick: Bueller... Bueller... Bueller... Your Top Talent Is Bored Stiff with Being Scared Straight.  Time to Create Change was posted to the Fistful of Talent blogging community by Dawn Hrdlica. It is possibly the longest blog post title that I've come across so far, but also the most descriptive and I chose it because it offers a slightly different perspective on the ongoing conversation about employee engagement and talent retention.