Gautam Ghosh brings our attention to, in my humble opinion, the best example yet of web 2.0. For those of you who think blogging and social media are either flash in the pan or not adding any meaningful value to business and recruiting this story should change your mind. While Ryan Kuder was laid off and was able to turn his twittering into attention to help him find a new or better opportunity, the ramifications of this are significant for talent acquisition and talent management.
For those company leaders who think that how you coach, lead and treat people is confined to the four walls of your company or business this ought to make you think twice. Truth is, these sort of stories are going to become much more commonplace and the leadership, recruiting and talent management mistakes companies make will soon be available for all to read. Transparency will happen whether you want it to or not. Creating great candidate and employee experiences will no longer get lip service because those that fail to deliver will be outed in a web 2.0 kind of way.
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