Social Media and Global Employees!

Social Media and Global Employees!

You are invited to the May education program of the Houston International HR Roundtable.  Joe Crumly, GPHR and Kimberly Blasingame, PHR, GPHR of American Bureau of Shipping will speak on Social Media and Global Employees.

The presentation will show a real life use of social media tools within a Corporate HR environment. The presentation will specifically show how social medial tools have been beneficial to global employees in the preliminary stages of their international assignment. The presentation will also show some of the risks of not properly managing the use of these tools in an HR environment.

The goal of the presentation is to expand the awareness of the benefits of social media applications used in an Corporate HR function. The pros and cons of the social media applications will be discussed extensively in order to present attendees with a balance view of the benefit and risks of using social media networks within a corporate environment.

This is a timely discussion as a recent study found Facebook twice as popular as Google in the workplace!

Joe Crumly, GPHR, is the Director of International Employee Relations for the American Bureau of Shipping. Joe has extensive experience in compensation as well as international human resources. Joe holds a Bachelor of Arts in Spanish from the University of Texas at Arlington and a Master of Arts in International Relations from the University of San Diego. In March 2003, Joe also was one of the first seventy people globally to earn the Global Professional of Human Resources (GPHR) certification from the Society of Human Resource Managers.

Kimberly A. Blasingame, PHR, GPHR is a Sr. HR Generalist for the American Bureau of Shipping. She received her Bachelor's degree from Jackson State University in Jackson, MS and her MBA - Finance from the University of St Thomas.  Kimberly’s work as a Sr. HR Generalist has a strong emphasis on international strategic initiatives.   Kimberly currently has her PHR and GPHR certifications from the Society of Human Resource Managers.

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