The Brand for Talent blog, had a post from back in May that definitely caught my eye based on the title alone – A Life of Weisure. What is weisure you ask? Weisure is a term coined by NYU sociology professor Dalton Conley that is meant to explain the “blurring of work and play, what we do, and where we do it”, as explained by this article on CNN.com. The concept of weisure struck me as very timely given the rise of the new creative class of bloggers, and definitely raises a lot of questions around traditional concepts of work.

We’re in the planning stages for our annual user conference, which will be held this year from September 14 and 15th in Ottawa, Ontario! This will be a fun and informative event, so if you are a Halogen customer, I’d like to encourage you to take this opportunity to share your insights and shed light on how other organizations – from beginner to advanced – can maximize their use of Halogen’s leading talent management suite.

Last week, we launched a cool new tool geared for HR pros – a search tool for HR blogs.

The HR and workplace blogging community has a wealth of rich content, ideas and opinions on the field. This new tool is designed to help you dig deeper into these resources – we’ve selected dozens of some of the best HR blogs so you can search them directly.

I wanted to share some of my must-read posts from the last couple weeks with all of you – there’s been lots to choose from, but here are just a few that struck a chord with me, and provide some unique insights.

We’re pretty pleased to announce a great new addition to our healthcare line up today – a content pack that helps HR pros in the healthcare market meet strategic organizational goals such as delivering outstanding patient care and ensuring patient satisfaction.