Last week, Jason Buss Talent Buzz had a post naming the top 25 HR Pros on Twitter, and it is well worth a look if you are seeking people to follow. We are thrilled to be included on this list, and if you’d like to follow us on Twitter we’re @halogensoftware.

One of the key note speakers at our user conference last week was Kris Dunn, who discussed how HR pros can use social media to stay current. It was a great presentation, and got a lot of our customers pumped about diving into social media.

For a lot of us, vacation has come and gone, and it’s back to reality. I’m the type of person that is always planning a vacation. So much so that when I came back from my family trip to Florida last winter, I had a girls’ weekend planned for the spring within 72 hours. I truly do love my vacation because it provides a break, not just from work, but my day to day life in general.

So school’s out and vacation schedules might mean the office looks as empty as the school hallways at times, but summer time can be a very important and productive time at work! Seriously, it can be.
I’ve been thinking about ways to help stay engaged, and made a list to share with you:

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.