Podcasts for Everyone – HR Pros Don’t Miss The Happy Hour

Some Internet users prefer the written word: Twitter, blogs, company websites, and others prefer images: Pinterest, Instagram, Flicker. But we can’t leave out those who enjoy the new “radio” style talk and music shows known as podcasts.

A podcast is a form of audio broadcasting on the Internet. A multimedia digital file made available on the Internet for downloading through web syndication or streamed online to a computer, portable media player or mobile device. The word podcasting is a play on the word broadcast combined with the word iPod. Apple didn’t invent the word, however I'm sure they’re enjoying the free marketing.

Let’s face it. Broadcast radio is getting old. With podcasts you don’t have to wait to hear something that interests you. You choose what you want to listen when you want it. There are now thousands of podcasts and the number is growing rapidly.

For us, HR Professional, "HR Happy Hour" show is a great option. The show focuses on human resources, management, leadership, and HR technology. The host is Steve Boese, the Human Resources Technology Instructor at the Rochester Institute of Technology and a writer and editor for Human Resource Executive Magazine. As stated on their website:

The HR Happy Hour Show is a weekly BlogTalkRadio (the leading service for live-streamed radio shows), show that covers topics in Human Resources, Talent Management, Leadership, HR Technology, HR Conferences and Events, Social Media in the Workplace, Recruiting – essentially anything and everything having to do with people in the workforce. Finding them, hiring them, managing them, leading them, giving them the right tools and technologies to succeed and everything in between.

The show debuted in May 2009, and as of the date of this post, 165 Episodes have been broadcast. It is a fun, lively, energetic, and hopefully informative resource for the HR community and beyond.

The show broadcast day/time is Thursday evenings at 8PM Eastern Time. Don't miss it tonight. Who knows, maybe you're the next HR Happy Hour fan.

Click here to listen to HR Happy Hour.