Who's in, and who isn't
Our communities work because members can say what's really going on at work. These guidelines protect that. Every member agrees to them when they join, in every community.
Every member is an in-house practitioner
You do talent work for the company that employs you. We check every request against the LinkedIn profile you share, so the work you do should show there.
Talent Brand Alliance
For in-house employer brand, recruitment marketing and employee communications practitioners.
Recruiters and other individual contributors are welcome when they actively run employer brand programs and their LinkedIn profile shows it.
Talent Leadership Alliance
For in-house talent acquisition and recruiting leaders who own the strategy, the team and the budget.
This room isn't for individual contributor recruiters.
Talent Operations Alliance
For in-house talent operations, recruiting operations, data and HR tech owners.
Recruiters and other individual contributors are welcome when they actively work on ops programs and their LinkedIn profile shows it.
Who can't join
- Consultants, freelancers and agency staff, even when the client work is talent brand, leadership or ops
- Vendors and implementation partners
- Anyone in a sales, marketing or business development role for a company that sells to talent teams
If you sell to talent teams, you can still support the communities as a community partner. When a request sits in a grey area, the community team makes the call.
Nobody sells here
- No commercial posts, promotions or DMs offering services
- No vendors on stage at our events. Members do the talking.
- Partners fund events and research. They don't get member lists, and they don't post in the communities.
- If you move to a vendor or agency, tell us and we'll move you to partner updates.
Share the lesson, not the person
You can repeat what you learned here. Don't repeat who said it, where they work or anything that could identify them. Member posts stay inside the community, and so does anything a member shares about a vendor or a strategy at their company.
Keep it on topic, disagree with the idea and not the person, and leave out profanity, personal attacks and hate speech. Don't post anything that's confidential, proprietary or legally privileged.
Everyone belongs here
Talent work is about people getting a fair shot at good work. We hold our communities to the same standard. We welcome members of every background, and we act on any report of harassment or exclusion. Report a concern.
Legal considerations
Members work for companies that compete for the same people. So don't discuss or agree on specific pay rates, benefits, fees or pricing, don't divide up markets, customers or territories, and don't agree to boycott any person or company. Talking about practices and trends is fine. Coordinating with competitors is not.
Posts can be read by other members and are subject to libel, copyright and antitrust laws. Only post material you own or have permission to share. By posting, you give Talent Brand Alliance, LLC (doing business as Talent Alliance Communities) and other members a nonexclusive right to display and share it inside the community.
The communities are run by Talent Brand Alliance, LLC. We aren't responsible for opinions members post and make no warranties about posted information. The membership terms and privacy policy have the details.
What happens if someone breaks them
A first slip gets a private note. Repeated or serious breaks mean removal. Moderators make the call, and we can remove posts or end a membership when these guidelines aren't followed.