Starting Over with a Clean Slate

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Fresh Start or Starting Over? Over breakfast with some very treasured friends, we talked in depth about that starting over point, a fresh start in our lives.  You know that moment where your world has come crashing down and you have nothing to lose.  Maybe it’s because of a divorce, natural disaster, drug addiction, death […]

Aces In Their Places

The Importance of Cross Training

Once upon a time, I received a complaint from an employee. He was upset because he was being assigned to the same position on the production line every day. He was receiving no cross-training on the other positions and, after almost 6 months, he was fed up. He believed his supervisor was deliberately holding him […]

How the 2012 Summer Olympics Inspire You to Dream BIG

Inspiration Lessons From the Olympics

I’m an Olympic junkie!  I’ve downloaded the app to my iPhone & iPad, book-marked the scheduled events, and claimed my seat on the couch! I am gripped by the collective frenzy. I am moved by the cheesy human-interest stories. I am mesmerized by the breathtaking views of Buckingham Palace, the Royal Parks and English countryside.  […]

5 Rock Star Google Internet Sourcing Tricks

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Even if you are not in a dedicated sourcing role, you probably use Google several times a day.  However, unless you are a sourcer, rocking searches on a “by the minute” basis, you are likely using Google in its face value form.  If your current use of the world’s favorite search engine is typing a […]

3 Recruitment Lessons From the 2012 Summer Olympics

Recruitment Learnings at the London Summer Olympics The torch has been lit and the London 2012 Summer Olympics have officially kicked off. While the Olympics are all about sports achievements, this doesn’t mean they can’t teach us a thing or two in the process. Recruiters are always looking for ways to hire better and achieve […]

How HR Technology and Product Reviews Work

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In 2012, I started offering human resource technology and product reviews as part of the blog’s offerings in sponsorship and advertising services.  We’ve had a lot of interest, as well as questions about what these product reviews and articles offer. This blog and I, myself, have always been committed to being transparent, which is why […]