Does Your Succession Plan Include Robots?
My blog is inspired by a couple of articles that I read about robots taking on new “jobs.” One story was related to Amazon.com “Army of robots to invade Amazon warehouses” and the another one that caught my attention was “Robots will replace fast-food workers.” Now I love tech. I love scifi. I love robots. […]
Steps to Better Employee Onboarding You Need to Know
Companies spend ridiculous sums of money recruiting, hiring and marketing to potential candidates, and I find that most organizations fall flat with onboarding. Onboarding is where your organization is lacking. It’s a critical time for your new employee. It’s also their most productive. The first six months of an employee’s time with your company is […]
Stop Talking. (And Think)
I’m going to come clean. I forgot about all of you. I didn’t write this post until the last minute. It’s because I’ve had a lot going on lately. You see, a few weeks ago my trusty 1996 Ford Explorer broke down on the way to a hearing, and after hearing from the mechanic that […]
Maintaining a Personal Touch in a Wired World
Two weeks ago I wrote about mobile technology and its value in the retail industry as part of mobile recruiting week on Blogging4Jobs. I spent a lot of time reflecting on how technology has altered how we communicate in HR while writing that piece and reading every other blog that week. Anywhere our mobile phones […]
Employer Brand Tagline: Do You Need One?
I love a good tagline or slogan: Where’s the beef? What can brown do for you? Time to make the donuts. Or, better yet a song: “I’d like to teach the world to sing in perfect harmony.” Without evening naming names, we know the company. We recall a moment. There’s something to be said for […]
Emailing Your Way Into an Internship
You’ve made a thorough effort to scrub your digital profiles, but how does your email communication stack up? Some employers are heavy users of more traditional communication methods like email. If you fail to respond to a hiring manager’s email message, you leave them wondering about you and your level of interest in the position! […]
