Ep 29 – Wearable Tech at Work with Casey Sipe
Wearable devices are everywhere. We’re wearing them with Google Glass, using them to monitor our fitness and calorie counting. One of the newest wearables is a camera that can be pinned on a shirt or placed on a desk. Photos can be taken and controlled using your mobile phone. The wearable market is on pace […]
Amp Up Your Social Recruiting with Hashtags
Now that sharing free updates on LinkedIn has become pretty well pointless, it’s time to up the ante on the other social networks by embracing hashtags. Amp Up Your Social Recruiting with Hashtags Hashtags are your way to search across popular social networks, including Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, Google+ and more, to find content […]
Person-Role-Fit: Act Like the Job You Want
Of all the different measures of person fit, this is probably the most widely used and also the one most often done by “gut feel”. Because of our personalities (as well as interests, environment, upbringing, etc) we are drawn to and excel at certain work roles over others. While there are always outliers, people who work […]
Why Internet Sourcing Isn’t Your Recruiting Savior
Social media combined with the power of the internet has re-invigorated a once overlooked skill of sourcing within recruiting. Simply put, sourcing is the proactive searching for qualified job candidates for current or planned open positions. In terms of internet sourcing, it is research for the purposes of recruiting. What is Internet Sourcing? While internet […]
Three Roadblocks for the Freelance Economy
If you have been reading about the future at all you know that I and others have written about the rise of independent contractors or freelancers as a force in the world of work. Baby Boomers who have exited from corporate America and millennials who had a difficult time getting into corporate America have become […]
In Work and Life Failure Is Always an Option
There is a ton written about strong leaders and their success. The attributes that make them great, typically, can be defined by the 5 C’s: charismatic, convincing, credible, capable and creative. But what about those legendary leaders that fell short, time and time again? These are the leaders that I admire most. For they are […]
