How HR Pros Can Get a Seat at the Executive Table

As HR practitioners, we don’t always have a “seat at the table” — but we always want one. Whether you have a seat at the table, or you’re trying to get one, the most important thing is to find ways to provide value. Oh, there I go again, more buzz words. My bad. Here are […]

What Do You Really Know About Social Recruiting? #recruittrends

Recruiting Trends Week is upon us! Each day, everday this week Blogging4Jobs is taking it to the streets to find out what trends will be “the trend” in recruiting. What do you think? What trend do you see as #1 in 2014? Let us know here! Elevate your brand and HR & Recruiting practitioners. Learn more about […]

End of Year Networking Tip: Keeping Your Network Engaged

Imagine you  got a call a couple of weeks ago from someone who in your network who wanted some information for benchmarking or maybe information about an open position at your company. That’s cool — you love to help out where you can, right? How would you feel if the last time you heard from […]

Interviewing Tip: Mind Your Buzz Words

When I’m conducting interviews I want to get a good sense of the candidate and their relevant functional expertise in relation to the job. Many candidates will ensure that their resumes include the right keywords and industry buzz words so that they are picked up in searches by recruiters. The resume is the ticket to […]

Who is that Looking Back at You? Why Write a Self Review.

A self review (or self-evaluation) is generally an employee’s opportunity to review or assess their own performance against the performance goals that make up their performance review. While not all organizations have a formal “self – review” process, I think its a very valuable exercise. Being in HR for a while, I’ve heard all kinds […]

Keeping Employees Happy and Healthy

I was at the store a couple of days ago and was in shock that they were already playing Christmas music. Halloween has barely blown past us and we’ve skipped ahead two months! Its official, the holidays are here. As are the potlucks, candy, cakes, eggnogs. This time of year also brings — baking, cooking, […]