I started in HR as a Recruiting Coordinator in the days before ATS, smart phones, and any of the tools we think we needed to be effective in talent acquisition. Back then, I scored most of my gigs through staffing agencies, including my first job in HR. I worked with (and sometimes for) various staffing agencies and headhunters for several years. I started as a Silicon Valley ... Read Full Article
11 Podcasts to Make You a Recruitment Marketing Pro
Between work, family and crazy side gigs, I’ve given up on the idea of finding time to read. Podcasts allow me to do what every working parent does best – multitask. I listen to loads of them and learn while folding the laundry, FTW! Recruitment Marketing is currently the hot industry buzzworthy term. Smashfly is making some noise with a certification (free for now). In ... Read Full Article
You Hired Kanye West?
His resume is a perfect fit. Required Skills? Check. Desired Skills? Check. Stuff you didn’t even know you wanted? Check. By the time you reach the last word on his resume you mentally stamp it with HIRED. In your mind, the interview is just a formality so you miss all of the warnings and cues that he has the markings of an HR Nightmare. Shortly after the honeymoon phase ... Read Full Article
Don’t Tell Me What To Do
In the world of management, one of the things we often hear is "there's a difference between training and development." Understanding and living this in the handling of performance is one of the most difficult things to do. I still struggle with that boundary from time to time. It is hard to know exactly where training stops and development begins because sometimes the line is ... Read Full Article
Development is a Partnership
Remember that thing called “development”? It seems companies have lost sight of it and employees have become brats about the situation. It is pretty much essential for today’s businesses to be able to quickly identify their top and even average performers. It is even more essential that once these individuals have been identified that a plan of sorts is created to guide the ... Read Full Article
The ROI Game
Probably the most overused and perhaps overrated term in business is “ROI” better known as “return on investment". The concept of ROI was built upon the premise that businesses could have an expectation of seeing gains and/or being made whole as a result of investing in a program, initiative, product etc. The operative word here is “investing”. When you invest in the stock ... Read Full Article
How to Get Your Organization Diamond Plate & Team to Sparkle
In the world of baseball it is Spring Training season! The free agents have been signed, the rookies have been called up from the triple A teams, the fields are manicured, and the Mascots’ outfits have been dry cleaned. Now it's time to dust off the cleats and get to separating the all stars from the little leaguers! In the corporate world, we call this time of year the end of ... Read Full Article
Does Candidate Experience Matter
Even the best marketing campaign can't make up for a poor candidate experience. Think about it, you've interviewed with a company and had a horrendous experience. Now every time you come across marketing for that company, you shake your head and think "yeah, right!" And like most of us, you've told everyone you know about your terrible candidate experience with said company - ... Read Full Article