Human Resources
Want to know the difference between a “regular” Recruiter and a Rock Star?
From working with Recruiters for over 20 years, I‘ve observed many styles and variations in their recruiting work habits. Some are hunters, some are farmers, and yes, some are clueless. But they all have the same goal …to make hires. What is it that makes some more successful than other? I’ve seen many good practices…
Read MoreThe 21st Century Workplace: Life Among the Digital Natives
[imageframe lightbox=”no” style_type=”none” bordercolor=”” bordersize=”0px” stylecolor=”” align=”right” animation_type=”0″ animation_direction=”down” animation_speed=”0.1″ class=”” id=””][/imageframe]I currently serve as volunteer co-chair of my local school district’s Industry Advisory Board. It is an organization founded on the principle that businesspeople need to work with educators to provide students with relevant, career-related opportunities that complement their academic achievements. When I joined…
Read More7 Ways an Aging Workforce Will Affect HR
The number of employees working into their senior years continues to grow for a variety of reasons, with financial need, the failure of private pension plans, and lack of sufficient health benefits being among the most prominent. Older workers typically bring many vital assets to the table, such as solid life experience, better attitudes, work…
Read More10 Recruitment Techniques for Post-Recession War for Talent
As the economy begins to mend itself, we are already beginning to see a slow growth in the formation of new jobs. History shows that for every recession, a rapid period of growth follows shortly thereafter. If you are among the lucky HR professionals to have survived “The Great Recession”, now would be a good…
Read MoreThe Passive Job Seeker Is Golden
Especially in today’s economic environment, employers are becoming increasingly “choosy” with regard to whom they hire… and rightfully so. With the unemployment rate reaching highs that we have not seen in decades, more and more job seekers have resorted to “fabricated enthusiasm” in hopes of impressing recruiters. These candidates are willing to settle for a…
Read MoreReady To Plant Some Seeds after the Economic Downturn ?
You’ve been a couch potato long enough – get up! Spring seems to have sprung, or at minimum be just around the corner. Where will you be, come the fall? Often during an economic downturn, there are a few stages we go thru; fight, denial, realization, and then atrophy. I don’t know about you but…
Read MoreTop 8 Ways to Show Employee Appreciation in a Tough Economy
This week marks National Employee Appreciation Week in the United States, a time for employers to stop and say “thank you” to all of their employees. In speaking with human resource professionals all day, every day, I hear of many companies that feel as though they are running on empty, with no resources left with…
Read MoreParkinsons Law in a Digital World
Not too long ago I posted a blog paralleling Gresham’s Law in economics to issues in digital communication. Well, there’s another principle of economics I see applying to our brave, new digital world: the one propounded (with tongue firmly in cheek) by C. Northcote Parkinson in the November 19,1955 issue of The Economist. Parkinsons Law…
Read MoreHow to “Sell” Hard to Fill Job Positions at Your Company
Even though we are still experiencing high unemployment, every recruiter has positions in their company that seem impossible to fill. Sometimes it’s an inconsistency between the expectations of the position and the proposed salary. Or perhaps it’s a position that unrealistically encompasses too many job categories; such as “need knowledge of graphic design, marketing, database…
Read MoreIs Print Advertising in Newspapers Gone?
I have been in recruitment advertising for 30 years and I have never seen such a downturn in Newspaper advertising as I have in over the past 2 years. I feel the reason is what I call ‘the double whammy”. The first of these whammies are the job websites — it’s much cheaper to post…
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