We all know it. Employees know it too. It sucks. It’s practically unreadable. No one reads it unless they have to. Only time they’ll try to find it is when they feel like they got screwed by the company, or are about to be by their manager. So they painfully dig for that passage that will get them off the …
I am a big believer in the power of focusing. “Focus and finish” is a phrase you’ll hear me say to myself, my daughter – and perhaps occasionally to my husband. Most of us in the HR space know year-end and the fast start once January 1 rolls around = bust your a$$ while everyone else is taking time off. …
Work-life balance “The lack of opposition between work and other life roles. It is the state of equilibrium in which demands of personal life, professional life, and family life are equal.” I had been traversing the United States from coast to coast, California on Monday, Virginia on Tuesday, California again on Wednesday, Arizona on Thursday, Atlanta on Friday, topping off …
So a funny thing happened in my job search…a reality check about my age. I’m a decade baby, so every time we hit a “0” year, it’s a big year. And I’ve done it, hit the 5-0. When I was getting some career counseling during my job search, I did get the “you’re good enough, smart enough, now get yourself …
My posts a few years back regarding the concept of engagement and subsequent research on the topic clarified a couple of things to me. -First, trying to get everyone to agree on a definition of engagement is harder than trying to arrange a blind date. -Second, my take on the best way to have an engaged workforce is to a) ensure …
This is a political rant – for about 10 seconds – then it’s going to become a workplace rant. I watched pieces of the GOP and the DNC conventions, and one word came to mind – #bullies. If you want airtime in the political process, you have to be at the extreme. Extreme democrats are called socialists by the GOP. …
“I’m very laid back. I only care about two things: 1) everyone on earth and their opinion of me, and 2) the crushing psychological weight of being alive.” –author unknown ______________________________ Let’s say you’re a hiring manager trying to fill a key position. You think you might want to know how well someone can take feedback? Of course you do. …
We spend a fair bit of time in our little shop talking about how to work with sophisticated hiring managers vs. unsophisticated managers. This has nothing to do with liking caviar vs. Cheez Whiz. It has more to do with Sean Penn thinking he’s a journalist. Sophisticated hiring managers have enough reps under their belt to know how to play …
The Thin Red Line. Fight Club. American Psyco. These are films that solidified Jared Leto‘s success as an Oscar-winning actor. Then, as his star was rising, he basically stopped making movies. “I think it was about focus. I knew that I needed to commit everything to music at that point in my life,” said Leto. Fast Company interviewed Jared Leto and …
Do you use assessments in your company’s recruiting/talent platform? If you’re like most of us on the HR/recruiting side, you probably fall into one of three camps related to assessments. Check it out: 1–You love assessments. You’re kind of an assessment geek/dork, and you’re unapologetic about the value you believe they can add to an already good recruiting/talent platform. You’re …
