Why do evil HR types get the heebie jeebies when it comes to allowing access to social media? All you need to know is the Twitter message below… More comments after the jump, once this one soaks in a bit… Now, the guy who twittered this is probably a great employee. Sure, stuff like this can happen via email, but …
Social Media to Replace Recruiters? Right, Just Like Robots Are Doing All the Work Today….
I love it when lame studies project the elimination of an entire industries. Ever see the movie 2001? Weren't we all supposed to be chilling at this point, allowing the computers and robots to do all the work, while we moved toward the plane called self-actualization? Right.. I know… We're still doing the work. That sucks, but hey, it's job security. Here's …
When a Poop Scooping Gig In College Means Something Cool….
Last week, I spoke to a communications class focused on the art of interviewing at the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB). Good times, and I threw up some slides that talked about all the places interviewing skills will come into play in their careers – the obvious places (getting a job and interviewing as a candidate) as well as …
Is One on One Mentoring Obsolete? Enter the PBOD…
Have you ever noticed how much HR people talk about taking a seat at "the table"? I know we have a lot of non-HR folks who read FOT, so hit me in the comments and tell me how sick you are of hearing that phrase. A little sick? Or "I just drank that garbage bag full of green Kool-Aid with …
Talent Reality Check – Mandarin is the New Spanish for Your Kids…
Quick – if you could pick right now, what second language would you have your kids learn to enhance their economic prospects over the next 50 years? If you said, "Spanish", congratulations. That’s a nice choice, and you’re towing the company line. My guess is that 95% of American’s would give that answer. After all, Spanish is rapidly becoming the …
Why Moms Think Your Employment Brand is Weak…
I talk about being a mom sometimes (like transitional labor even), so if that bugs you, cover your ears. See, the thing is, I talk about moms because I am one and guess what? So is like over <insert your stat here> percent of the workforce. And people are talking about it. But not in the ways you might think. …
If You Can’t Recruit from a “Van Down By The River”, You’re Not A Real Recruiter…
I’m going to RecruitFest in September and like I always do, I began researching ways to make it cheaper, faster etc. While I was calling people I had never met and cashing in miles, a friend asked me, “Why are you doing all that? You can afford this.” Bam. I was taken aback. She was right. I could. I can. …
Don’t Interview With Me With the Window To Your KIA down – Act Your Age…
When I was first married, I bought a strand of pearls. Not because I like pearls or could afford pearls, but because I thought it was the thing to do, now that I was a married woman. (I also had a faceful of piercings, it was a confused time). The thing about those pearls is that I always, (nearly ALWAYS) …
Generational Welfare – EVERYBODY Loves the Trophies….
You’ve heard the conventional wisdom that Gen Y and kids today are/will be damaged goods in the workplace due to an over-abundance of praise from their parents. The easiest symbol for this over-abundance of praise? The fact that everybody got a trophy for participating, everyone was a winner when the Y’s were growing up. Here’s an alternative view – the …
I Brake For Boomers In The Workplace….
Sometimes – just sometimes – it seems like within the recruiting industry we all turn into Chicken Little. It’s like a 100 million little chicks running around chirping “The sky is falling! The sky is falling! The Boomer’s are leaving and Generation Y is upon us – what will we do?!?” I’ve been reading a lot of stats lately on …