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I have to admit I am a bit of a mark or an easy target for many things. Innovations in fast food, (have you seen the Cheesy Bites Pizza yet?), the great Hubie Brown on NBA color commentary, and big, flashy research studies that are packaged well, served up in easy to digest servings, and hopefully, lend some insight or …
On a recent visit to the park near my house, I saw four guys playing tennis at the courts next to the playground. “Good for them,” I thought to myself. “Early Saturday morning, and those guys are out to work up a good sweat.” I, on the other hand, was sitting on a bench, pounding a venti latte, watching my kids play and planning …
Hey, HR Pros, I’m a “hiring manager,” so take it easy on my post and any dumb questions I may raise. My wife is an HR Pro, so I’m kind of in the witness protection program for hiring managers. Recently, a friend recommended a book to me. It’s a business book, but it talks a lot about how the human …
KD and I are back at it – we’re doing an upcoming webinar on Wednesday May 23rd at 1pm EST (click here to register). We have a lot of fun with these – we get to check out some very cool stuff in HR – and we get to channel our inner Oprah at the same time! For this recent …
I have two teenagers who live in my house – which means I’ve paid for admission to the movie The Hunger Games roughly 37 times to date. If you don’t know what The Huger Games is – you live under a rock and/or don’t live within 20 miles of a teenager. But I’ll give you the parent version of the …
Why does everything have to be a “process” or a “system”? This has been bugging me for a while. As a hiring manager, I don’t have anything against a good solid process. I work at an organization focusing on process improvement, so trust me, I’m a process geek. But, here is what keeps happening to bug the crap out of …
You know what’s weird? I don’t directly recruit anymore. It’s no longer part of my job. I don’t have a req load assigned to me. I don’t need to do any sourcing. I don’t have a hiring manager to appease. I don’t have offers to close. I don’t have a salary budget to manage. I’m no longer doing any day …
Throughout my career I’ve recruited and interviewed for many positions. There are a few fundamental candidate traits I have always looked for and believed in: Good attitude (attitude trumps skill in a duel). Tenacity (proven ability to push through obstacles). Ability to continually improve (usually through education or volunteerism). So, why do I always pause when I receive resumes with …
It’s funny… sometimes it’s the smallest things that make you pause and rethink a bit about how you do your job. I’ve been working on a search which, now checking our ATS, has been open since early/mid April. Yes. I know. We’re at about six and a half weeks that this job has been sitting open. Ugh. The clock is …
A long, long time ago in a galaxy far away, I worked for a management consulting firm that often encouraged its clients to “cut out the cancer” when suggesting an uncooperative manager be promoted to junior vice president of pencil sharpening. Although I found their manner of communication, in general, to be a little too “In the Company of Men” …
