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In my last article, Turn Your Talent Failures into Wins – Part 1, we dove into how our best intentions of planning for the New Year go just as well as our plan for using our gym memberships – they don’t. I know, it sounds almost too simple but the fact is that effectively planning is half the battle to …
RJ set me up nice last week with his post on questions to ask before looking for a new HR gig. And he’ll be pleased to know at least 5 people read his blog, as hrQ has 5 fabulous new resumes! For the rest of you who are either happy, or on the fence yet motivated because it’s the start …
How many of you are in the throes of strategy planning and budgeting for 2017? It’s also talent review, total rewards and expense management season. Oh, and for those in the dark ages, it’s “I’m about to lose 80 hours of vacation time unless I take off the last 2 weeks of the year” time. Eeek. Yes. December is upon …
“You don’t need to have a 100-person company to develop that idea” –Larry Page, Google co-founder A lot of folks I know in the HR space work on the corporate side. They …
If you haven’t heard, video killed not only the radio star, but also the resume. The resume isn’t dead yet, but the video interview is a naughty vixen pulling the hiring manager’s attention away from traditional resumes. Video is the Blanche DuBois to the resume’s Stella Kawolski. Stella gets the job done, but Blanche kicks things up a whole ‘nuther …
That’s right. Mostly HR people and recruiting pros read this, but I’m still doing a post on how to make sure your responses in interviews as a candidate don’t suck. After all, HR people and recruiters interview too. At least that’s what I’ve heard. If someone sees you reading this, just tell them you’re putting together a professional development course …
Quick – how many milliliters of morphine should you give to dull the pain of surgery? Don’t know? Let’s try this –which chemotherapy drug do you give for cancer? Give up? Okay how about this one – should you take aspirin and Coumadin at the same time? Unless there is an MD, LPN, RN, NP or some other group of …
HR do you still need convincing your role should focus on people connection over compliance officer? Check this out: Emotional connection is better than sex. And I think most agree sex can be a pretty awesome thing. In most cases, emotional connection is far more valued in authentic relationships than sex. Now, both cases require you to be vulnerable. But …
Welcome to the latest episode of The New School Podcast, featuring host, Tim Sackett! In this episode, Tim talks to Paul DeBettignies, aka The Minnesota Headhunter, a Minnesota IT Recruiter with 17 years of experience building IT teams with startups & tech companies, and author of Minnesota Headhunter, the longest running regional recruiter blog (2005). The conversation is all about how the best …
GE’s comically awkward “What’s the Matter with Owen?” recruiting commercials hit the air last fall as one of the first tactics to recruit young people to join the company as industrial Internet developers. If you’re not familiar with the series, here’s a fan favorite (email subscribers may need to click through to view): The commercials proved to be wildly successful, …
