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On episode 49 of The HR Famous Podcast, long-time HR leaders (and friends) Tim Sackett, Kris Dunn and Jessica Lee come together once again to discuss the importance of reference checks and a $15 minimum wage. Listen below (click this link if you don’t see the player) and be sure to subscribe, rate, and review (Apple Podcasts) and follow (Spotify)! 2:00 – Tim recently discovered that …
I don’t understand… with the whole HR world moving to a more data-driven, analytical, quantitative, measure-anything-that-moves-mindset, how is it that we still rely on the ol’ reference check before we hire someone? They’re almost completely unreliable and filled with bias—your own biases (because, let’s face it, at this point in the process you just want to fill the job and …
Last summer, my oldest daughter worked in a daycare. Forty hours a week, sometimes split shifts, and a lot of times… the poop work. Literally. She had a great time with the kiddos (except for that poop part!), learned a lot about holding down a real job, split shifts, commuting, taxes, office politics. And she learned how to say “No …
KD and I were at the HR Technology Conference this past week in Chicago – if you get the chance to go you have to – it is different than any other HR Conference you've ever been to in a very good way! While we were there we sat down with the gang from HireVue and hatched up another webinar …
That’s right – we’ve got a FOT Webinar coming up on February 2nd. We call it “Social Recruiting MacGyver Style! No Money, a Paperclip and Facebook – all a Real HR Pro Needs to Recruit.” Cute. Jaded. We’d like to you register, but first let’s manage expectations related to what you’re going to get. If you’ve already advanced your recruiting …
Hiring really should be easier than it is. Company wants to hire, person wants job, sign some paperwork, done. Get the right person with the skills in the role, in the shortest possible time, for the least cost. Simple. But it’s not easy. In some cases, in fact, it’s pretty darn hard. Like most processes, if people weren’t involved, it …
My digital friend Frank Roche has a great series going on over at KnowHR (go there and subscribe now if you’re not already following) – it’s called Bad HR Stock Photo of the Week. Go check out this week’s version, it’s a great primer for how many HR vendors and HR departments use photos that are too perfect and basically …
Most of us like to believe that we know our circle of influence and those in our network pretty well. What I’ve learned over the years is that nothing could be further from the truth. Sometimes, this phenomenon rears its ugly head when we are conducting a reference review for one of our clients. When you work on a search …
