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“If this job is the right fit for you, is Islamabad a place you’d relocate the family to?” Some of you laughed. I’m not laughing. I’m a recruiter trying to determine if a great candidate will actually move where I need them to move before I destroy 20 hours of organizational time via the interview dog and pony show. So, …
Have you heard the saying, “You can’t go home again.” The saying actually comes from a 1940s Thomas Wolfe novel, “You Can’t Go Home Again,” in which the author writes a book about his own hometown and the residents are so mad about how they are depicted that he gets death threats. In modern terms, it’s usually used to describe kids …
Welcome to The CYA Report, Ep. 65! On today’s show we have Tara Sinclair, Associate Professor of Economics and International Affairs at George Washington University and Economist at Indeed.com, on Job Seeker Behavior—Decoded. Tara joins guest host, Laurie Ruettimann, to chat about some of the latest research she’s been a part of at Indeed. This research dissects and explains the data behind where people search for jobs …
One of the biggest failures of the “candidate experience” dialogue is that the main point is usually lost on folks… treat people humanely. Process, products and/or people will not solve the “problem” if your core values are dark and/or meaningless. Hello, my name is Lipstick on a Pig, have we met? Don't get me wrong. I think it’s good for …
A candidate, Tim, recently turned down an offer because he decided at the last minute that he did not want to relocate his family. The move was going to be too traumatic for them, he told me. Even at the end of the process, we agreed that our gig was the best career opportunity he would see—it was a perfect …
I think the world is broken into two types of people: 1. People who do things the hard way. 2. People who let other people do things the hard way. I’m going to tell you what kind of person I am, but I actually didn’t write this piece, I shopped it out to someone on FreeLance.com for $5. The Secret …
Ever heard of BFE? Of course you have. It’s the letters people internal to a company use to describe the assignment that no one wants, usually based on location. By location, I mean the location that everyone thinks stinks, and to be assigned there is to be an outcast. Examples: Siberia. Antarctica. Amarillo. Does your company have a location that …
It’s a tough discussion across the board. I’m talking about owning real estate in this market when seeking a job in a new city. Whether we are conducting a search for an individual contributor or a CEO – the challenges and options are identical. Critical financial choices have to be made that were non-existent a few years ago. We all know that the higher the salary/position the …
Gather round the fire kids, because I’m about to tell you a story about the good old days. Back when I was an emerging 20-something professional, companies used to really roll out the red carpet in exchange for you agreeing to move. I’m serious – things like multiple house-hunting trips, job hunting assistance for your spouse and yes (gasp!), a home purchase …
I have to admit I’ve been one of those HR Pros who got to design and develop relocation policies a few times in my career. I admit this because my philosophy on relocation has changed somewhat over the years – not because of my experience with relocation design and administration – but because I was put in positions – 4 …
