Welcome to our newest video series, Smashups, brought to you by the recruitment marketing pros at Smashfly! Each month, our host, Tim Sackett, will chat with a featured guest on ways you can better attract candidates and actually convert them into job applicants. Novel thoughts, rights? This month on Smashups, Tim talks to Tracey Parsons, Recruitment Marketing Practice Director at Smashfly, on what the …
L&D Hangout: How To Get Managers To Support L&D Activities
We all want our employees to continuously develop their skills, but sometimes there just isn’t enough support and encouragement from management for people to take advantage of L&D activities. Watch this episode of our L&D Hangout series with Fistful of Talent’s Kris Dunn and Training Specialist from Kinetix, Ginger Knighton, to hear some tips on how to get managers on board with their …
VIDEO: No Scrubs with Laurie Ruettimann – Does Your C-Suite Care About Onboarding?
On this episode of “No Scrubs,” two of my personal favorite HR personalities are talking shop related to the undying passion your C-Suite has for your company’s onboarding process… or not. Dawn Burke follows up with HR writer, speaker and strategist, Laurie Ruettimann, to hash out the topic of her latest post here on how—even if your C-Suite really doesn’t think onboarding is as important as other mission-critical objectives in …
The Science Behind Taking a Vacation
I’ve had a feeling for about 18 years that I wasn’t doing vacation right. Not coincidentally, 18 years ago was the birth of my first child, on our way to three boys. Vacations didn’t seem like vacations. Once you have kids vacations become just trips away from home, where you get less sleep, you pay to get less sleep, and …
VIDEO: No Scrubs with Pete Radloff – Getting Back To The Recruiting Basics
Check out the video above as Dawn Burke talks to Pete Radloff, Principal Technical Recruiter at comScore (and one of Glassdoor’s Top 20 Branded HR Pros), about taking recruiting back to the basics. Radloff and Burke talk about common mistakes recruiters still make today and offer tips on how those setbacks can be avoided by simply taking a step back, thinking about the big …
VIDEO: Weird Science with Troy Barnett – The People-Driven Technology Behind the Under Armour Brand
This month at the “Weird Science” Series, Tim Sackett chats via video with Troy Barnett, former NFL player and current Senior Director of Corporate Services Technology at Under Armour, on how he got into the technology field, what he’s currently working on at Under Armour and—given their significant and continued growth—what new tools and tricks he’s able to implement to help …
VIDEO: Weird Science with Lance Haun – Marketing To The Right Talent For Your Organization
Wrapping up this month at the “Weird Science” Series, Tim Sackett chats via video with Lance Haun, Practice Leader at The Starr Conspiracy, on the science behind using the right marketing to attract the kind of talent you really want to work for your company. Tim SackettIf you Google “Tim Sackett” you’ll find our Tim, and a truck driver chaplain. Our Tim is …
VIDEO: No Scrubs with Tim Sackett – Debunking the HR Wingman Myth
Is HR really the wind beneath the company’s wings? In the video above, Dawn Burke talks to Tim Sackett, President at HRU Technical Resources and fellow FOT blogger, about her most recent post at Fistful of Talent: Wanna Be Taken Seriously? Quit Being A Wingman, Damn It. Check out the video now to hear the ever-entertaining duo break down their philosophy on “the HR …
VIDEO: No Scrubs with Douglas Dean – The Awesome Responsibility of Determining Candidate Fit
In the video above, Dawn Burke follows up with Chief HR Officer at Children’s of Alabama, Douglas Dean, and together they pick apart the the topic of her latest post here, which talks about the “God Complex” some of us in the HR and Talent space can develop when it comes to determining candidate fit in a specific role. Check out the video above to …
VIDEO: Weird Science with Jim D’Amico – Recruiting Metrics Intervention: Using Swimlanes in Talent Acquisition
Wrapping up this month at the “Weird Science” Series, Tim Sackett chats via video with Jim D’Amico, Director of Talent Acquisition at Spectrum Health, on how applying swim lanes to talent acquisition can aid in assessing recruiting metrics inside a company. What are swim lanes and how are they used, you ask? Check out the video above to learn more! (Subscribers, please click …