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Want to get a certain group of HR professionals fired up? Just go ahead and question the value of PHR and SPHR certifications. Some folks are passionately for certification, and others are just as passionate that business leaders don’t give a darn if you drop a PHR or SPHR after your name. It’s a fun debate to watch sometimes. So, …
“When the hiring manager says so”, right? And sure, you want to provide customer service to the humans that you support. The larger question, though, is when does your organization hire someone? The economics concept to understand here is “margin”. When an economist talks about margin, they’re talking about one additional item. That is to say, the “marginal cost” of …
Every few weeks here on Fistful of Talent, our friends at Workforce.com share a recruiting focused article for us to respond and react to via a blog post. Always fun as we’re always looking for new blog fodder… and plus if you give me someone else’s reporting or perspective, I’ll find a way to riff off of it. This week, …
WAIT! Stop the presses. Are y’a’ll really seeing candidates accept job offers for lower salaries? I mean, really? Is it rampant? I really need to know. Because personally, I’m not seeing it. Maybe it’s because so much of my hiring is based in DC where we have lower unemployment rates, more job openings and on many accounts, we have been …
Is the economy coming back or not? Regardless of your opinion, there’s one sure thing that’s happening in the marketplace… Employers everywhere are hedging their bets on hiring. The hedge manifests itself in several different ways from an employer perspective: -Employers aren’t hiring until they absolutely have to. -When they do hire, employers are more apt to avoid making a full-time …
Everyone wants to know how to get a “seat at the table.” Or how to transform their HR function into world class organization. Or how to stay on top of the latest and greatest with HR technology – including incorporating social media into their employee communications and recruiting practices. All valid desires. I’m totally for making HR cooler, making HR …
So…the debate rages on recruiting Metrics. Alex Douzet in his Workforce article “Quality of Fill” an Emerging Recruitment Metric did a fine job of getting the two main (and lingering) points across on the state of recruiting metrics: It is surprising that many, MANY companies do not have any metrics in place to measure Recruiting efforts. It is exciting to …
Look, I love metrics – ask anyone on my staff – we measure everything at my company. Heck I’d measure how long it takes staff to go to the bathroom if I thought it would help them perform better! But there comes a time in every company when the Human Resource Department steps over the ledge. You know the time, …
So how many requisitions is too many reqs? As we climb out of the downturn, hiring is picking up in many organizations – mine included. And for many recruiters, this means their req load has gotten heavier, me included – while their recruiting teams have possibly gotten smaller in the meantime (not really me, but I can empathize…). So 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 …
