Learning How To Navigate White-Collar Workplaces, When You Suddenly Can Afford A Compass Reading the Harvard Business Review’s article on Why Companies Should Add Class To Their Diversity Discussion gave me new words to something I have been feeling for years. Classism is the elephant in the room that we refuse to address when we talk about equity and inclusion. The …
Why does Talent Acquisition Continue to Fail at Total Employment?
Think about what Talent Acquisition is truly responsible for in most organizations: Full-time employee hiring Part-time employee hiring Now, think about every kind of worker who might be in your organization at any one time: Full-time FTEs Part-time FTEs Temporary employees (admin, hourly worker types) Contract employees (IT, Accounting, Engineering, etc.– high-level, white collar project work) Consultants (1099s, state of work …
You Have Been Spammed
OK, maybe I deserved the last LinkedIn spam I got hit with this past week. Well to be transparent, I received a connection request with 40+ common connections and in my haste just clicked “Accept” on the screen. What a mistake. I have spent two days chastising this individual for his brazen actions. Here is a quick soundbite of this …
Business Travel Is Like Mexican Food (Everyone’s Got A Favorite)
My wife and I, like many of you, have traditions. One of those traditions was that we ate at the same Mexican restaurant repeatedly. So often, if fact, we assigned a specific night to it. That night was Friday night. The place we frequented was a dive. You had to drive through an alley and park in the back of …
The Relationship Between Being Knocked Up and Paying Out PTO…
What the hell is going on in America? My friend and FOT colleague Tim Sackett dropped some science earlier this week that indicated he actually might be in favor of a proposed law/tax that funds fully paid maternity leave (click to read the post). Since I’ve routinely called him BARON VON SACKETT in a call out to his free market/Fox …
What’s Driving Compensation In Your Market?
LeBron James famously once said that he was going to take his talents to South Beach to play for the Miami Heat. That was three years ago and the results have been pretty good since then—assuming you call two championships, two MVPs and an Olympic gold medal pretty good. His reasons why were pretty clear: there are worse places to …
5 Secrets From LinkedIn’s Recruiter Certification Test
A few weeks back, LinkedIn (LI) made a big splash at their annual Talent Connect conference when they launched their new LinkedIn Recruiter Certification. Immediately, everyone in the recruiting industry wanted to know what this “certification” was. The high interest comes from the huge void in the recruiting industry for a legitimate certification that rivals HRCI’s PHR, SPHR and GPHR …