Everything you need to know about making offers you can learn from The Godfather. Yeah, I know that is a loose reference to the chick flick You’ve Got Mail, but I am man enough to admit that I dig that movie and other chick flicks like Serendipity and Say Anything. I digress. Recently, my esteemed colleague – errr – partner …
5 Reasons Gen X is Cool with Gen Y….
I’m Gen X and I approved this message… I like Gen Y types and think the hype about how they are different is overplayed. Among the reasons I’m cool with Gen Y as a member of Kurt Cobain Nation: 1. I’m young enough to remember how clueless I was… 2. Somebody’s got to do the work… 3. Like Gen X, …
Can This Turnover Number from McDonalds (44%) Be Right?
I’m not a big user of McDonald’s, but I get that the rest of America is. I’m usually looking for a leaner option when I’m out and about, although I’ve been known to slide through the drive through to order plain hamburgers from time to time – a lean option that is pretty reasonably priced in my area ($.90 per)… …
We Just Aren’t Sexy Enough! The Future of HR – Part One.
My team decided it was time to get an HR intern. With each candidate I met, I asked why the interest in HR and I found it fascinating that almost every one of the kids I met with said: 1. They knew they wanted to be in the business world, 2. They decided to pursue their degree in business administration… …
The “R” Rated Video From CareerBuilder…
You know how it goes – You’ve got to look cool for the kids… With that in mind, CareerBuilder has been bootstrapping a video campaign to make their job board look cool to the Gen Y crowd. Here’s the rundown of the campaign from ERE: "Have a boring, crappy job? Do your co-workers celebrate your birthday in the morning with …
Farmer Wants a Wife – But These Girls Have “Retention Issue” Written All Over Them…
Oh yeah, admit it, you knew the chick from Omaha would be writing this one. Have you seen the promos for this particular show? It’s called “Farmer wants a Wife“. Premise? Hundreds (okay tens) of glam pixies with very trim thighs don cowboy boots and chase chickens in an attempt to show an “old fashioned hunk farmer” that they are …
New Recruiting Campaign – Keyword “Google Killer”….
WOW – I love it when a company is in a competitive situation, and lets it all hang out, even with something as image restricted as the recruiting process. What’s gotten me thinking about this? This freaking cool ad from the Euros within Microsoft, as reported from Valleywag: "After more than a decade of trans-Atlantic antitrust scrutiny, one would think …
Shhh! Be Vewy, Vewy Quiet. I’m Huntin’ Wabbits!
By now, we are all painfully familiar with the term ATS (Applicant Tracking System). I say painfully, because there is a lot of pain involved with these systems. I am not talking about the pain of selecting and then implementing them – I am referring to the pain of actually using them and have them add benefit to your recruiting …
Can You Sell the Flipping Offer a Little Bit, Please?
Here’s a big struggle for me as an internal recruiter and HR pro – I like the manager to make the offer to a candidate. After all, he/she is the lifeline for the employee within the company, so it makes sense that the offer comes from them. Plus, making offers on behalf of managers makes me feel like the Darth …
Candidates Who Flame Former Co-Workers…Never a Good Idea!
Disclaimer: I have changed the names to protect the innocent in this scenario. As you’ll see and read below, the only innocent ones who deserve protection are “former co-worker”, “manager”, and “third party” – the “candidate” doesn’t deserve protection, but he’ll get it anyway. Here’s the scenario. “Candidate” applies for a job at “Company XYZ” while still employed at “Company …