In this video, FOT leaders Kris Dunn and Tim Sackett talk about future jobs in the world of HR, recruiting and talent (from HBR), then discuss how HR Pros should get ready for the trends by upskilling through continuing education and development. Click this Link for the video if you don’t see the player below. Also, episode 33 of The …
The HR Famous Podcast: E8 – Video Work Meetings: Winning On ZOOM
In Episode 8 of The HR Famous Podcast, long-time HR leaders (and friends) Tim Sackett and Kris Dunn (Jessica Lee on break) get together with Dawn Burke (Senior Writer at Fistful of Talent, Sr. Consultant at Recruiting Toolbox) to talk about video meeting etiquette, their virtual meeting pet peeves and their wildest video call stories. The team shares their tips and tricks …
The Five Most Important Things To Do To Show The World You’re Freaking Awesome at What You Do.
Professional awesomeness. You’ve got it. The world needs to know about it. I’ve mentioned in the past that you need a plan if you want real career traction. Some of my rants have focused on the reality that you have to be willing to tell the world about everything you’ve accomplished. If you don’t do it, no one else will. Now here’s …
HR CAREER ADVICE: Never Let Your Boss Tell You How Other People Feel About You Without Forcing These 2 Questions…
Dateline: Somewhere in Corporate America. The Scene: A C-Level is telling the HR pro who reports to him what another C-level thinks about her performance (hint: it’s not glowing). The Mistake: The HR pro in question thinks that since the C-Level reporting the feedback is supportive of her (it’s the other guy with the problem, right?), and she doesn’t have …
The Career (and Life) Benefits of Going Global
I’ve had the really good fortune of traveling internationally for a good chunk of my career. It’s been a career filled with humbling and tremendous learning, derived from surviving the potent mix of immigration/border security lines, horrific plane meals, and profound cases of jet lag. In fact, I would go so far as to say that traveling internationally has played a …
5 Things Your Exclamation Point (!!!) In Email Means to Me
You know who you are. You love to use the exclamation point in emails and writing! Yes!!! You’re a peppy son of a gun. We’re watching your enthusiasm for life and/or your sense of urgency. The thing is, you use the exclamation point so much that we’re not sure if all that enthusiasm and/or urgency is real. Let’s start with …
Disruptive Career Growth Through Vengeance Or Transformation
A career happens the day we learn how to make a dollar for ourselves, which can come at almost any age when you count lawn mowing, babysitting, paper route type jobs. If you take the traditional route – graduate college, then work – you can get fooled into thinking your career is outside of your control until one day you …
I’m An Impostor!
This one is going to feel like a therapy session. You’ve been warned. Read it anyway, because if you are successful professionally, you have probably fallen victim to the same affliction that 70% of us have – Impostor Syndrome. It sucks the success right out of us, robs us of our confidence, and tells us that we don’t deserve everything …
Simple But Not Easy – Goal Mindset
Waking up before 5 AM is simple but not easy. The majority of people hit snooze a couple of times and crawl out of bed much later. Every night, go to bed early to get 7-8 hours of sleep and set your alarm for a wake-up call at 4:27 AM. Simple but not easy. Not bragging here, just sharing what …
2018 HR Advice: Let The Force Be With You; Control Your Destiny.
First and foremost — I’m not going to give away any Star Wars: The Last Jedi spoilers. Exhale. If you’ve read any non-spoiler piece about TLJ, you know significant themes of the movie include examining the past, distinguishing nostalgia from fact, and exploring when the past needs to be just that… the past. Human conundrums, indeed. And to make …