Here’s the scenario:
You have an opening and you do your recruiting thing. You find a candidate, and lo and behold, they are great!
What luck, you think to yourself. The hiring manager is going to thrilled. Boy, my job is easy!
Do I need to even go on?
You set up the interview with the hiring manager. She also thinks the candidate is great. Done deal, you think to yourself. Then “it” happens. Read more…
I have to say that one of my most well-read posts, ever, and one that I continue to take the most crap about, is What Would it Take to Get You to Work 80 Hours Per Week?
People actually take this post as a personal attack on their work ethic. So, I’m here to say – I still don’t believe you!
And now, I have research to back up how you don’t really work 80 hours in a week. This is from Fast Company and titled The Truth About How Much Workaholics Actually Work: Read more…
I got a SHRM Strategy Conference rejection letter last week.
Some of you might remember the last rejection I got from SHRM. If not, here’s the post on Fistful of Talent (FOT) – SHRM Doesn’t Like Us – But You Should.
Here’s the email from Rejection No. 2:
Dear Tim,
Thank you for submitting a proposal for the SHRM Strategy Conference being held September 30 – October 2, 2013 in San Diego, California. Read more…
I use to think the title “HR Partner” was played out – and it probably was for a time.
There was a point a few years ago when every HR Pro had to change their title from HR Manager, HR Director, etc., to HR Partner. It always made me feel like we were all apart of a bad cowboy movie (“Giddy up, Partner!”).
I’ve actually grown to really like the “Partner” in the title of an HR Professional. While many HR Pros just changed their title, I’ve met some great “Partners” in HR who have changed their game to match their title change.
What makes a great HR Partner great? Here are five (5) things I think makes them game changers: Read more…
I’m sure at this point you saw the news from this weekend that Reese Witherspoon’s husband got arrested for DUI. And, she did what any drunk celebrity wife should do – threatened a police officer with the best question ever asked by celebrities, “Do you know who I am!?”
Yep , Mrs. Legally Blonde herself asked the one question celebrities are trained to never, ever ask, under any circumstances. She broke Rule No. 1 of being a celebrity – and it was glorious!
This got me to thinking, from a candidate perspective: what are the questions someone could ask that would ensure that your interview went from “Fab” to “Drab” in about 3 seconds? Read more…
Editor’s Note: Sometimes, readers ask about past TLNT articles they may have missed. That’s why on Fridays we republish a Classic TLNT post some of you have asked about.
Every Monday morning, we have a recruiter meeting at my company, HRU.
The purpose of the meeting is for our recruiting department to share with each other what they are working on, what they’ve accomplished the prior week, and give updates that the full group might need to know.
Something came up this week that I wanted to share. Like most recruiting departments/companies/etc., we have our “Repeat Offenders” – these are the people who just won’t give up. Read more…
It’s a pretty common phenomenon for new leaders to turn over most, if not all, of their team when they take over. It happens all the time!
It’s a primary reason while you’ll see senior leadership take way too long to change out an ineffective leader – the fallout really sucks.
Let’s take a look at how most leaders take a position. It usually happens one of two ways: Promotion or Termination. The old leader gets promoted up or gets canned, and then the organization finds a new leader (internally or externally) to come in and take over. Either way, the team has a new leader. Read more…
I have to stand up and applaud Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg today.
No, not for leaning in, but for finally saying what every HR and Operations person in history has always thought, but every lawyer who works for our organizations would never allow us to do: Ask a simple question that has huge aspects to how we run our businesses.
“So, what’s the deal? Are you knocked up, or what? What’s the plan?” This is not discriminatory. It’s not biased. It’s a reality of our workforce. Read more…
Have you ever wondered why HR Departments continue to make so many processes complex?
In reality, all of us wants things to be simple. But when you look at our organizations, they are filled with complexity. It seems like the more we try to make things simple, the more complex they get.
You know what? It’s you – it’s not everyone else. You are making things complex, and you’re doing this because it makes you feel good. Read more…
Do you open your birthday cards and simultaneously do the “money grab”/catch, knowing-wanting something to fall out of your card? Or, do you play it cool and let it fall to the ground, acting like you didn’t expect it!?
That’s what I trained my kids to do – and act really surprised at the same time.
Seriously? Don’t lie — you do it, too! How do I know you do it? Because everyone does it! Read more…
“Delay exit interviews for at least 6 months from the time of departure. Give enough time to think about it . . . ”
— Dick on Exit Interviews: The 2nd Most Worthless Activity HR Has to Handle, 30 minutes ago
“Tom -- I have been to probably 10 SHRM annual conferences, all as a member of the media, and I . . . ”
— John Hollon on Keynote by Hillary Clinton at SHRM Chicago Will Be Closed to Media, 1 hour ago
“Been to several SHRM conferences, can't remember the media being there :D”
— Tom Glasscock on Keynote by Hillary Clinton at SHRM Chicago Will Be Closed to Media, 1 hour ago
“Brett --- thanks for your insight. I can't think of anything to add!”
— jacque vilet on The Recruiting Dilemma: Do You Look for Cultural Fit, or for Innovation?, 1 day ago
“In my experience, it's most effective to have a neutral person asking the questions. That could be an online survey, . . . ”
— Seth McColley on Exit Interviews: The 2nd Most Worthless Activity HR Has to Handle, 1 day ago