That Other Black Hole – Job Seeker Amnesia
You have been praying for that phone to ring. You have graduated from a post-and-pray job search methodology after you realized that sitting at your computer pushing buttons to apply online is only one...
View ArticleThe Grapevine Knows
Millions of dollars are spent each year by companies trying to find out information about their competitors. Business intelligence is big business. Reversing that concept puts the whole idea of...
View ArticleWhat Job Seekers Really Want
This is the article that shouldn’t be written. At least the timing is absolutely wrong for so many reasons, but the frustration of “paying it forward” when nobody cares eventually grinds the true...
View ArticleNimbility
The word “nimbility” is not in the dictionary. I know because I invented it 15 years ago in a presentation to a client about how to become more nimble in their ability to hire the best talent. A Google...
View ArticleReviewing This Week on Make HR Happen – The People Interface
This was not exactly “Theme Week” on Make HR Happen, but as always there was a core concept of analyzing interpersonal relationships that make us do what we do. Human resources is probably the most...
View ArticleNetworking: Not Just For Personal Gain
A common misconception is to consider organizations and their components as living, breathing, independently acting beings. The Supreme Court of the US may have granted corporations the same rights as...
View ArticleReviewing This Week on Make HR Happen – Thinking Outside of the Network
Making a stab at covering all aspects of networking led to a five part series on the topic. Although each article was banging on the gate to be let out into the wild, I tamed them into showing up on...
View ArticleReviewing This Week on Make HR Happen – Exploring Social Recruiting
From time to time I pick out a timely topic and give it a try. I was an early adopter to the concept of using social media in recruiting. I’m not sure who put together the term Social Recruiting but it...
View ArticleSetting Expectations: Recruiters as a Constant Career Companion
If it is done right, the bond of trust that is built between a recruiter and candidate for hire is stronger than almost any others that happen after the hire. A recruiter is not a social worker, but...
View ArticleFour Reasons Why Recruiters Need to Look for a New Job (Reprise)
Recruiters come in all shapes, sizes and varieties but they all have one thing in common: They all need to look for a new job. Whether the recruiter lives on a large corporate org chart or is an...
View ArticleFive Ways Recruiters Think From the Candidate Perspective
There is no better laboratory to study human nature than a situation in which one person is in need and another person holds the key to fulfilling that need. Some examples that immediately come to mind...
View ArticleYou Have the Right to Remain Silent (Reprise)
Comedian Ron White came up with a classic line in his routine about a time he was picked up by the police for being drunk in public, “I had the right to remain silent… but I didn’t have the ability.”...
View ArticleReviewing This Week on Make HR Happen – To Teach I Must Also Learn
Some blog posts are written to be cathartic. When I write about a topic it is usually the result of research and soul searching. While the purpose of sharing ideas is to raise consciousness on certain...
View ArticleWhat Job Seekers Really Want – An In Depth Analysis
After talking about what makes recruiters successful, one point stands out above all the others: they must have a sixth sense about communicating with job seekers. This intuition does not come...
View ArticleWhat Job Seekers Really Want – The Meaning of Meaningful
In spite of the headline indicating a close look into a job seeker’s wants and needs, this could also be an article on employee retention. Another thing you won’t find in the recruiter’s job...
View ArticleWhat Job Seekers Really Want – Respect
Almost every job seeker survey shows that the most common problem they face is getting no feedback on their applications. We have called this the “black hole” because that is probably the best...
View ArticleReviewing This Week on Make HR Happen – What DO Job Seekers Really Want?
The theme this week is not addressed to job seekers, but this question should be asked of them at every occasion. Instead the target audience is recruiting managers, recruiters, sourcers, and hiring...
View ArticleThe Candidate Experience – Part 3: Transition to Employee
(On vacation this week. This article edited and reposted from May 21, 2012) No, you didn’t miss the two preceding parts of this series. They will come later. It appears that most of the discussion...
View ArticleThe Candidate Experience – Part 1: Sourcing and the Thrill of the Chase
(On vacation this week. This article edited and reposted from May 23, 2012) No, Part 1 is NOT the first installment. There is a logical premise to presenting the candidate experience in this manner,...
View ArticleThe Candidate Experience – Part 2: People Interacting with People
(On vacation this week. This article edited and reposted from May 30, 2012) This is the final installment in a three part series on the candidate experience. Finally, we take a look at the details of...
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