JobsInTheUS recently posted a poll on their newsletter asking employers, Would you hire someone with visible tattoos that could not be covered up at work? This is an intriguing question, and one that really deserves more than just a passing glance. With the results in, only 44% of respondents answered YES, indicating that they would hire someone with visible tattoos. Despite the prevalence of body art in pop culture today, this practice is viewed negatively [...]
Dec 032010
If you can’t hire the right person, then don’t hire anyone. Is this standard practice yet? The best managers and organizations know this all too well, and avoid the problems associated with square pegs and round holes. What would happen to your business if you only made offers to candidates that were the exact right fit for the job? Related Posts:4 Thoughts on Recruiting During the HolidaysLessons Learned in Talent Acquisition and Management from Successful [...]
I watched this TED Talk recently, and though it’s more than two years old now, the message from Mike Rowe, producer and host of Discovery Channel‘s Dirty Jobs, resonates strongly enough to still be talking about it today. Rowe outlines what he calls America’s War on Work, supporting this theory with numerous examples of how we, as a culture, have marginalized manual labor and those who do it, thereby creating a culture that turns down [...]
Nov 172010
Image by DailyPic via Flickr What ever happened to core business competencies?! Bret Starr of StarrTincup will be releasing a survey of HR professionals focused on their view of the HR-vendor relationship and value proposition. I was shocked to learn that only 6% of all HR professionals surveyed stated that it was better to develop solutions internally than go to a vendor for help. All I could think to myself was that our businesses have [...]
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