Within the labor force in the US, and to a lesser degree the world, there is a confluence of circumstances that cannot be ignored by C-Level leadership, and not relegated solely to the role of HR leaders: a shrinking workforce in key skill sets and demographics, and a decreasing average employee tenure. One set of circumstances is a cultural shift in employee engagement and loyalty (I shared some thoughts on this on LI and below). [...]
While there is some value in attending support groups for unemployed people, those groups are not likely to help connect you with people who can affect your career. In the following article, I’ll discuss the value of joining professional associations and provide tips on how to make these groups work for you. While most people don’t consider this, the structure of social networking websites was built to mirror the way people network in person, particularly [...]
While it’s natural to be swept up in the hype of new technology and the unending quest for increased efficiency, it’s critical that we don’t forget the basics. In reality, increasing operational efficiency is subject to the law of diminishing returns. At some point, those increases will come at the expense of effectiveness and quality. This is just as true for your talent acquisition activities as it is for anything else. To be highly effective, [...]
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 [...]