Is it my imagination, or are the simplest truths always the greatest truths? My friend at Human Race Horses has touched on something in his “personal leadership epiphany” that I’m certain strikes a chord with all who read it. In one simple statement, he encapsulates what’s often at the root of poor performing employees, managers, teams, departments, divisions, and entire companies. Every organization needs do’ers and leaders, and despite the fantasy-land ideal of a “hands-on [...]
A friend sent me a link recently to a top 10 list for the top 10 Biggest Interview Killers for job seekers, which you can read here. You may be aware of some of these tips already, but taken in their entirety, they do provide a very good overview of how to prepare for and succeed in an interview. I’d suggest it’s very much worth the read. I won’t give away all of the tips, [...]
Please excuse my pressing need to vent publicly about the onslaught of marketing, promotion, and “education” around the idea that recruiting and consumer marketing are essentially the same function. Hiring a productive, engaged, long-term employee is extremely different from convincing someone to drop a few dollars on a product or service! Ahhhh…. that feels better. Now, in full disclosure, I’ve heavily researched the various plants and animals within the “recruitment marketing and technology” ecosystem, and [...]
Can someone please tell me why an organization would invest real money in any new, cutting edge, or industry-leading HR technology? How are value propositions assessed? Are purchasers identifying problems that need to be solved first, or are they being exposed to technologies and then building an argument for why the technology has value? I think very few new technologies offer actual, realized value to the early adopters. One area of recent growth and expansion [...]
A few weeks back, my company agreed to a proposal I put forth to offer free job hunting workshops on-site at companies that are forced to lay people off this year. We’ve been offering this content at state agencies and college career centers across New England for almost 5 years now. With the economy affecting so many businesses, we thought it would be a good opportunity to do good, and offer assistance to those in [...]