I’ve worked in recruitment and employment branding for just about a decade now, and as a Gen X’er, that covers most of my working life. For most of this time, I’ve identified myself as an HR Business Partner and Consultant, though as a hiring manager and senior director with a subsidiary of a mid-sized media company, I’ve also worn other stakeholder hats related to talent acquisition and talent management. Here’s what I’ve learned from some [...]
Disclaimer: I like and respect the opinions and writings of Bob Corlett on his blog, The Staffing Advisor. I believe Corlett has tremendous insight and experience combined with a talent for writing succinct, pithy, and relevant content (and here’s the impending ‘BUT’), but I couldn’t disagree more with is perspective on whether or not to disclose salary range to candidates in his recent post: What’s the Salary Range for that Position? « The Staffing Advisor. In my experience, [...]
As an HR professional, do you believe your work affects the value of your organization’s workforce? That’s a bit of a complex question, so please considerate it carefully. As you muddle through the minutia, or ponder how to develop a more strategic HR department, or approve and reject new employee programs or HR services, do you believe your daily activities and decisions directly affect how valuable your worforce is to your company? Many people believe that the most effective and cost-effective way to increase profitability is through [...]
Soliciting employee feedback and input should be part of every company’s normal business process. For small businesses, this responsibility may fall directly on the owner, director, or manager, while larger organizations hand this off to the HR department. Regardless of the size of your company, however, eliciting honest and valuable information from employees is extremely difficult, and requires a strategic plan. Here are some tips to help make sure your employees are giving you the [...]
This post: Hiring People Who Can Handle Ambiguity « The Staffing Advisor, does a great job providing simple and effective tips to uncovering an applicants ability to handle ambiguity. While not going into too much detail about the value of these folks, it’s an excellent and quick read. From my vantage point, it seems that our economy is now built and growing on industries and job functions where dealing with ambiguity is an essential characteristic. [...]