Don’t get me wrong. I have an equal respect for men and women in the HR community. I have no grudge to bear. I have an equal number of female and male friends and professional contacts.
But men, in my experience, typically interview better than their female counterparts.
Read MoreOuch. On first reading, this could be a commentary on the HR professional who hides away in their office...
Read MoreIt is worth remembering that in many countries the obligations of an employer towards his or her staff is exactly the same as if that employee were in the office. Checks on health and safety, annual appraisals, remuneration and so on are expected to be the same no matter where the work is carried out
Read More" I hire people brighter than me and I get out of their way."
Read More....despite progress in the type of work we do and how we do it, and advances in transportation that enable workers can to come from even further away in faster time, we haven’t really made any real progress on the basic social model of work here/live there.
Read MoreEverybody is a genius. But if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it will live its whole life believing that it is stupid.
Read MoreCheck into the job market, properly. It may well be that your skills which were greatly in demand in the foreign country, are not in demand in your homeland.
Read MoreDon’t do most of what Belfort did or you’ll end up in jail or dead. However, the Wolf of Wall Street was a businessman who tried to run his business according to some basic principles which would work well in most commercial organisations
Read More...if you’re an employer doing your own recruitment, and you don’t maintain contact with candidates outside of the times you’re actually hiring, what message about your brand and its values does that send?
Read More...apart from getting everything wrong it is hard to see how operational HR alone can actively change the way a business works or how it changes and grows.
Read MoreEmbedded search is the effective outsourcing of all your search requirements to a third party who provide consultants who work on your site, absorb your company culture, and act in accordance with your company’s brand values. They become, in effect, your own employees but being employed by a third party means they do not impact your headcount or staff budget
Read MoreMandela was the first to admit that he got a lot of things wrong during his ‘long walk’ but the balance of opinion seems to suggest that as a leader he generally got more things right than wrong. He didn’t always do the popular thing....
Read MoreFind fun. Amuse yourself with B.S. bingo (heavens knows recruiters alone are full of it). Giggle at the nonsense written in job ads and job descriptions. Reward the achievement of your goals with fun activities (seriously – why shouldn’t you treat yourself for your HR job searching efforts.
Read MoreCuriously, the only jobs in most corporations that often go to complete outsiders are the very top jobs precisely because they need innovation and different thinking at that level. There are countless examples of the chief executive being appointed from outside the hiring sector, often to the great advantage of the organisation.
Read MoreThere is nothing wrong with marketing yourself in the same way as you might with any other commodity. Use multiple methods, multiple media, and be sure to always target your message to the potential buyer (or in this case employer).
Read More...employers are saying ‘we need graduates’ for any and all jobs and will only consider employing people if they have a minimum of a media studies degree from the university of the middle of somewhere.
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