Rethinking how people and businesses interact
From the monthly archives:
Inspired by this article on The Onion (a satire newspaper and website), I wanted to share with you my thoughts on exit interviews. The purpose of the exit interview is two fold (one obvious, one not so obvious): 1. To gather data from departing employees on working conditions to improve retention 2. To attempt to [...]
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Probably not. Oh don’t get me wrong, I’ve seen the statistics. Nearly half of employers googled a candidate in the last year and a third made a decision based on that. It is awful to think of those poor people who were disregarded because of some drunken photos on MySpace. As a disclaimer, I have [...]
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Whenever you go to college and you talk about business and management philosophy, a resounding theme comes up. It is a theme about businesses taking responsibility for poor policy. Whenever your employees aren’t reaching their full potential, you should be looking at your organization, its structure and how well you are communicating expectations to employees. [...]
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David Perry writes today for the blogswap. He talks about using technology to further your job search. There’s an old sales adage that applies to job hunting which goes something like this: “success is 98% just showing up”. Following Hr Guys post yesterday I want to expand on the use of technology and how to [...]
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Whenever I looked for my last job, I used a notepad on my laptop to make notes of the contacts I had made, the jobs I had applied for, what kind of custom resumes and cover letters I was using and all kinds of good stuff. Managing a job hunt as a professional is like [...]
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I’m David Manaster, CEO of ERE Media, the leading trade publisher for recruiting professionals. Your HR Guy is generously hosting this (very late) guest post on his blog as part of the Big Bad Recruiting Blog Swap. I’ve been reading Beth’s post on “job hopper”, the comments on it, and Your HR Guy’s thoughts on [...]
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A quick little intro for those of you tuning in to the Big Bad Recruiting Blog Swap… My name is Tod Hilton and I will be your host for this post. What I am: a software developer at Microsoft and a bunch of other things [father, husband, gamer, snowboarder, etc.]. What I’m not: a recruiter [...]
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I had a great time away from work (and my blog) and am now back in full force. Hope some of you stuck around. I received some interesting tips from one of the vendors we work with (CareerBuilder), the Top 10 Recruiting myths. Here are some myths: 1) Good interviews always select the best employee [...]
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Worker is fired by text message The biggest surprise to me is that it hasn’t happened sooner. Job offers are being sent by e-mail now and I check my e-mail by PDA more frequently than on a computer. I am sure someone has been sacked by e-mail by now. Companies evolve in their method of [...]
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While many of the HR people I know in the field are very principled people but one thing where that changes is in regards to the law, specifically employment law. Litigation avoidance is one of the main assumptions most people in my field make about their employers. And not to get too political on you [...]
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