Welcome to 2010. Got your coffee? Are you in your old office chair again? 9,000 e-mails that all require an urgent response today? 10 hours of meetings? Great.
Here’s a reality check for the new year: there are still quite a few out of work people in HR. And these aren’t just leftovers and scabs, these are real talents with no home. Do you have a HR opening? I encourage you to reach out to these folks. Both of them are out in the great frozen land between the coasts in an area the locals call “Minnesota” but someone hinted that they may be up for a change of scenery if it comes up. First up?
Shauna Moerke, Master of Getting It Done
You may know Shauna as the affable HR Minion, the co-host of the HR Happy Hour and leader of the HR Carnival. That’s a full time job in and of itself but she somehow manages to work full time in addition to these duties. She has a diverse background working in almost all areas of HR. Recruiting, employee relations, the dreaded generalist spot… Need someone to lead your next training session? How about keeping your recruiters producing? What if you wanted to be more proactive in employee relations?
Boom. Shauna gets it done. With a smile and sense of humor to boot.
I’ve had the opportunity to get to know Shauna both online and offline through various events. She has been working on some contracts and while I am certain that she would be thrilled with doing that again, I know there is a full time position with her name written on it. She is a fantastic addition to any HR team and she has enough experience and flexibility to move into many of the openings I am starting to see. Check out Shauna’s resume and LinkedIn profile. Feel free to contact her directly (and feel free to name drop me) and let me know if you have any questions.
Jim D’Amico, Modern Recruiting Leadership
Think I can’t sympathize with a guy who has to recruit people to Marshall, Minnesota? When I did recruiting in Walla Walla, Washington, I learned the difficult job of simply getting a person on the phone once they figured out where you were calling from. And while Jim was the leader of the recruitment group, he also kept an open desk and had positions he was assigned to fill as well. That’s one hell of a skill set.
Remember that post Laurie did about how to work yourself out of a job in HR? I believe strongly in that because even if your company isn’t willing to live without a HR department, you should at least operate like your managers can depend on their knowledge to make a majority of the decisions they need to make. Stay there for the hard stuff. Jim has done just that at his last position, making sure that as his recruiting team was being embedded with the operations group, they were prepared to serve their needs.
You can check out his profile on his entertaining blog. Seriously. Do it.
Got any leads for these folks somewhere in the US? Lay them down in the comments or hit up these folks individually.
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Thanks so much for the shout out! I appreciate all your support!
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