Reviewing This Week on Make HR Happen – The Intertwining of HR and Job Search

The articles published this week spoke of optimism, learning, networking, advising and intervening. While there is a specific target audience to each of these, there is a thread running through them all that should pique interest from anyone associated with those looking for employment as well as Recruiting or Human Resources personnel. There must always be a mutual understanding from the other person’s perspective to be successful in these endeavors. What do you think?

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Mar 25 - You Can’t Fake Optimism - If you search online for inspirational quotes about optimism, you will find a bunch of crap proclaiming that without an optimistic viewpoint a person’s world will stop turning. Optimism is one of those misunderstood concepts that in and of itself mean relatively little. Those who make a profit on optimism and inspirational lectures would have you believe that it can be created where it never existed before out of thin air, smoke and mirrors. – more –

 

 

Mar 26 – Mutual Mentorship– I recently wrote a 5-part series of on the topic of mentoring and that horse was sufficiently beaten to death before I was finished. It was a labor of love because I have always been a strong proponent of training in the workplace. I have not modified any of my thoughts since that time, but there is always something new or a different slant on a topic. – more –

 

Mar 27 - Networking Is Only the Beginning  – The answer to so many questions today is found in the one word “networking.” This is discussed in product marketing, sales training, recruiting, job searches, and just about anywhere that personal contact is necessary to begin some process. The keyword in this definition is “begin” because there is little value in simply collecting network contacts without doing something with them.  – more –

 

Mar 28 – The Best Job Search Advice – In an online world where we must constantly be on guard against spammers, tricksters and thieves we arrive at a dilemma: When our needs are great enough to require a greater than normal amount of openness there must be some rules to follow that will tell us where to find trusted agents for advice. Life altering events such as serious health challenges or a job loss leave us vulnerable to unwanted intrusion if we let our guard down. – more –