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Reviewing This Week on Make HR Happen – Clutter and Candidates

I am sending my apologies for another week of reposts, but this has been an exciting week personally for me. An interesting thing about reposting is that as time passes I find that I prefer to edit as I go. These have new graphics and a good deal of wordsmithing as well. Starting the week with one of the most popular of my older blogs, I talk about how clutter can affect the HR process… Read More »Reviewing This Week on Make HR Happen – Clutter and Candidates

The Three Essential Key Elements for a Great Hire

(On vacation this week. This article edited and reposted from June 6, 2012) Quality of Hire as a metric receives a lot of attention. Theories abound about the importance of QoH and how to measure it. There are 998 different theories about QoH. That number (that I just made up) is about as real as most of the discussion. There are consulting firms who specialize in fixing the QoH situation, there are software programs that… Read More »The Three Essential Key Elements for a Great Hire

The Candidate Experience – Part 2: People Interacting with People

(On vacation this week. This article edited and reposted from May 30, 2012) This is the final installment in a three part series on the candidate experience. Finally, we take a look at the details of the recruiting and hiring phase of the experience. It is this element that is most often discussed by employers and candidates because it is the area that is the most visible. Why does the candidate experience suffer after establishing clear… Read More »The Candidate Experience – Part 2: People Interacting with People

The Candidate Experience – Part 1: Sourcing and the Thrill of the Chase

(On vacation this week. This article edited and reposted from May 23, 2012) No, Part 1 is NOT the first installment. There is a logical premise to presenting the candidate experience in this manner, but it is using my Star Wars damaged brain. I started the story with the final episode in The Candidate Experience – Part 3: Transition to Employee where we looked at the stakeholder involvement and influence during the final stages of hiring a… Read More »The Candidate Experience – Part 1: Sourcing and the Thrill of the Chase

The Candidate Experience – Part 3: Transition to Employee

(On vacation this week. This article edited and reposted from May 21, 2012) No, you didn’t miss the two preceding parts of this series. They will come later. It appears that most of the discussion whirling around us is about improving the candidate experience during the recruiting and interviewing phase. I contend that Part 2 is important, but there is also a before and after picture that needs to be considered as well. The experience… Read More »The Candidate Experience – Part 3: Transition to Employee