I am in awe of writers that are able to produce effortless, coherent, and meaningful thought in their online entries. I follow multiple blog posts and have them pushed to me every day. I find it gratifying that Feedly has filled the RSS shortsightedness of Google after they discontinue Google Reader. I share my reading with others by curating my input into brief posts on my social media accounts using Buffer to broadcast to my… Read More »The A-B-C’s of Blogging
Several times in my writing I’ve talked about my father and how I miss him. As I grew up in his house I never really realized how much he had to put up with when I challenged his “old fashioned ways†with my new ideas. Some of his ideas were in fact antiquated even for his time. His father was killed in an industrial accident when he was a boy and he did the best… Read More »Off the Grid: Not Necessarily HR – Fatherhood is not Daddyhood
Some blog posts are written to be cathartic. When I write about a topic it is usually the result of research and soul searching. While the purpose of sharing ideas is to raise consciousness on certain areas of my profession, there is always an element of organizing thought processes by recording them for future reference. This week for this blogger has been very reflective. Highs and lows in the satisfaction of expectations are supposed to… Read More »Reviewing This Week on Make HR Happen – To Teach I Must Also Learn
Comedian Ron White came up with a classic line in his routine about a time he was picked up by the police for being drunk in public, “I had the right to remain silent… but I didn’t have the ability.†Genius! In the comedic pause between the first and second part of that sentence people started to think about what he was going to say next. When the anticipation was over they roared with laughter… Read More »You Have the Right to Remain Silent (Reprise)
There is no better laboratory to study human nature than a situation in which one person is in need and another person holds the key to fulfilling that need. Some examples that immediately come to mind are that of a parent and child, a teacher and pupil, or a doctor and patient. It is not a stretch of this concept to suggest that the relationship between a recruiter and candidate is similar. While there will… Read More »Five Ways Recruiters Think From the Candidate Perspective