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Reviewing This Week on Make HR Happen – July 22 thru July 28, 2012

In case you missed this week’s articles, here is a summary:               Mutiny On A Bounty – Employee Referral Bonus – This is not a full mutiny. Employee referrals remain one of the most solid sources of hire for most companies. Looking at it from any angle the key factors of success are there. The speed, quality, cost and retention of hiring candidates referred by employees reveals that it… Read More »Reviewing This Week on Make HR Happen – July 22 thru July 28, 2012

Job Search and Self Discipline

One of the frustrating things about parenting is walking the tightrope between love and discipline. As many students home for the summer or new grads camping out until they find employment will tell you, parents never seem to get over overparenting. In a classic case of irony, I can remember objecting to overprotective parents and then missing that when I was out on my own. Becoming a parent myself was an eye opener. As if… Read More »Job Search and Self Discipline

Bring it!

Every martial arts movie seems to have a scene where two combatants that are about to engage face each other and one of them, usually the hero in the plot, makes a gesture with his hand inviting his opponent to “bring it!” This move is such a classic that even the parodies of these movies magnify this to the point of comedy. “I’m ready. Show me what you’ve got!” I’m told that this is really… Read More »Bring it!

Mutiny On A Bounty – Employee Referral Bonus

This is not a full mutiny. Employee referrals remain one of the most solid sources of hire for most companies. Looking at it from any angle the key factors of success are there. The speed, quality, cost and retention of hiring candidates referred by employees reveals that it is a smart business decision to encourage referrals.1 This mutinous rebellion is not against the practice itself but the manner in which it is usually executed. Most… Read More »Mutiny On A Bounty – Employee Referral Bonus

Reviewing This Week on Make HR Happen – July 15 thru July 21, 2012

In case you missed this week’s articles, here is a summary:   Nail Removal – A father gives his son a plank and a bag of nails. He tells the boy to hammer a nail into the plank every time he does something bad. Next he instructs him to pull out a nail every time he does a good deed. A week later the board is full of holes but there are no remaining nails.… Read More »Reviewing This Week on Make HR Happen – July 15 thru July 21, 2012