I should be ashamed of myself. My kids actually believed that I had a pocketful of invisible nose magnets. Every time, without fail, when I would put my hand into my pocket and then extend my hand with the thumb and two fingers together, the dog would run over and sniff my finger. It was as if his nose was drawn by some invisible force to my hand. In fact, that invisible force was the… Read More »A Pocketful of Invisible Nose Magnets
There is a lot of talk about how to make effective staffing policies and train people to make the best hires. Recruiters and hiring managers want to do the right thing but sometimes the wrong thing just happens and it can be a very expensive proposition when it does. A Careerbuilder.com survey depicted in an infographic by Mindflash.com in January reported that 41% of companies surveyed reported that a bad hire in the last year… Read More »How to Make a Bad Hire
It’s Sunday – Happy New Year! – The turn of a calendar page is meaningful…or is it? It can be what you make of it. People have the power to create their own “benchmark days†even if it is only observed as a private milestone toward a personal destination. You Did Not Grow Up In Lake Wobegon – Everybody is not “above average†even though they think they are. This is one example… Read More »Reviewing This Week on Make HR Happen – July 1 thru July 7, 2012
Risking a violation of the cardinal rule about casting stones from my own glass house, I hesitate to be critical of any online characters we meet in the twittersphere, but somebody has to call attention to the fact that everybody we meet online is not genuine. I have been a regular on Twitter chat events and have been a participant, moderator and guest host on many of them. It is unfortunate that the ability to… Read More »Twitter Chat Advice vs. Truth, Trust and Talent
On July 2, 1776, the Second Continental Congress met in Philadelphia and voted to legally separate the Thirteen Colonies from Great Britain. In today’s world, the news would have been tweeted around the world in seconds, but for those days taking an additional two days to prepare the formal announcement was actually something like traveling at light speed. As a student of history, it has always fascinated me that the document actually went through several… Read More »Declaring and Maintaining Freedom