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Tom Bolt

Don’t Believe All You Hear About Personal Branding

In previous articles I have advised job seekers to think like a recruiter. Every step of the hiring process takes two parties to make it happen: candidate and company. Anyone looking for a new career opportunity is actually doing the same thing that recruiters or sourcers do when they are looking for someone to hire…only in reverse. There is no official universal rulebook for either side, but both must create a play book and formulate… Read More »Don’t Believe All You Hear About Personal Branding

The Three Essential Key Elements for a Great Hire

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 will allow users to simply plug in numbers and get a calculated QoH,… Read More »The Three Essential Key Elements for a Great Hire

Mythology 101 – Generational Stereotyping

People are different. We come into the world as unique human beings and then are guided by the conformists of the day to conform to their beliefs. Even when we reach the maturity level that allows independent thinking, our thought processes are still somewhat biased in favor of the seeds that were planted in our youth. Fortunately, we do have choices: We can consciously open our minds to objective analysis of facts, we can set… Read More »Mythology 101 – Generational Stereotyping

The Candidate Experience – Part 2: People Interacting with People

This is the final installment in a three part series on the candidate experience. It began with the ending: The Candidate Experience – Part 3: Transition to Employee because in order to plan any journey the destination has to be clearly in sight. Backing up to the beginning of the process, the second in the series was The Candidate Experience – Part 1: Sourcing and the Thrill of the Chase because laying the foundation is… Read More »The Candidate Experience – Part 2: People Interacting with People

Hire a Hero

This is a re-post of an article I published in October 2011 “Hiring Former Military is a Smart Move.” It seems fitting on a day designated as Memorial Day that we not only remember those who have served but also the special needs of returning heroes and their families in a challenging employment environment. Every civilized country has given deference to those who picked up arms to defend their home soil. You may debate whether… Read More »Hire a Hero