The online crowd I hang out with is very eclectic in its makeup. I am so humbled at times by the collective knowledge that goes far beyond my own thinking. Being allowed to stir the pot from time to time with my own unique ideas makes me proud to be a part of this global gathering. The concept of collective intelligence is not new and has its roots in computer networking for increased processing power.… Read More »Feathers, Mothballs and Twitter Chats
In case you missed this week’s articles, here is a summary: The Weekender: Another Job Seeker Special Edition – Five previous articles posted on this site specifically target to the job seeker community. There are new posts in this series every Friday. Taming the Time-Suck – RSS Readers and More – If you are still fumbling around by manually crawling through sites looking for the information you… Read More »Reviewing This Week on Make HR Happen – November 4 thru November 10, 2012
Answering the age old question about tailoring a resume to the job sounds good in theory until you try to do it. Obviously, hiring managers are looking for the right person for the job based on a variety of criteria and these change from company to company. Rather than be faced with an infinite number of varieties of job-matching resumes, most people will resort to the one-size-fits-all version. This is probably a pendulum swing toward… Read More »Stretch Your Resume, Not the Truth
I’ve never really appreciated the writing style that starts with a dictionary definition of a term or a speaker who starts by saying, “According to Webster…“ and then states the obvious. I usually resist the temptation to use the dictionary as a reference for anything other than to confirm that my stupid spell-checker was programmed by an illiterate high school dropout. Exceptions to this rule happen only when there is a thought so puzzling in… Read More »All Recruiting is Social
Human Resources as a profession has come a long way from the days that carved out a “personnel†function to do the grunt work for managers that were too often insensitive to the people needs of a company. In a mad search for improved productivity, business leaders and academics arrived at similar conclusions that workers are not slaves to their masters’ every whim, but are indeed a valuable “resource†along with other components of success.… Read More »Working in HR Does Not Make You a Leader