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Reviewing This Week on Make HR Happen – To Teach I Must Also Learn

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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

Five Ways Recruiters Think From the Candidate Perspective

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

Four Reasons Why Recruiters Need to Look for a New Job (Reprise)

Recruiters come in all shapes, sizes and varieties but they all have one thing in common: They all need to look for a new job. Whether the recruiter lives on a large corporate org chart or is an independent floater they need to be engaged in looking for those greener pastures. This goes for the agency guru, sourcing experts, yeoman full-cycle consulting/advising/contracting recruiters and even corporate recruiting managers. No this does not mean that they… Read More »Four Reasons Why Recruiters Need to Look for a New Job (Reprise)

Another Presumptuous Bit of Unsolicited Advice to SHRM

Last week Gerry Crispin penned a blog post Advice to SHRM: Drop Barriers between members and non-members. He mentioned that it was a bit presumptuous to offer anyone public advice, but he also openly wondered about crowdsourcing advice to SHRM. As I was preparing a comment on his article two things became apparent: First of all, my reply was becoming almost as long as his entire post, and in addition I began to dangerously push… Read More »Another Presumptuous Bit of Unsolicited Advice to SHRM

Reviewing This Week on Make HR Happen – Everything I Need to Know About Culture I Learned from Yogurt

Yogurt is made by the fermentation of milk by bacteria known as “yogurt cultures.” When people are chatting, blogging, or referencing a company culture it makes me think of just how perfectly matched the analogy of yogurt to culture happens to be… a concept that upper management needs to keep in mind. All the best ideas are not at the top. In fact some of the most fruitful ideas in a company come from lower… Read More »Reviewing This Week on Make HR Happen – Everything I Need to Know About Culture I Learned from Yogurt