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About Feng Shui and Your Underwear Drawer

(On vacation this week. This article edited and reposted from October 17, 2011) For those who don’t know, Feng Sui is an ancient Chinese art and science that deals with the balance of energies in any given space. Good feng shui contributes to good health. In modern times the practice that has evolved has less to do with orienting the life force, or Ch’i, but more of a table of rules that prescribe colors, shapes,… Read More »About Feng Shui and Your Underwear Drawer

Survival of the Fittest by Recruiter Triage

In the minds of recruiters, there is no such thing as an average recruiter. I can safely say this without surveying the herd of opinionated, self assured, confident, and sometimes arrogant people we meet in this business because it is not just an opinion held by the members of this profession. Research shows that the tendency to overestimate personal worth is a pretty common theme. People that are asked to place themselves on a normal… Read More »Survival of the Fittest by Recruiter Triage

Taking the Pulse of the Market is the Recruiting Start Point

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We all know that the economy has been turbulent over the last few years. It has touched many people personally. Listening to the market and watching the data is a major element in planning recruitment. March of 2013 was a benchmark in time when government cutbacks impacted the reporting of mass layoffs by the Bureau of Labor and Statistics. Eliminating the Mass Layoff Statistics program that provides information that identifies, describes, and tracks the effects… Read More »Taking the Pulse of the Market is the Recruiting Start Point

Separation Surgery for Recruiting Calls For Study before Scalpel

A few months ago I watched the story on NBC News of a brilliant team of surgeons in Peru separating conjoined twins. Operations of this type can result in losing the life of one or both of the twins when there are shared organs involved. This operation was successful because they were able to actually split their shared liver and both survived. If we consider a living business process like talent acquisition to be composed… Read More »Separation Surgery for Recruiting Calls For Study before Scalpel

Reviewing This Week on Make HR Happen – A Blogging Smorgasbord

When I orchestrate a theme week and publish a series of related blogs, it is easy to summarize in a weekend update. This week has been full of distractions and it shows. On the professional side there have been a number of developments that are promising and others that are disappointing. On the personal side, things are also mixed. One online friend was finally successful in her job search and I was thrilled. Another close… Read More »Reviewing This Week on Make HR Happen – A Blogging Smorgasbord