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You Can’t Fake Optimism

Hope is definitely not the same thing as optimism. It is not the conviction that something will turn out well, but the certainty that something makes sense, regardless of how it turns out. ~ Vaclav Havel If you search online for inspirational quotes about optimism, you will find a bunch of crap proclaiming that without an optimistic viewpoint a person’s world will stop turning. Optimism is one of those misunderstood concepts that in and of… Read More »You Can’t Fake Optimism

From the Archives of Make HR Happen – Those Times We Talked About Recruiting Basics

Recent online discussions about recruiters and recruiter training meant throwing my two cents into the fray with a repeat of articles about recruiter excellence… going beyond the basics. There is also a need to go back to the basics from time to time, how we work with others, and to analyze where recruiting management is taking us. Can just anybody be taught to recruit? Could a troop of monkeys do as well as today’s recruiting… Read More »From the Archives of Make HR Happen – Those Times We Talked About Recruiting Basics

Reviewing This Week on Make HR Happen – From the Inspirational To the Practical

I’m not sure if this is a permanent trend, but this week also began with an article that is intended to be somewhat motivational on Monday and evolved into an analogy of personal characteristics in an organization on Tuesday. Another recurring topic is on diversity and this week we take a look into exclusion as well as inclusion. Finally, job search advice is given in a general sense to anyone looking to find work and… Read More »Reviewing This Week on Make HR Happen – From the Inspirational To the Practical

Diversity and Occlusion

No, that is not a typographical or grammatical error. The word occlusion could be seen as one of the results of inclusion because occluding indicates a shutting off, obstructing or blocking something in favor of something else. Diversity indicates an organizational condition that is composed of a population of different individuals with the objective of recognizing the value of each individual. Inclusion is an individual characteristic that represents being valued and respected. For some reason… Read More »Diversity and Occlusion

Reviewing This Week on Make HR Happen – Spicy Bits of Life

Beginning the week with motivational ideas, we moved through discussions of branding, diversity, reality, and unemployment. There is so much more to talk about on these topics. You can count on seeing continuations of these ideas in the weeks to come. Mar 11 - Philanthropy of Experience - Everyone has some unique experience to share with the world. This is not because of their individual worth because even those living under a rock can sometimes show us… Read More »Reviewing This Week on Make HR Happen – Spicy Bits of Life