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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

Plastic Surgery for Recruiting Does Not Make It Better

What’s in a name? That which we call a rose by any other name would smell as sweet. ~ William Shakespeare It is an understatement to repeat the ongoing story line that there are drastic changes happening to the concept of recruitment. Anyone associated with the employment side of business knows that there are revolutionary new ideas being applied to the process. It is probably time to rename “recruiting” as “talent acquisition” or something more… Read More »Plastic Surgery for Recruiting Does Not Make It Better

Reviewing This Week on Make HR Happen – Bestowing Recruiterhood

This week has been a week of vacation time for many… including this writer. Damn that commitment to blog daily! Oh well, I can look over some of the more popular posts of the past, warm them up, and serve them as leftovers. Whether you consider recruiterhood as an art, a science, a business, or just a confusing thing that somebody else does, it is a profession that has intricate parts and all of these… Read More »Reviewing This Week on Make HR Happen – Bestowing Recruiterhood

The Four Pillars of Recruiting

(On vacation this week. This article reposted from May 20, 2011) The knee-jerk reaction to describing essential elements of a function is to think of the columns holding up some massive structure. This is understood to be a symbol of strength. A very supportive person is known as a “pillar of strength.” While somewhat overused by business to show the strength of ideas, it also has the ability to show how complicated situations can be… Read More »The Four Pillars of Recruiting

Beyond Recruiter Excellence – Part 3: Personal Add-ons

(On vacation this week. This article reposted from October 5, 2011) I have used the analogy of software add-ons to describe how we can take excellence, add something that is not part of the original design and improve the product. Some recruiter add-ons are professional in nature and there is not much of a stretch to dovetail them into the main characteristics of the profession. They fit like a glove, but are not absolutely necessary… Read More »Beyond Recruiter Excellence – Part 3: Personal Add-ons