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Author: Ben

  • Restaurant Experience Builds Core Work Skills

    This post brought to you by National Restaurant Association Educational Foundation. The content and opinions expressed below are that of upstartHR. Earlier this week we looked at the importance of restaurant experience as a valuable tool for entry level self starters. Today we’ll continue with a glimpse into just how deeply rooted restaurant work experience…

  • How Long Is Your Recruiting Process?

    So after reading an interesting post by my friend Tim Sackett recently, I stopped to think about the “ideal” length of the recruiting process. Here’s Tim: People won’t read a 700 page book, they want 300.  No one wants to watch a three hour movie, make it two.  Why do we have to have an…

  • Restaurant Careers-A Good Place for Entry Level Self Starters

    This post brought to you by National Restaurant Association Educational Foundation. The content and opinions expressed below are that of upstartHR. When thinking back to early career days, many people have restaurant or food service experience somewhere in their resume. And as some recent research shows, that’s not uncommon. In fact, about one in ten…

  • Driving Social Learning Engagement

    Recently I was speaking to a local SHRM chapter about the changing world of HR through the lens of social tools. This isn’t the “you should use Facebook!” session, and I’m not sure if I even mentioned that platform a single time in the conversation. No, it was all about how both vendors and corporations…

  • Job Seeker Tip #347-Passion Matters

    I have been thinking about interviewing lately. I was telling a group I spoke to earlier in the week about the importance of finding people that are “sold out” on the culture and the organization. It never ceases to amaze me that some people still fail to prepare adequately for their interviews. No, I’m not…

  • The Secret to Zappos’ Amazing Success

    Today we’re hosting a guest post from a long-time friend and fellow HR practitioner. Jane Jaxon is the rockstar HR Director for a tech company in Boston. Learn more about her in the bio below the article.  Zappos is my HR idol. I have posters on the wall, read articles about them in HR Beat, ask…

  • HR Data: It’s About the Application

    Later today (1p EST, to be exact) we’re going to host a free webinar on our new DataNow tool. In a nutshell, DataNow pulls from almost-real-time data to give users the opportunity to find out what companies are doing in terms of talent acquisition, talent management, workforce management, HR, etc. Instead of pushing out data…