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Cash wrapped in bacon (and other recruiting goodies)
It was true in 2011 and it’s going to be true in 2012 as well. Companies are realizing competitive pay isn’t enough and that they need to compete on culture. That’s why I was drawn to this old CNET post detailing how one company offered these special goodies as a hiring bonus: A briefcase filled with…
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Employee participation in outside investigations
I was talking with one of our employees recently and was quite surprised to learn that they did not realize the importance of reporting participation in an outside investigation. Many of our staff members are located on customer sites, geographically remote from the corporate office. Therefore, if they don’t notify us of an investigation, we…
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Treating your Candidates Like Customers
Can HR learn something from marketing about treating candidates like customers? When I was at the Hire Minds event this past fall (more Hire Minds Summit coverage), the moderator asked me if I thought the Marketing department should work closely with the HR/Recruiting department at any time. My response was one I’d considered before, and…
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HR Internal Audit-Finish the year with a bang
HR Internal Audit Planning At the end of the year, there’s nothing quite like a rousing HR internal audit to make you love your job, right? :-) Okay, now that the insincerity is finished, we can be realistic about the often-discussed (yet rarely used) human resource audit. :-) Let’s get the facts straight: Most HR…
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Work anniversary-Is the honeymoon over?
I saw a great post by my good friend Krista Francis recently on honeymoons at work, and it came just as I was crossing my first “work anniversary” at my current employer. If you haven’t read it yet, it will cause you to stop and think when you realize how important the first interactions new…
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Rock Your Corporate Culture Guide is live!
Just a heads up that the Rock Your Corporate Culture guide is now live. It took a lot of hard work (post coming soon on the crazy life of writing an eBook while working full time and making time for family as well!), but it’s finally paid off. This thing is going to help some…
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