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Tag: Recruiting

  • Recruiting via Referral Bonuses ($12k sound good?)

    I love the idea of referral bonuses as a recruiting tool and I have a proposal in the pipeline for our leadership team to offer referral bonuses for each position (not just “key” ones). I’ve always wanted to write on them but this great post I saw the other day combined two fun topics for…

  • How to Write Job Postings That Don’t Suck

    Let’s face it, most job postings suck. Learning how to write job postings isn’t difficult. Typically, job postings are MBA-speak nightmares that give little insight into the day-to-day goings on of a given role. Here are a few tips for creating engaging job posts that actually do their job of attracting great talent and weeding…

  • Talent Selection and Depth Leadership

    Wow. That’s all I can say about the recent NASHRM September workshop event. Doctor Daniel Crosby shared some amazing insights based on his background in both clinical psychology and business consulting. In another great gesture of generosity, he offered to let meshare his presentations with you. The slides are found at the links below. Talent…

  • Job seeker frustrations: It’s us, HR

    I’ve been watching the results come in from a survey that Alison Green is working on, and I’m kind of ashamed to see the final result. What are job seekers frustrated about? The biggie (49%!) is lack of communication. The second most common (11%) is having standards that are unreasonably exact, which keeps candidates and…

  • Blacklisting, Heather Huhman, and The Ex Recruiter Show

    What do you do when someone asks you to be on a radio show that you haven’t prepared for? You do it, of course! I was surprised recently when I received an email from both Paul Paris and Heather Huhman asking if I wanted to help out with an episode of the Ex Recruiter Show…

  • Netflix, Culture, and Responsibility (Slideshare)

    Check out the fantastic Slideshare presentation I found the other day. It deals with culture, a high performance work environment, and the company that revolutionized movie rentals. (Subscribers may need to click through to view.) The ideas in the presentation are refreshing and inspiring. They reinforce my core beliefs about HR. The “keeper test” on…

  • Jim D’Amico-Recruiter Extraordinaire

    There\’s something amazing about the online HR/recruiting community. People are willing to share amazing free information with others, and they also support each other when the need arises. Well, my little community, I need you to do me a favor… Hire this Man My friend Jim is looking for a new gig. He writes a…