Forum One
NOVEMBER 5, 2012
The book Humanize makes the case for innovating the way we lead and manage our organizations. It suggests that last century’s mechanical models of management have become outdated in today’s more social world, and our challenge now is to create more human organizations that are more open, trustworthy, generative, and courageous. The very same elements that made social media a success.
Staffing Talk
APRIL 27, 2012
I’m a sucker for old photography. I don’t mind admitting I have a pretty impressive tintype collection at home. I started looking through old pictures of staffing offices, ads, and signs and found a lot more than I thought I would. When looking at these it’s impossible not to be impressed with how far we’ve come today. My personal favorite: the “Don’t Be A Job Hopper” sign drawn by Walt Disney.
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Hiring Thing
DECEMBER 5, 2012
'A few days ago, I was sitting in a Barnes & Noble in downtown Chicago killing time before I had to get on a flight out of O’Hare and I came across a great book called “Have a Nice Conflict” by Tim Scudder, Michael Patterson and Kent Mitchell. After settling myself at a cafe table, I read through the book and gleaned its primary takeaway.
Bersin
FEBRUARY 7, 2012
'In our Lexicon , we define Talent acquisition as “a strategic approach to identifying, attracting and onboarding top talent to efficiently and effectively meet dynamic business needs.” The term Talent Acquisition (TA) is often used synonymously with Recruiting. However, these are two very different things. Recruiting is a subset of TA, and includes the activities of sourcing, screening, interviewing, assessing, selecting and hiring.
Speaker: Dr. Craig Ellis, Head of I-O Psychology, HighMatch
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Staffing Talk
MAY 22, 2012
I love getting stories like this in my inbox. The woman who sent this to me felt like it was too cheesy for her style — so she asked me to keep it anonymous. I can tell you, however, she means every word of it. = = = = =. I have been in the staffing and recruiting industry for over 11 years now. When I first started off, I was just out of college.
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Staffing Talk
JUNE 1, 2012
When it comes to recruiting and hiring people do you find the process a bit of a lottery? Do you feel like it is difficult, if not nearly impossible, to tell in advance whether a candidate is going to turn into a high performer? Leadership and training provider Mark Murphy would like to help you improve your odds, and he has lots of good ideas in his book Hiring for Attitude.
Staffing Talk
OCTOBER 16, 2012
It takes commitment, perseverance, and resilience. It takes a willingness to work alone, honing their craft, while friends socialize, play video games, post on Facebook, and contemplate the lint between their toes as they put on a clean pair of socks and prepare to go out for the night. It takes an insatiable hunger to beat their competition. These are the traits of The Athlete.
Forum One
JANUARY 20, 2012
Are you buffudled by the difference between Facebook Pages and Facebook Groups? I often am. It's the most common question I receive when presenting on social media. Are you often confused about the difference between Facebook Pages and Facebook Groups? And how they compare to LinkedIn Groups? This post helps end the befuddlement. read more.
Staffing Talk
JUNE 12, 2012
For a couple weeks we have been running reader-submitted real-life staffing stories. We’ve been calling them “True Staffing Stories.” The first two were positive, but the third one highlighted what happens when you aren’t cut out for staffing. Today’s story comes from an intern at a very large staffing firm. This firm has over 100 offices spread out all over the United States.
Speaker: Ann Meyers Piccirillo
HR Compliance is like a giant game of whack-a-mole. Once you think your company is compliant with all policies and procedures documented and in place, there’s a new or amended law, regulation, or final rule that pops up landing you back at ‘start.’ There are shifts, interpretations, and balancing acts to understanding compliance changes. Keeping up is not easy and it’s very time consuming.
Staffing Talk
AUGUST 7, 2012
I love soccer, playing poker, reading books of all types and creative writing. I also have a new hobby I am pretty excited about: agate hunting. I’ve discovered the joy of the outdoors and the excitement of each new find. My kids and I appreciate spending quality time while we “hunt” agates together and I have found the relaxing pace of this particular activity to be a useful counterbalance to the fast-paced world of executive search, where I make my living.
Staffing Talk
JULY 27, 2012
I was on a national job board site recently and read a statement from a job seeker complaining about this one particular large staffing company with offices in 24 states around the U.S. And then a bunch of other people chimed in from other parts of the country with similar sentiments. This may not be a particularly new phenomenon, or a new criticism, but I’m not seeing the play here.
Staffing Talk
DECEMBER 26, 2012
A year ago I decided to follow in my father’s footsteps by working for his staffing company. I’ve since been doing a lot of training on recruiting, social media, networking, skill marketing, and lead hunting by attending seminars, participating in webinars, and writing recruiting blogs. The hope being that, by the time I hit the sales field, I’m running with all the tools I need to be successful.
Staffing Talk
JUNE 21, 2012
Recently I have been attending lots of networking events, and making lots of small talk in the process. These things tend to be cyclical for me, as I may go to a bunch in one month and none the next. But this recent round got me thinking, and doing some research, about how to make these events more successful. Here are five things that work for me: 1) Have a plan.
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Staffing Talk
FEBRUARY 2, 2012
After our “ where to put your next branch office ” post attracted lots of readers this week, including at least one from Mongolia as we found out in the comments, we thought we would follow with the 25 best cities in the U.S. when it comes to jobs. Okay, let’s get one thing established right away. No area of the country is experiencing explosive growth at the moment.
Staffing Talk
APRIL 1, 2012
Ever wondered what "The Three Little Pigs" would sound like if it had been written with a more classic, robust command of the English language? John Branyan shows you in this very funny stand-up bit.
Staffing Talk
OCTOBER 22, 2012
This is a real safety disclaimer poster made by Flinn Scientific and distributed to science teachers across the nation. Now it’s been made fun of so many times that you’ll probably never see anything this ridiculous displayed by your customers.
Staffing Talk
NOVEMBER 1, 2012
Everyone has a classic “bad interview” story. (And you staffing industry folks could probably write books full of ’em.) And while those are always good for a laugh (or cry), I tend to like one very specific kind of bad interview story: The Stupid Question Story. The internet is full of examples of bad interview questions. Like here and here and here and how about here and, hey, look over here.
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Staffing Talk
MAY 1, 2012
What do you say to someone, or put in writing, informing them you are not going to hire them for the job they applied for? I think it’s a serious question, and it is one I have written about on this site. And in fact, we received several good comments about the last story I wrote on this subject, so maybe it’s time to revisit it. Not now though.
Staffing Talk
OCTOBER 19, 2012
Running a staffing firm can be lonely, and if you’re a woman it’s easy to feel even more isolated. But don’t worry, we caught up with a few women who have dealt with that very thing, and they say if you’re willing to put in the networking legwork, it’s easy to get connected. 1) Connect with the Pros. When Julie Brown, president of San Diego Insurance Staffing , moved from working in the insurance industry to placing workers there 17 years ago, she used professional associations right from the be
Staffing Talk
NOVEMBER 16, 2012
If someone handed you this résumé looking for a job, would you give it to them or challenge them to a cage match battle to the death? Because I’m pretty sure he’d only give you those two options.
Staffing Talk
APRIL 24, 2012
Wanted: Trophy Wife. I am looking to fill an immediate opening in my home, as soon as possible. The position will be demanding, but the perks of the job will absolutely outweigh the stresses of the day. The perks include plenty of free time to work out, read, write, shop, get spa treatments, drive around in your “company car,” dabble in some work in your corner office and so on.
Speaker: Daniel Grace & Audra Bright
Have you just been told you need to hire employees in another country? 🌎 That's a huge undertaking! It involves navigating a complex landscape of diverse regulations, cultural differences, legal requirements, and currencies. If anything goes wrong, you risk your company's financials, growth, and reputation. 📊 🌟 To help ensure a successful global expansion and mitigate potential non-compliance consequences, this exclusive webinar features Daniel Grace, International HR Con
Staffing Talk
DECEMBER 11, 2012
Over the past few weeks a sports forum called Tiger Droppings exploded with rage because of a 30-second radio ad for a Louisiana staffing company. The combination of an annoying kid, a nonsensical joke, and incessant repetition created three threads and more than 100 comments – all for our comedic benefit. It even inspired some angry LSU fans to contact the staffing company and radio station, pleading them to end it.
Staffing Talk
APRIL 25, 2012
This post comes on the heels of our last article: Customer Service is Dead (And Not Just In Staffing). While searching the interwebs for funny customer service pictures to complement the article, we found so many we couldn’t resist sharing them with you.
Staffing Talk
DECEMBER 18, 2012
So you want to open a staffing business, but you’re having an internal debate about whether to run a franchise branch or create your own start-up. There’s loads of information online about the pluses, minuses, advantages, and disadvantages of each (see our handy chart), but much of the time that information is coming from franchisor marketing materials and reviews from jilted former employees – one-sided hyperbole that doesn’t tell the whole story.
Staffing Talk
OCTOBER 22, 2012
After much heckling from my graphic design friends, I finally took the time this weekend to watch Helvetica , a 2007 documentary primarily about the font of the same name. I highly recommend it to anyone who doesn’t realize how much typeface impacts their everyday life, and even more so for people who make typeface decisions. If you’re a designer, you need to see it.
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Staffing Talk
DECEMBER 13, 2012
A recent post that included some great examples of call-in-sick excuses caused several of our lovely staffing professional readers to open up and divulge some of their own recent work she-nanigans. We’ve ordered them in a very deliberate way as to slowly build up to the most ridiculous, so if you’re the impatient type who hates to be teased into anticipation, either start at the bottom or seek professional help.
Staffing Talk
NOVEMBER 21, 2012
I graduated from college in 2008. After relentlessly pursuing the “job of my dreams” and coming up empty, I decided to put my dreams on hold to join my parents’ recruiting and staffing company. I had been in and out of the company since my mom founded it many years ago, so the learning curve wasn’t too steep. The jargon and processes almost came as second nature.
Staffing Talk
JANUARY 13, 2012
One candidate you’re trying to place needs to improve her hygiene. Another didn’t get a position he was banking on to end months of unemployment. And a client has asked you to fill a position at a salary that is well below market rate. Being a staffing professional means delivering bad news — while maintaining good relationships with the candidates and clients who hear it.
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