From the monthly archives:

July 2009

Dammit Jim, I’m a recruiter, not a referee!

July 31, 2009

Recruiting Fouls This was originally posted on Cruiter Talk, a great blog written by Ryan Leary. Recruiting is a not exactly a sport. Some candidates seem to think it is a game. Not to oversimplify a highly valuable skill, but one of the basic keys to the recruiting process is knowing traits you are looking [...]

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HR Director needed, no HR skills required!

July 30, 2009

Image by Renegade98 via Flickr Workforce is reporting a change in top leadership at the new General Motors. According to at least one analyst, the fact that GM appointed a non-HR professional to head the function is a good move for GM. Possibly not so hot for the HR profession? What do you think? General [...]

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Jobs 101: How to conduct a job search for older workers

July 29, 2009

Image by kodama (home) via Flickr Jobs 101: How to conduct a job search for older workers This article started life as a comment on a blog. I then posted “7 tips for 50+ workers” on my blog earlier today and got a great reaction along with a number of additional ideas. With the additional [...]

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7 job search tips for 50+ job seekers

July 28, 2009

Lately I have been paying attention to people my age (over 50) who are unemployed. (including those who don’t dye their gray hair!) I recently spoke with one person who had sent out over 750 resumes in a year and received 4 responses. I went OMG! His response: “That’s better than some other people my [...]

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Is your job search about to dye?

July 26, 2009

Image via Wikipedia Monster.com and Just for Men (the hair coloring guys) have come out with a web site and career guide aimed at men over forty. Ordinarily, I would not write an article about something that is at least partially a specialized advertisement. In this case, the aligned offering has relevance to workplace topics. [...]

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11 things HR can learn from those geeks over there

July 25, 2009

Image by Getty Images via Daylife Jon Ingham recently posted an article on the HR Zone in which he discussed the increasing use of social media tools among Hr Practitioners. He speculates that perhaps HR practitioners, at least in the U.S. are nearing a tipping point on their use of the social web as a [...]

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Hire Yourself Some of Your HR Guy!

July 23, 2009

My reach won’t be as big as that of my buddy Kris Dunn on helping this guy find a job, but when it comes to a job search, the more the merrier! One of the top minds in HR blogging has just come onto the market. He comes with a few conditional strings, but man…gotta [...]

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Which company culture would you pay for?

July 23, 2009

Why did Amazon want to buy Zappos? For a lot of reasons, but one of the most compelling: the Zappos culture. Amazon has its own unique approach, but isn’t afraid to reach out and bring in something new and potentially enriching. Seth Godin nails it when he says Amazon bought Zappos to gain: What you [...]

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How CEOs communicate at Amazon & Zappos

July 22, 2009

Image via CrunchBase Amazon buys Zappos. Will we see @JeffBezos tweeting? Here is the announcement. Continue beyond for more important information! Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN) today announced that it has reached an agreement to acquire Zappos.com, Inc. a leader in online apparel and footwear sales that strives to provide shoppers with the best possible service and [...]

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HR a la Carnival!

July 22, 2009

Image by Hourman via Flickr The Carnival is up and running! Mick Collins is serving up a special 27 dish serving of HR a la Carnival over on the InfoHRM blog. So join the whole carny crew spins the Merry go Round and the Ferris Wheel of HR with Mike Haberman, Gautam Ghosh, Ben Eubanks, [...]

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