Better Recruiting
What Must I Change?
This is an intentionally OPEN question, and I am seeking brutally-honest feedback.
I am reading Ram Charan’s Know-How: The 8 Skills That Separate People Who Perform from Those Who Don’t, and I admit it’s got me thinking.
… really thinking.
Just getting into it now, but I am deeply curious about exactly what’s going on out there in [...]
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Bozofication Alive and Well: Utah Companies Will Pay for Stupidity
UPDATE: Please leave comments about BOZO things you have experienced at your or other companies! Anonymous submissions OK
I hate to say it, but I am seeing some of the most foolish and downright stupid things coming from Utah companies these days. These things may not be approaching the Yee-Haw ‘Bozofication’ problems that Guy [...]
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Oops. We don’t know you as well as we wish we did
Hm.
Part of me wants to laugh, another wants to cry. Google’s recruiting department is in the middle of a bloggosphere mud-slinging fest thanks to some less-than particular attention they paid to Amazon’s Web Services Evangelist, Jeff Barr.
Today, he notes how the company seeking to organize the worlds information is actually a little disorganized in [...]
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If Colleges Blog To Recruit, Why Don’t You?
I don’t think Steven Rothburg is bitter:
Virtually all employment-related blogging is coming out of the offices of job boards and third party recruiters. With very few exceptions, virtually no corporate recruiters are blogging. That’s a real shame as those same corporations are crying the blues about how hard it is to recruit the best Gen [...]
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Yeah, Networking Sucks
Jeff Barson, CEO of NimbleIt, notes how much he loathes networking events:
So you’re really not much good at networking. You keep a drink in one hand and the other [hand?] in a pocket. You stand against walls. You avoid direct eye contact. You pretty much suck at it and since you suck at it you [...]
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FYI: Your Compensation Model Sucks
Nobody questions that most businesses exist to serve the business owners, and to generate profits. Hopefully, they’ll do some great stuff for their customers and communities along the way. But, it’s my loud-mouthed opinion that most companies do a really lousy job of really compensating their key employees, and simultaneously “helping” poor-performers move [...]
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Corporate Recruiter to Contingency Headhunuters: Who’s Your Customer?
I am reading and re-reading this post on Recruiting Bloggers detailing what Search Firms can do better :
…Again, it’s really a matter of getting back to basics. You’ve received the honor of doing business with a large corporation. So, don’t be lazy. Move forward each day and gain our trust and respect. What does this [...]
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Technical Recruiting Dictionary
I’m always explaining the nomenclature of technical recruiting. It’s not necessarily a well-formed language, but it does have various constructs that are helpful to understand.
To make it a little simpler, I’ve gathered some definitions and placed them in a group here on the website called Glossary of Recruiting Terms.
Current definitions I have made [...]
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It’s the People, Stupid
Recently, I had the opportunity to review my business performance with my colleagues and managers. It was a great experience and I owe a great deal of respect to my region’s leaders who consistently challenge each branch to inspect themselves and make adjustments accordingly.
Thanks to that introspection, I am trying to look deeply into [...]
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SOS Technical: Local Utah Recruiting Strength
Of course, with what I do, my employer often comes up in my blog. We recently published a new flier that explains some of the reasons why I feel we do so well against our competition here in Utah. Here’s some of that information, or you can download the flier yourself.
About SOS Technical
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