I sit here on the plane, contemplating what is important in life and how so many things can get lost in the day-to-day. Conversely, there is so much to add to your life if you take the time to experience and appreciate as it happens. Platitudes, I know.....Yesterday a colleague and I got to spend time with some new friends, learn a tremendous amount, share experiences and begin to build a relationship. I am at once overwhelmed and energized by the trip. Further, the time and the learning have begun to give me a target, focus and framework for ...
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Personal vs Work...you in or out?
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Talent Acquisition Triple Play
Congratulations to Sodexo on winning the 2009 Workforce Optimas Award for Vision
The company was able to improve hiring speed and quality even as it cut its annual recruiting advertising budget in North America by $300,000. The effort also has corresponded with better business outcomes. Customer satisfaction ratings have risen 0.3 points to 4.5 on a five-point scale since the strategy's inception. The firm's global revenue rose 7.9 percent for the year ended in August, and its net income increased 4.5 percent.
I am a fan of Sodexo's talent acquisition approach from ... -
How not to get help….
I was getting gas for my truck the other night. A pretty simple activity today with pay at the pump and fast passes, and something that is relatively solitary - many times happily so. As I was about half way done, a young boy, about 10 or 11 years old, approached my car. I did not see him until he was standing about 3 feet from me along side my truck. I was surprised, but looked at him, smiled and said hi. He said hi and then took a step closer - he could have been in my kids' grade school class ...
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Be Thankful for your Problems
In my "book" the holidays (and not simply the one we most recently celebrated) are a time for reflection and giving thanks in more ways than one. I try every year to take time alone and with my family (especially with my children) to reflect on how blessed we are. This can be challenging during the rush of the season and the many "priorities" imposed as a result of expectations we generally put on ourselves. Add to that my children, who essentially live in a lake wobegon world, and invariably we have conversations about why they cannot have everything they ...
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Make the most of your new Full time Job (getting a job)
This week I was talking with some of our Jumpstart my job search participants, and realized that there are some themes to the challenges and opportunities that they found, which are consistent whether they were just beginning their job search or had been at it for quite a while. So I decided to summarize 5 keys they found most impactful in getting their job search off the ground.
- Treat it like a full time job
- Organize yourself
- Be Accountable
- Network every day
- Pay it forward
If you have been at your job search for a little while, or longer than ...
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Welcome to the REAL World
Those of you in the biz - don't laugh: I received this response to a LinkedIn referral request for a specific type of position that this gentleman would know (I had also attached the link to our RPO client's career site listing) :
Thanks for reaching out to me. Don't take this personally, but I generally do not work with recruiters because 95% of them do not deliver. I really have no respect for any organization/business who cannot come directly to me.
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HR Challenges: start with Accounting vs. Finance
After reading Mark's great post and the others he references about the possible future of HR and it's ability to change (or not) - I wanted to elaborate on the thoughts about the challenges in the function especially related to the tactical nature of much of the foundation work. An excerpt from Mark's post:
"There has been an incredible amount of chatter lately regarding HR's future/fate and it makes for a very good read. In the past few weeks alone HR was declared dead and then rose from the ashes. Maren Hogan wrote a nice post ...
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To Tweet or Not to Tweet?
If you're like many, you're standing by observing this social networking frenzy - nothing short of a blitz - and wondering, what IS this stuff?? And why would I want to "follow" my local TV station anyway? It's a big waste of time, right? Not so fast...
The simple fact is, there may soon come a time when having a Twitter account will be as critical to a business person as having a Blackberry. No longer an option, but a necessity. So get past your disdain for that which you're not informed about and just dig in! After ...
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Unemployment's No Fun, but You Will Get Through It
Being laid off is a blow to the ego, no doubt. The good news for today's victims is that they're in good company. Economic declines are always accompanied by job loss, but in this unprecedented downturn, it's rare to find someone unscathed. Still, like losing a loved one or going through a divorce, job loss brings with it a grieving process. It's important to recognize everyone must move through the stages of grief and that they're not linear; that is, you'll move between the various stages throughout the grieving process.
Here's what you ...
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Being Unemployed Doesn’t Have to Mean Going Broke
Perhaps the most painful aspect of sudden unexpected job loss is the hit to your wallet. No one likes to have to watch every penny they spend, or worse, lie awake at night wondering how to pay the electric bill.
Financial experts suggest having at least 8 months of living expenses in cash to safeguard against financial ruin if unemployment strikes. Many people react to this as laughable, but having a solid foundation of reserves is important. So if you're not saving enough, now's the time to start.
If you've lost your job, finding a job becomes ...
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The Importance of a decent photo in social media – especially in job search
How you present yourself online is critical, as it can be very beneficial or detrimental when it comes to your career. With the wide acceptance of social media and the growing number of job seekers on the market, public profiles (Facebook,Twitter, MySpace, LinkedIn) and resumes (iResume) are being viewed many times daily. Recruiters, hiring managers, and colleagues in your professional network are seeking you out online, with or without your knowledge.
We have all heard the horror stories about someone claiming they were sick and then posting pictures on Facebook of the party from the night before. Or the ...
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Create a Self-Affirming Job Search Process
A guest post written by my pal Rebecca Holderread. Thanks Rebecca for sharing your story.
It has been over six months since I eliminated my own position due to cash constraints. I loved my job, the people with whom I worked, and I miss it. However, out of all of the days of unemployment I have only been "low" for a half a day.
Perhaps the following approach may help others take control of their transition in order to begin a positive cycle of net working and netweaving in their lives.
Keeping your head in the game!
I had an ...
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Why RPO in a down economy?
If your organization is like most in America today, you are probably facing tough decisions related to your workforce. You are trying to do more with less, eliminate under performers, optimize internal talent, and outsource functions that are not part of your core competency. You may still be recruiting new talent but at much different levels than in the past and in different departments within your organization. What to do with a recruiting function built under much different business conditions?
Recruitment Process Outsourcing (RPO) is a scalable recruiting solution that will help reduce cost per hire, provide flexibility to address ...
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Nationwide I-9 Audits Launched, Form I-9 Extended, & How to Avoid 5 Common I-9 Errors
I-9 forms appear simple. It's a one page form, half of which the employee fills out. Yet, errors in completing the I-9 form can result in significant civil and criminal penalties being brought both against the company and human resources managers individually (yikes!). Major problems could result in fines of $600-$800 per form! Krispy Kreme recently negotiated a settlement of $40,000 for violations.
Representing the first major initiative in its comprehensive strategy to reduce illegal employment, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement announced July 1 that it has sent notices to 652 businesses nationwide informing them that ...
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Job Seekers: 5 Steps to do Today to Complete Your LinkedIn Profile!
Many people, when creating a profile on LinkedIn, leave out certain information because they aren't too sure why the info is needed or unsure on how to utilize the info correctly.
If you are job searching, this can be dangerous, in that what you don't do can hurt your chances of being found. Posting or editing certain aspects of your profile can help you be found more readily to those who are searching both within LinkedIn and those doing Google type searches. So consider these tips like search engine optimization (SEO) for your LI profile, which in the ...
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There is no Reason to Lie on Your Resume or LinkedIn profile…ever!
Unfortunately, faking an education or experience is more common than you might think. With the economy the way it is, companies are downsizing and thus, more people are looking for jobs. As a result, people are feeling pressure to 'fabricate' aspects of their resumes in order to stand out from the crowd. We have seen resumes with fabricated educations, expansions of employment dates to remove gaps of unemployment or, even, to hide job experiences with a sour ending, just to avoid the reference check.
Further, it is not just low-level candidates or young people forging their resumes; of course, everyone ...
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How Climbing a Mountain can help you Land a Job
Given that Melissa is working on being the first American woman to summit Everest this week without oxygen (see more here), I was reflecting on my trip with her in 2007 when, thanks to her, my brother Shawn and Alaina's help I was able to summit Mt Rainier (at 14,410 ft) in Washington state.
- Rainier summit with Melissa (July 10, 2007)
The experience was amazing for me and, like so many, became a part of who I am. So, I came up with 5 lessons I learned climbing that mountain that help me in life and can help ...
