I figure when you hit your mid-40s, you have enough life experience to share your sage advice with others. As you age, you form a fondness for younger generations and hope that by sharing your wisdom, they don’t make the same mistakes that you did. I will say . . . we hear you, younger generation. We are all scrambling to learn how to motivate you and help you build loyalty with our companies. Here is my advice, broken down into ten tips: #1—Cut the … [Read more...]
How to Score the Right Team Members So You’re Ready for the Big Game
It's down to the last five minutes of the game. The competition has the ball first-and-10 at your 15-yard line. Okay . . . we all work in offices, but this scenario can be the reality of our lives. Sales were down last quarter, but costs were up. The shareholders are all over you to make the big deal. Are you ready for this big game? What things should you be doing to make sure that you're ready? These three things: #1—Hire proactively. What does this mean? It means always be ready … [Read more...]
Why I’m Starting 2017 with a Big “Thank You” to My Vendors!
I have been in the recruiting business for 20 years. (I started work when I was 10 . . . wink, wink.) I have to say that 2016 was the STRANGEST year ever in the business. I don’t even know what to attribute it to, so we’ll blame the fact that it was an election year. Below are two of my most memorable transactions: 1.) I was fired for the first time ever. (See my blog post “Don’t Blow Off Your Prom Date.”) I’m still unclear as to why. Was it because I called the HR rep … [Read more...]
What Kind of Coach Are You
I have been thinking about this post for a while and finally just need to sit down to write it. My community lost a really great track coach in a car accident in August. He was one of those people that was so full of life, it’s hard to believe that he was gone. I knew he had an impact on the kids that he coached but didn’t realize the depth of it until I attended his funeral and memorial. One thing about attending funerals that even in sadness you can reflect on the person’s life. Lance had so … [Read more...]
Don’t Blow Off Your Prom Date
(And Start the Onboarding Process from Offer Acceptance) We all recall seeing the “teen angst” movies where the girl gets stood up on prom night. If I remember correctly, in the Drew Barrymore movie Never Been Kissed, her prom date actually threw eggs at her. As the scene faded, she stood there in tears with egg on her face. If you follow my blogs, you know that I like to use dating analogies. You have to admit that interviewing is a LOT like dating. In my previous … [Read more...]
Is Siri Trying to Steal My Job?
I recently received a nasty email from an HR professional telling me how unprofessional it was for me to gather selling points in trying to sell a candidate on an offer. Let me give you the back story . . . A candidate really likes the company with which they’re interviewing and has a lot of questions. The typical process is for the candidate to communicate the questions to their recruiter, and then the recruiter finds out the answers. I am NOT a “control freak,” but the candidate in this … [Read more...]
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