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Tuesday, July 5th, 2011 by Tim Giehll
In my last post, Blogging 101 for HR Professionals, I talked about why blogging in the HR world is a good idea. I promised a follow-up list describing how to get an HR blog started. Here it is.
7 Easy Steps for Starting and Maintaining an HR Blog
1. Get permission from the boss. Unless, like me, you are the boss. Then just do it.
Wednesday, June 22nd, 2011 by Tim Giehll
Some time ago, I mentioned to you all about my daughter who happens to study philosophy and literature in college. Since college is over for the summer, this series is also coming to an end. We’ve discussed multiple different ways her world of arts and my world of business coincide and have even produced a blog series from those very discussions. Today is the final version to those that I have already shared with you and it will be the last in this expansive series. While I believe that Shakespeare has so much to teach us, there are other places we should look to learn from as well. However, this day is a day we take some final advice from the greatest playwright of our time and apply it to the business world, because what Shakespeare taught us about love and war, he can also teach us about business. Today’s topic: As You Like It.
Thursday, June 9th, 2011 by Tim Giehll
I’ll say up front that the subject matter of this post is a bit unreal. Great interviewing can’t be boiled down to a list of questions. It’s a combination of helping a candidate feel at ease, listening, observing, talking and, yes, asking the right questions. And what a recruiter or potential employer does (or asks) in any given interview depends, to a large extent, on what the candidate is like.
Strategies can also change in mid-interview – several times, in fact – because of a candidate’s verbal or non-verbal response. And much depends on what kind of interview is taking place – a get-to-know-you phone interview, a final interview, an interview for a full-time position, an interview for contract work, or something else.
Tuesday, May 10th, 2011 by Tim Giehll
We’ve discussed multiple different ways the world of arts and the world of business coincide. Today is another addition to those that I have already shared with you. This day is a day we take some advice from Shakespeare about love and war, as well as business. Today’s topic: Macbeth.
Thursday, May 5th, 2011 by Tim Giehll
I recently stopped thinking about recruiting software long enough to Google “pre-employment personality test.” The top result was “How to Pass a Pre-employment Personality Test” at eHow.com.
Which made me wonder if pre-employment personality tests actually do any good.
I’ve never been a big fan of such tests. Tests that measure actual skills that will be used on the job make sense, but “personality” is a vague term – which means it’s hard to test for – and it’s simply a fact that different personality types can thrive in the same job. At the risk of trading on stereotypes, I’ve met highly successful accountants with exuberant personalities and CEO’s of successful companies who were quiet and shy.
Wednesday, May 4th, 2011 by Tim Giehll
As someone who knows a thing or two about recruiting software, I assumed that information on building a company “Search for Careers” webpage would be easy to find. They are, after all, pretty common, especially in the websites of medium- to large-sized companies.
I was wrong. Or, perhaps, all of my normal internet search tools weren’t what was needed for this topic. (If you have suggestions, please post a comment below!)
In any case, I’ve heard a lot of complaints about these pages from job seekers, and I’ve learned that some very well-qualified candidates simply walk away from jobs if the online application process is too cumbersome. A recruiter’s nightmare!
Thursday, April 28th, 2011 by Tim Giehll
Today is another addition to those “literary posts” that I have already shared with you. This day is a day we take some additional advice from the greatest playwright of our time and apply it to the business world and your recruiting department, because what Shakespeare taught us about love and war, he can also teach us about business. These lessons are most applicable to your Internal Recruiting Staff. Today’s topic: Othello.
Monday, April 25th, 2011 by Tim Giehll
Users of recruiting software know that salary details are the stickiest part of any hiring process. But it’s important to consider salaries with some perspective.
A few months ago, I wrote a blog post on the minimum wage, reminding readers that a minimum wage employee that works full time will only earn around $17,300 per year. Not nearly a Living Wage.
A few readers responded with some interesting – and perhaps troubling – statistics:
Thursday, April 21st, 2011 by Tim Giehll
I have twice used my discussions with my daughter to inspire blogs. Her and I frequently discuss the ways in which the worlds of business and the world of art and literature coincide. Not too long ago, we related this back to Shakespeare’s Hamlet, and then Romeo and Juliet, and how lessons learned from that could apply in both words. Today we’re taking some more advice from the greatest playwright of our time and applying it to the business world of recruiting, because what Shakespeare taught us about love and war, he can also teach us about business and our candidates. Today’s topic: King Lear.
Tuesday, April 19th, 2011 by Tim Giehll
Type “screening applicants with social media” in your Google box sometime. You might be surprised by the results. I certainly was.
I had expected to find lots of pages with a title like “Five Tips for Using Social Media When Hiring.” I found some of those, of course, but I found a lot – and I mean dozens – of articles and blog posts on legal issues surrounding hiring via social media. And I thought the world of staffing software was legally complicated…
Sara Moss is co-founder and CEO of The Code Works Inc., a technology consulting company focused on the staffing and recruiting industry. Sara and her team develop actionable technology strategies to enable their client’s business goals.
