There are 20.5 million “jokes about HR,” double those in accounting and millions more than CEO’s. Don’t you wish HR could stop them? Article Descriptors| Strategic Steps/Fast-Acting – List Of Five – 5 Min Read Don’t Complain… Act Yes, since Dilbert began providing readers with jokes about HR, it has …
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Bad HR Can Cost You Billions, Just Ask Apple (How ignored HR process vulnerabilities can lead to business catastrophes)
Retention and recruiting were factors in the downfall of Apple’s $10 billion EV car project! Boeing’s missing door catastrophe was also caused by overlooked HR vulnerabilities. Article Descriptors | Another case of bad HR – Apple’s EV failure – Identifying HR vulnerabilities – 6-minute read Here We Go Again, First …
Read More »Need Exceptional Talent? Recruit Contest And Award Winners (Competition reveals exceptional talent)
Contests build your employer brand, attract top-tier talent, improve assessment, and yield solutions. The problem solvers who win these recruiting-related competitions are some of the most impactful of all hires. Article Descriptors| Recruiting /Sourcing – Contests to attract/assess – How to – 7 min. read What exactly is “contest recruiting/sourcing?” …
Read More »This “Forever” Hiring Shortage… Will Forever Hurt Your Business Results (Shifting to Competitive Advantage Recruiting)
The recent Post-COVID hiring shortage wasn’t temporary, instead, it’s a permanent business condition. So why isn’t it a standard corporate practice to measure (and respond to) the current level of recruiting competition in your industry? Descriptors| Recruiting / Hiring shortages – Future of recruiting components – 5 min read In …
Read More »Competitive Retaliation – When They Recruit Your Talent… Strike Back Hard! (To boost your employee retention)
Why doesn’t recruiting retaliate? Because it is a common deterrent in business and the military. Descriptors: retention / retaliation recruiting strategy – how to – 3 min. read ———————————————————– In today’s competitive recruiting environment. Whenever your competitors face no negative consequences after they recruit a key employee. Their targeted recruiting …
Read More »8 Ugly Numbers… That Highlight HR’s Failures
A Think Piece – Posing the question, “Is it time to take a closer look at failures in HR?” Understanding The Many Benefits Of Failure And Criticism With few exceptions, throughout my career, I found that HR professionals are positive individuals who don’t even want to talk about failure. That …
Read More »New Year’s Resolutions For Progressive Recruiters (Simple but effective recruiting tools)
The New Year is a great opportunity for progressive recruiters to tweak their TA approach by adding small things that will make a big difference. Descriptors… recruiting/tools – how to – simple but effective – 3 min. scan Simple High-Impact New Year Resolutions For Recruiters If you are seeking small …
Read More »All Turnover Isn’t Bad… Encouraging “Good Turnover” (The positive impacts of good turnover)
The silliest practice in retention is counting all quits equally in your turnover calculations. Descriptors… retention/good turnover – eye-opening – how to – data-rich – 4 min. scan Understanding The Different Amounts of Business Impact From Each Category Of Turnover It’s a common practice to lump all employee turnover into …
Read More »All Turnover Isn’t Equal… And “Devastating Turnover” Produces The Most Damage (Prioritizing devastating turnover)
The silliest practice in retention is counting all quits equally in your turnover calculations. So the purpose of this article is to “open your mind” about the problem of measuring only aggregate “total turnover. ” And why you must begin measuring, prioritizing, and focusing on the most damaging category of …
Read More »Having A Muslim Or Jewish Name… Might Trigger Hiring Bias During This Difficult Time (The name-blinding tool)
Just seeing/hearing a candidate’s name can cause them to be rejected because of unconscious biases. So, if you want to avoid religious discrimination, consider using one of the available name-blinding methods. It’s a mistake to assume that the current Middle East conflict isn’t having a negative impact on recruiting. In …
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