inhospitable: not offering shelter; barren or forbidding I would venture to guess, Dear Reader, that your local Chamber of Commerce (wherever that may be) has some sort of “talent” program they promote as an offering to their member organizations. This
Myth Busters: Rethinking Hiring in the Modern Workplace
There are numerous notions we hold close – in our hearts and minds – about recruiting and hiring employees. We often learn these things early in our career as a manager, HR professional or recruiter. In the professional equivalent of
The HR and Hiring Manager Partnership
The relationship between hiring managers and HR/Recruiting can be fraught with peril. When things are not working it’s chock-full of misconceptions, devoid of understanding, and characterized by passive-aggressive animosity. Hiring Manager: “What are they doing over there? Why am I
The Blame Game : Hiring Edition
I’ve been gathering a fair number of timely anecdotes from job seekers who have recently found themselves summoned to multiple interviews for a single job. Candidates have been finding themselves running the gauntlet of 3 to 5 to 8 (EIGHT!)
