6 Things That Will Make You A Great HR Pro
Yesterday, I wrote this post on a question someone asked me about How do I become a great HR Pro? I told them to stop sucking. Then I remembered I wrote this about three years ago – it’s better than...
View Article5 Habits that are making you a Bad HR Pro!
I had someone challenge me recently on my performance. It was good. It made me think about what I was really doing, and how I could get better. We all need this. We get so caught up in our day-to-day...
View Article5 Ways to Create a More WorkHuman Workplace!
Okay, what the hell is WorkHuman? I get asked that a lot as I talk about it. WorkHuman was a concept started by Globoforce, a recognition and rewards technology solution for your employees. Last year...
View ArticleEmployees don’t leave organizations, they leave…
BOSSES! Right?! Right? Right… For at least the past two decades, the foundation of employee engagement has been built on this one simple principle. Employees don’t leave organizations, they leave Bad...
View Article2 Minutes with Tim! SHRM-SCP or HRCI-SPHR?
Hey! guys, I’m trying a new platform out this week called Anchor.FM which allows me to post audio right on my blog, and if you have the Anchor App which you can download for free from the App Store for...
View ArticleThe Key to Handling High Maintenance Employees Like a Pro
Do you know the one piece of HR technology that hasn’t been created, yet? The Diva Detector!* Wouldn’t that be nice? “Hey, Mr. or Ms. Candidate, please look into the DD 2.0 and don’t blink….Yeah, looks...
View ArticleRerun – Your Going Away Party
It’s Spring Break in Michigan, so I’m going to step away from the daily grind and throw some Reruns at you! You guys remember Rerun, from What’s Happening? (look it up, kids!) So, enjoy the Reruns,...
View ArticleRerun – I Love Hiring People Who Have Been Fired!
It’s Spring Break in Michigan, so I’m going to step away from the daily grind and throw some Reruns at you! You guys remember Rerun, from What’s Happening? (look it up, kids!) So, enjoy the Reruns,...
View ArticleI Miss Old School Employee Training Videos!
Remember the bad 80’s employee training videos? When I was at Applebee’s we had a series of sexual harassment training videos that would never fly in today’s politically correct world! These videos...
View ArticleFailure Is The New Black #DisruptHRCayman
So, last night in the Cayman Islands DisruptHR Cayman went down! If you don’t know what DisruptHR is, you need to check it out! It’s the brainchild of my good friends Jennifer McClure and Chris...
View ArticleSourcers Are The New Recruiters?
Come listen to my story about a man named Tim. Poor Recruiting Pro, barely kept his family fed. And then one day he the internet came along, and up on his screen came a bunch of profiles. Candidates...
View Article“Recruiter” is the best job in HR! #SHRM16
I grew up and lived most of my life in Michigan. There are so many things I love about living in Michigan and most of those things have to deal with water and the 3 months that temperatures allow you...
View Article2016’s Newest Benefit – Baby Sign-on Bonuses!
According to this USA Today article, the U.S. birthrate is in sharp decline and is at it’s lowest levels in the past 25 years. Here are probably a few facts you don’t know: – Projected 2013 birthrate...
View ArticleRecruiting Blocking and Tackling!
This week I was at CareerBuilder’s Empower Roadshow talking with a few hundred Talent Acquisition pros and leaders in the Dallas/Ft. Worth area. Great event, great group of pros that were super...
View ArticleThe First Sign You Suck at Hiring!
Hiring people to work for you directly is probably the single hardest thing you’ll ever have to do as a manager of people. To be fair, most people are average at hiring, some are flat out kill and...
View ArticleT3 – Pilot (@Pilot_Inc)
This week on T3 I review the new startup coaching technology PILOT. PILOT is the brainchild of Ben Brooks. I’ve known Ben for years, he’s a super smart HR Pro/Leader based in New York who has an...
View ArticleStudent Loan Debt will end up being an Employer Problem
Take a look at this chart: Basically, what this chart is showing you is that America has a massive student loan debt problem. Want to know what the next ‘housing crisis’ will be? It’s right here in...
View ArticleShould Employers Be Looking for Lifetime Employees?
I think we all are being sold a big fat bag of lies! Okay, not lies, but definitely a very narrow skewed view of the truth. Case in point, you are now supposed to believe that you don’t want to work...
View ArticleMichigan Recruiter’s Conference 2016 Takeaways
Last week the 3rd annual Michigan Recruiter’s Conference took place in Grand Rapids, MI onsite at our corporate host Amway World Headquarters. 150 Corporate Talent Acquisition Leaders and Pros...
View ArticleVets, We Love You, but We Still Aren’t Hiring You!
One of the most politically correct lies that employers spout off constantly is how desperate they are to hire Veterans! There’s a reason for this. In America, we love to honor our Vets! There’s...
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