GenX Rant: You’re not lonely, you’re just an idiot…
So, the Washington Post ran an article this week where the former Surgeon General states that the U.S. has a “loneliness epidemic” it’s currently facing. A what?! From the article: “Vivek H. Murthy,...
View ArticleDoes Your Annual Review Process Include Terminations?
By now most of you probably have had the chance to read the Telsla article where they terminated 400 employees directly after their annual review process. If not, check out the link. Also, my buddy...
View ArticleCare. More.
My wife loves a super funny scene from the moving “Knocked Up”, here’s the scene: “Care more!” My wife and I laugh at this because this one scene defines most marriages with kids! I like “care more”. I...
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LinkedIn and Microsoft launch “Resume Assistant” and it’s a big deal!
Big announcement today coming out Microsoft/LinkedIn. The two companies are figuring out more and more how to integrate LinkedIn into the Microsoft office ecosystem and their new Resume Assistant is...
View ArticleYour Male Employees Are Running Scared!
Ugh, I don’t even know if I want to write about this, but I just got back from the Recruiting Trends and Talent Tech Conference, and this one subject dominated most of my conversations in one way or...
View ArticleThe Talent Acquisition Trends You Need to Focus on for 2018!
Hey gang! My buddy, Kris Dunn, and I will be leading a free webinar tomorrow talking about the talent acquisition trends you should be focusing on in 2018 that will have the fastest and most lasting...
View Article5 Things Leaders Need to Know About Developing Employees
I think we try and deliver a message to organizations that all employees need and want to be developed. This is a lie. Many of our employees do want and need development. Some don’t need it, they’re...
View ArticleYou’re Running Out of Time!
I have three sons, two of which are in college. They can do anything right now! If they wanted, they could fill a backpack and walk the earth. No one is going to stop them, in fact, many will...
View Article7 Sure Ways to Fail as a HR Leader
It’s tough being a Leader these days! You have all these boomers retiring and taking their typewriters and knowledge with them, you have all theses X’ers who think they are now the second coming, the...
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9 Ways IBM (and the rest of us) Should Be Reinventing Talent @IBMWatsonTalent
Amber Grewal is the Head of Global TA for IBM. It’s a big job. She posted on LinkedIn recently and gave her 9 ways IBM is reinventing recruiting. It’s pretty good. I’m not sure she wrote it. My...
View ArticleWelcome to Strugglesville: Population 1 (and that “1” is you!)
Have you been struggling lately? It seems like I go through bits of struggle here and there. The day starts off awesome, I’m getting stuff done, and then life happens and the struggle begins. Could be...
View ArticleDo you know what you really want in your career?
About ten years ago I came home one day and said to my wife, “I can’t do this anymore”. It doesn’t matter what I was doing, I just couldn’t do that anymore. I knew it. Something had to change. Steve...
View ArticleWhen Should You Let Employees Lead Themselves?
I like to compare sports coaches to business leaders. I know it’s different, but in so many ways there are great comparisons when it comes to execution, performance, and team dynamics. Coaches are...
View ArticleSnoring on a Plane!
I was flying recently and the dude right across the aisle from me started snoring. Snoring like he had a problem and there’s no way his wife still loves him kind of snoring. Snoring so loud I wanted to...
View ArticleAre HR Conferences Responsible for Ensuring You Connect? #UltiConnect
So, this week I’m out at Ultimate Software’s annual customer conference called Ultimate Connections. They do a great job with their conference, and like their software, they’re willing to change...
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Career Confessions of GenZ w/@CamSackett: Maybe You Should Take Our...
March Madness is fully upon us. This season unites us all over a love for college basketball or in my case, a love for winning money by googling an article about who the “Cinderella” teams are and...
View ArticleThe Latest Dating Trend has Always been a Leadership Trend!
Have you heard of the dating concept called, “Stashing”? Here’s the Urban Dictionary definition of stashing (editor’s note: you know you’re about to read a great HR post when it starts with a...
View Article5 Traits that Make Great HR Partners Great!
I use to think the title ‘HR Partner’ was played out and it probably was for a time. There was a point a few years ago when every HR Pro had to change their title from HR Manager, HR Director, etc.,...
View ArticleThings I Learned at Greenhouse OPEN #ghOPEN
Hey gang! I’m on the road this week at the Greenhouse OPEN. What’s Greenhouse? It’s one of the top ATSs on the planet – but you already know that if you read my blog! The Greenhouse OPEN is basically...
View ArticleAre you “True” to your game?
There is a phrase that is often used in a number of contexts, the phrase is: “Stay true to the game” I’ve always almost seen it used when talking about sports, and almost always in basketball. But...
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