by hrhardball | Apr 23, 2018 | Uncategorized
One of the great joys in my life was coaching Little League baseball…with two boys of my own, I’ve been lucky enough to have over a dozen seasons on the diamond with little guys wanting to learn the great game. Spend that much time on the field, you will observe...
by hrhardball | Mar 19, 2018 | Human Resources, Uncategorized
On Friday of last week (10/20), I was a guest on Michael Cameron’s daily radio program “Win-Win@Work” and had the opportunity to speak about my favorite topic– building and leading a world-class recruiting team. It’s a wonderful thing when you find...
by hrhardball | Mar 12, 2018 | Employee Engagement
“Candidate experience.” Google that term and you get just over 11 million hits. I’m guessing a fair percentage of those can be traced back to the contributors on this site, myself included, as sharing the gospel of the candidate experience is a pretty cool...
by hrhardball | Mar 5, 2018 | Leadership
You know that side-job you have as the informal HR Advisor for any/all of your friends? It can be enlightening at times, even uplifting, when you hear some of the ridiculous sh*t people are forced to put up with in their workplace. For the situation to reach the “Mind...
by hrhardball | Jan 9, 2018 | Uncategorized
“So, [candidate-person], how much do you currently make?” How is it that something so obviously inappropriate to ask in any social or professional setting is one of the boilerplate questions asked of every job candidate? “What do you currently...
by hrhardball | Oct 23, 2017 | Uncategorized
http://www.winwinatwork.com/imagine-leading-talent-acquisition-team-average-250-open-positions-per-month/
by hrhardball | Oct 9, 2017 | Talent Acquisition
“Passive recruiting” has been a buzzword in the Talent Acquisition world for as long as I’ve been in the industry. Not only is it described as the gold standard of a “strategic” Recruiting team, but “passive recruiting”...
by hrhardball | Sep 29, 2017 | Social Media
About a year ago, I started to manage our corporate Glassdoor account. Seemed like the perfect responsibility for me to assume; I lead our Talent Acquisition department, I love to write, and my 17 years as a married man has accustomed me to baseless criticism. I kid,...
by hrhardball | Jul 18, 2017 | Uncategorized
Remember when you had a recruiting desk to manage? You had your requisitions, you had phone screens scheduled, interviews scheduled, you knew your hiring managers, and you developed a rhythm. Cashing checks and snapping necks. And then they went and promoted you. Now...
by hrhardball | Jun 19, 2017 | Change Management
I think most of us would admit that being a control freak is a frustrating (and ultimately losing) proposition. At work, our ability to “control” things is usually more dependent upon the company cruising on auto-pilot, business as usual, allowing us to have some...
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