Forget the black hole — that’s a terrible way to get a job. People say “But I called the HR department, and they told me that I have to put my resume into the company’s ‘careers’ website in order for it to be considered.”
Posts Tagged ‘HR’
SHRM Annual Conference Evaluates HR in Changing Economy
The Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) kicked off their 61st Annual Conference this week amidst the 80-90 degree heat in New Orleans. The SHRM Annual Conference & Exposition is a chance for HR professionals, academics and businesses to gather and learn new strategies and techniques for improving the workplace. The conference this year focuses ... - Read full post
Recruiter/HR Advice: How to Avoid the Arrogance of Supply
“Arrogance of Supply.” This is a phrase I coined back in the early 1990’s when I was leading a staffing team that received thousands of resumes a week, and my team was horrendous at responding and processing those resumes. I told my team that we had an “arrogance of supply” in how we treated our ... - Read full post
College Career Services Connect on Twitter and in person with HR/Staffing Professionals
The National Association of Colleges and Employers (NACE) kicked off its annual event this week in Las Vegas which runs through Thursday. The goal of NACE is to connect more than 5,200 college career services professionals at nearly 2,000 college and universities nationwide, with more than 3,000 HR/staffing professionals focused on college relations and recruiting. ... - Read full post
Laid Off? Remember: You are Talented!
Let me start first with saying that “you are talented!” If you just lost your job through one of the layoffs occurring around the world, you are not alone, even if it feels that way. If this is the first time you’ve ever lost a job or been asked to leave a company, a whole ... - Read full post
Lay off Lessons: Are Companies Learning?
It’s been since the early 1990’s that most companies had to go through large scale, coordinated layoffs. The internet companies went through it this decade but those were still heady days and people were provided round-the-world-vacation-sized severance packages and most had a job waiting back in banking or consumer products. However, today is different. This ... - Read full post
