A Lesson for Job Searchers, Courtesy of Colin Kaepernick
Mistakes are always forgivable if one has the courage to admit them – Bruce Lee Wow, it’s Colin Kaepernick at McDonald’s. This is CRAZY! I’m going to say it: I was a San Francisco 49ers fan. It started...
View ArticleQuitting With Flair: The Inventive Ways People Use to Say “I’m Out”
Parental Advisory Announcement: This article on how people approach quitting a job will offend you if you are a stuffed shirt or a moralistic ass that cannot take a joke and sees the world without an...
View ArticleWhen It Comes to Recruiting, New Laws Miss How We Negotiate Salary
“There’s no way I can justify my salary level, but I’m learning to live with it.” — Drew Carey The hottest topic, it seems, in the recruiting world the last few months has been about compensation and...
View ArticleA Recruiting Lesson From Baseball: Sometimes, It’s Not About the Money
I am now, and have been most of my life, a baseball fan. The off season is always interesting, especially seeing the movers and shakers coming and going through free agency and trades. However, every...
View ArticleThe Key to Success? It’s Getting the Hiring Manager to Really Trust Their...
“Creativity is allowing yourself to make mistakes. Art is knowing which ones to keep.” — Dilbert creator Scott Adams Dear Recruiter, You’ve spent years in therapy attempting to identify yourself, yet...
View ArticleIs That Candidate Not Responding to Your Social Media Pitch Because They’ve...
“I mean, they say you die twice. One time when you stop breathing and a second time, a bit later on, when somebody says your name for the last time.” – the graffiti artist Bansky During a recent...
View ArticleThe Amex Job; My First, and Last, Cease and Desist Story
“There’s a saying that you can’t put a price on a human life, but that saying is a lie because we have. We have, and it’s so much lower than you would think. Yes, human life has its price like...
View ArticleCry Me a River: You think THAT’S How Harassment Works?
You think THAT’S How Harassment Works? A few weeks ago my pal Derek Zeller wrote a post called “The Sexual Harassment That Never Happened.” I got just a bit worked up. I had to take a break, refill my...
View ArticleRecruiters can learn a lot from movers
Recruiting & Movers #TrueStory It is Moving day. There are so few phrases that can strike fear into the heart of a human as this phrase and eventual day, well other than marry me or you are...
View ArticleHow should recruiters be educating the next wave of the profession?
I like to read, like a great deal, not only books, which sadly are dying, but online articles as well. The very thought of learning something new for this old dog is genuinely exhilarating. That is...
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