Dec 31, 2011
Stuck in the Middle with You: Why Middle Managers Matter
I’m a coffee snob. I have a Gaggia, which I polish regularly. I’m a coffee machine snob. I’ve had a problem. The machine was spitting out coffee grinds from the sides of the espresso holder. I was getting cups full of grit, and as a consequence, I was grumpy in the mornings. So I tried a number of solutions. I tried washing out the espresso holder regularly. I tried different grinds of coffee, but only ended up with weaker cups. I tried different types of coffee, from Monsoon Malabar to Ecuadorian, but I always ended up with a poor end...
read moreSocial Recruiting: Short Guide to Recruiting with Google Plus
Social recruiting is the new frontier of the job market. Social networks like Twitter, Facebook and LinkedIn have long been used by recruiters and by employers to find the employees who are most ideally suited for their business. And now one of the newest social engines is being tapped by the business world: Google+. Google+ hit social media with a bang in 2011. Unlike most social media outlets, it is backed by the powerhouse that dominated both the search engine and smartphone operating system markets in short order. If those events are...
read morePooling Your Recruiting Resources: Can You Get More with Less?
Today’s workforce is online, but where? There are literally hundreds of job boards online that offer employers and potential employees an ideal meeting ground to find the perfect candidate for a job. Unfortunately, this large pool of options makes it more difficult for employers to find the right candidate. Why Multiple Postings Alone Don’t Work Most employers feel that if they post their jobs on multiple job boards, they’ll receive a hearty response. While this is true to an extent, it doesn’t work as well as employers might think....
read moreCasual Friday: All Time Most Popular Articles
Since the launch of HR C-Suite in 2011 we now average nearly 5,000 visits per month! Because of you, our wonderful readers HR C-Suite continues to grow. You have tweeted, followed, liked and commented on many of our thought articles. In celebration of you, below is a list of our all time most popular articles contributed by our fantastic authors over the last 2 years. Happy Friday and Enjoy! 1) Develop Your Leadership to be Talent Keepers, by Tim Garrett 2) Dealing With the Workplace Tasmanian Devil, by the late Colonel (Ret) Terry Fobbs,...
read moreHR Corporate Recruiters – Do You Know You’re Brand in the Marketplace?
From the Note Pad of Nichole McDonald, SPHR It is well known in the marketplace by search firms, hiring managers, job candidates and even the HR Department that if a candidate wants to get interviewed and hired into a company, the best way to do that is go around the HR Recruiter. Yes, HR, this is fact and not fiction. As a matter of fact, on any given day, some where in the world, hiring managers are talking to candidates that by passed the HR Department. HR gets the call from the hiring manager that he/she just interviewed a great...
read moreEarn Respect: 5 Steps to Get The Respect You Deserve
Respect is not free; you need to earn it. Don’t expect respect to seek you out; it won’t. It does not matter your title, your role, your experience, your history — nothing matters. We are all familiar with the “golden rule” — do unto other as you would have them do unto you. Start here to earn respect. This is what earning respect is all about. Don’t wait for someone to give you respect before you show them respect. Be prepared to give respect, even in the face of not getting it. This is the tough part as you begin the journey of...
read moreMeeting with C-Suite Leaders…
…Is as easy as counting to 10. From the Note Pad of Nichole McDonald, SPHR First, you must know why you are having the meeting. For example, are you selling an idea, solving a problem or introducing an innovation? You may have secured a 30 minute meeting with a C –Suite leader. However, the really, really, is that you have only the first 10 minutes to get the attention of a C-Suite leader. Therefore, you must make every minute count. Here is how it works; 1- minute, state the reason for the meeting, 2-5 minutes outline the...
read moreWhen Cultures Collide: Be Aware of Assumptions
Assumptions complicate culture; culture complicates assumptions. Lots of times when we hear the word culture, we think of diversity. Fair enough. Diversity is a specialized way of thinking about and addressing culture. This note is not about diversity. It is about assumptions and how assumptions shape our organizational culture. I might work in a highly diverse work force, one that is not diverse at all or like many of us, the work force where I work is moderately diverse. In very broad terms, this diversity is represented by employees...
read more5 “Its Time To Dump this Place” Red Flags
Often we get busy in the day-to-day business of a job that it is easy to overlook red flags that might indicate it is simply time to leave. We “get it” that there is no such thing as a perfect workplace. However, there are some that border, if not leap into the swamp of unethical, unlawful or dysfunctional culture that may have caused some of you serious concern. One might stick it out in a tough job situation, because they cling on to the hope that things will get better. But the truth is some key manager occupants, who think they are...
read moreHow is HR Team Performance Like an Olympic Relay Race?
What do we know about Olympic teams and Olympic athletes? This question gets good traction every two years or so. Once when the summer games are playing and again in two years when the winter games are playing. Olympians are recognized as the best. They work very hard to get to the games. They are the experts in their sport. They have passion, dedication, discipline. Lots of work. Lots of dedication. Lots of time and preparation. Collaboration and working together. Knowing where you are and where the other team members are. And, so important...
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