Skills-Focused Recruitment Is Becoming Increasingly Popular… A shift towards skills-focused talent acquisition prioritizes individuals’ competencies over their educational background and specific job history. This approach...
What’s Your Manager’s Salary? Should you know your manager’s salary? Should companies share this salary information internally? I get it – they’re common...
Meaningful Work Isn’t Just Saving Puppies Lately, I’ve been thinking a lot about what makes work truly meaningful. Many HR professionals believe that for employees...
What it Really Means to Be a Partner In our little world, being a “partner” carries weight, right? But, serious question. Does anyone really know what it...
Staying True to Your Game The saying “Stay true to the game” pops up all the time. It’s been around in sports and pop...
Improving Diversity in Your Engineering Team Struggling to diversify your technical hires? You’re not alone if most of these hires are men, but by now...
Lessons from Past Jobs I’ve Had When I started college, HR wasn’t even on my radar. Was it on yours? Here’s how it unfolded for...
Let’s Kill Direct Deposit Remember the excitement of getting a birthday card and feeling a little cash fall out? I know we all...
Driving Change: Cars What is the worst buying experience you’ve ever had? For many, it’s buying a car. Whether it’s brand-new or...
Soft Feedback Isn’t Cutting It Today, it’s rare to get honest feedback. Most people just want praise instead of hearing what they need to...
Ditching the Generics You might say you’re only hiring ‘top talent’, but you’re probably settling for generics. It’s like choosing between store-brand...
We need more babies! This post is a rerun from March 2015, where do we think it stands now? AI, immigration, robots, what...
Getting Recruitment Right Sometimes we get so far into the weeds in recruiting that we forget what is actually important. We have...
Retaining Hourly Workers: Strategies for Sustainable Success In today’s dynamic employment landscape, the retention of hourly workers stands as a pivotal challenge for employers. As organizations...
Say Goodbye to the Employee Handbook Snooze Fest Updating an employee handbook is like doing your taxes – it’s a necessary chore that nobody looks forward to....
The Real Game-Changers I can’t stand hiring managers who don’t want to hire moms because they might need to stay home with...
Are All Employment Brands the Same? I’ve always thought that 9 out of 10 employment brands are basically clones. If you asked candidates to tell...
Employees Want You To Tell Them This “Can I be honest with you?” is a phrase usually followed by some sh*t you don’t want to hear. ...
Your Recruiting Process Is Doomed Here’s the real talk: sooner or later, you or anyone in recruiting will feel the itch to shake things...
The Power of Words in a Job Description Once upon a time (it was a decade ago, but I don’t want to feel old) I wrote about...