It’s five answers to five questions. Here we go…. How to disinvite an intern from our trivia team. I work for a large company in a small town. Like “literally everyone in town works for this company” large. It’s the summer and now there are tons of interns about. Last summer I had an awesome trivia team and it’s started up again this summer. Last year, we kind of cobbled together a team and we turned out to be pretty good! MORE
I love it when I have guests who comment about the unique items I’ve found over the years that no one else has. Some of them are found treasures from garage and estate sales. MORE
Soft skills are becoming increasingly vital to employers when differentiating between candidates with similar experience and education. MORE
This is a sponsored post written by me on behalf of Enterprise Florida for IZEA. All opinions are 100% mine. For those who have little or no first-hand experiences, the mention of Florida might conjure up images of Spring Break or retirement. MORE
It seems that almost every workplace has at least one. That person who makes you inwardly cringe. The one that makes you take unplanned left turns to avoid having to deal with them. It’s the workmate who you silently wish would get stuck in the elevator. Forever. MORE
A reader writes: I manage a small team of researchers and analysts. I have one team member, Anna, who does some great work but, as I’ve increasingly noticed, also has a habit of claiming others’ work as her own. In her recent performance review she spoke and wrote about work she’d done on a project which I know was actually done by a colleague because (unbeknownst to Anna) I’d worked with the colleague one-on-one on it a number of times and knew what he’d done on it. MORE
Lauren's doing less and less of what she enjoys at work. It's time for a shift, but a big leap feels too daring. When you don't have the confidence to cut ties completely, is a mix of options a realistic solution MORE
Citizenship & Immigration Services (USCIS) has announced the release of a new version of the Employment Eligibility Verification, Form I-9, which is used to verify the identity and employment authorization of individuals hired to work in the United States. Employers and Human Resources staff may begin using this new Form I-9 or continue to use […] Source. Basics HR hr audit i-9 i-9 form USCIS MORE
Some people love them, but on the flip side there’s a feeling of dread for a lot of others. Office parties certainly cause a split and considering some of the stories that arise out of them each and every year, it’s really no surprise. MORE
Like many other HR professionals and managers, you have probably read countless articles on how to measure employee performance, difference scales to use and the type of feedback you should give. While these may all be useful; as a manager, it can be difficult to measure employee performance as you most likely don’t work in […] Source. Experienced HR Metrics HR Metrics measuring performance performance review MORE
Office designs are often the last thing on a manager’s mind. You want the best people doing the best job, but does wall color or cubical height matter? Can’t you just stick the new guy in the corner? It may be easier to just move into whatever space you’ve rented, but instead, you should stop and think. Your office design may have a big impact on your employees. Lighting. How you light your office can impact how you and your employees work. MORE
From engineers to finance specialists, the “ Asian Tiger ” states – Singapore, Hong Kong, Taiwan and South Korea – are turning the heads of expats. So, what is it about these four nations that makes them so attractive to expats, especially when compared to Europe? Cost of living. MORE
Image source. Writing a good resume is one of the most soul-destroying and sleep depriving tasks anyone will ever encounter. It’s horrible. However, without a one, your chances of landing a job are even slimmer than Conor McGregor’s chances of landing a punch (we know, right; topical). MORE
A reader writes: I have a bizarre question that I’m honestly not sure how to handle. I am the lone HR representative for a small company with a very liberal/laid-back culture — sometimes too laid-back. A lot of the employees are friends outside of work or follow each other on social media. MORE
Does your company have a bunch of “affinity” groups ? For instance, a women’s group, a gay group, or an African American group? Lots of companies do. The idea is that if you bring people who share characteristics together they can help each other succeed. Bloomsberg Businessweek reports that Deloitte is moving away from these affinity groups. MORE
The subject of remote teams pops up on my radar more frequently all the time. In fact I am participating in a webinar in September on the subject of remote teams. In a webinar on Onboarding I talk about remote teams. Yet there is a conflicting story of bigger companies, such as Yahoo, Best Buy and, […] Source. HR remote work team building MORE
China and India are now home to eleven of the top 30 most dynamic cites in the world according to the City Momentum Index (CMI) – compiled by international professional services firm, JLL. MORE
It’s five answers to five questions. Here we go…. Should I talk to my coworker about her off-putting behavior? I am a technical employee in a government branch full of technical employees. I’ve been in my branch for seven years and am in my mid-30s. I’m a woman (and therefore in the minority). I have a colleague about seven years my junior who is rather new to our branch, let’s call her Rachel. She’s about the only other woman in my work role. MORE
Here's a new world take on an old-world saying: "No one ever got fired for buying recruiting services from LinkedIn". That's a spin off on what our boomer fathers/mothers/grandparents used to say back in the day: "No one ever got fired for buying IBM". New world. Same type of saying. MORE
Writing a resume from scratch is a terrifying thing. From wrestling with Microsoft Word’s sometimes odd formatting functions to trying to remember all of your valuable experiences from the last 10 years, nothing is more scary when job hunting than staring at a blank computer screen. MORE
Perhaps by the end of this show, you’ll consider creating a portfolio career. Welcome back to the last show of the Summer season, and boy is this an informative one! MORE
As competition for people continues to grow, attracting and retaining the cream of the crop talent has become everything to employers and recruiters. Your businesses depend on the best talent to drive it to its full capability. A few weeks back at the Google I/O conference the company formally announced its AI-based job search engine. View Article. Introducing Hire – Google’s New Recruiting Application. Undercover Recruiter - Recruitment & Talent Acquisition Blog. MORE
Businesses in Maine that operate in the summer tourism industry have a problem: Not enough visas available to hire their summer staffs. So, horror of horrors, they are having to (gasp!) do things like increase salary, and changing schedules to attract local talent. Makes me want to cry in the corner or something. Poor businesses. Okay, enough with the melodrama. It is tough for businesses that have relied on cheap foreign labor to suddenly have to pay market rates for local employees. MORE
In a free market, the company with the most to offer an employee gets the best employees. That’s fair. Idaho just made it one of the hardest places to attract new talent. Non-compete agreements. A non-compete agreement limits what someone can do after they leave a job. Traditionally used only for executives, some companies have branched out and used them for everything from fast food cashier to salesperson to CEO. MORE
If you’re in any way involved in executive job search, I’m sure you’ve often heard and read that networking – face-to-face, on LinkedIn and elsewhere online – plays a key role in landing a good-fit gig. Most of my executive job-seeking clients understand the value of networking. MORE
Getting a job is now harder than it ever was. Even with all the necessary certification, candidates are finding it hard to get into their dream careers. This is mostly because graduates are increasing in number, and most of their jobs are limited. MORE
Ready for some science today? Of course you are. You want to be taken back to the college days where you'd figure out how to game the Dewey Decimal System to find the right cites for that lame research paper you had to write. MORE
A lot of articles about doing a job interview talk about how to prepare for an interview. I do as well. But most articles don’t talk about the skills you need to have successful job interviews. This one does. Skills are a bit different than a list of things to do to prepare for a […]. MORE
Robert Jones is a strategist at Wolff Olins where he has helped build brands like Barclays, National Trust, Oxfam, Tesco, and Virgin. MORE
About a month ago, a reader posted this in an open thread : Does anyone have any experience hiring someone when you couldn’t get in touch with any real references? We recently interviewed some one who seemed okay but I had reservations. We didn’t have many good options, so we asked for her references. The only one we got in touch with was someone who worked with for 3 months 15 years ago and who is now her friend. We tried calling more recent employers and no one returned our (multiple) calls. MORE
There are a lot of misconceptions surrounding the hiring process straight out of college. Much of the misinformation is rooted in the fact that every employer and recruiting firm operates differently. But with that being said, there are some common threads when it comes to an attractive resume. MORE
In the United States, recruiting with social media is commonplace. In fact, social sourcing is a common strategy among companies looking to find talent on sites like LinkedIn, Twitter, Facebook, Instagram and Snapchat. However, European countries are focused on protecting the privacy of its citizen when it comes to the internet, online data which includes […] Source. Recruiting Social Media MORE
In 2009 I wrote a little ebook for Job-Hunt.org on using LinkedIn for personal branding and executive job search. I did a minor update in 2010. Not too much had changed. With LinkedIn’s newest 2017 User Interface, I needed to do a major revamp of the ebook. MORE
I was on public radio’s Marketplace this weekend, talking about what to wear to work in the summer, flip flops, and what to do when someone is dressed wildly inappropriately for the office — including a story about leather shorts. And we talked about remote work and last week’s letter about biting too. MORE
What started as a small labor of love for work and engagement has now exceeded over 7400 members. The Employee Engagement Network is a boutique media network focused on all things related to employee engagement. We have a fresh cartoon each week. A selection of work and engagement videos. MORE
Executive Career Brand
JULY 17, 2017
If you’re in any way involved in executive job search, I’m sure you’ve often heard and read that networking – face-to-face, on LinkedIn and elsewhere online – plays a key role in landing a good-fit gig. Most of my executive job-seeking clients understand the value of networking.
HR Capitalist
JULY 17, 2017
Here's a new world take on an old-world saying: "No one ever got fired for buying recruiting services from LinkedIn". That's a spin off on what our boomer fathers/mothers/grandparents used to say back in the day: "No one ever got fired for buying IBM". New world. Same type of saying.
Cube Rules
JULY 18, 2017
A lot of articles about doing a job interview talk about how to prepare for an interview. I do as well. But most articles don’t talk about the skills you need to have successful job interviews. This one does. Skills are a bit different than a list of things to do to prepare for a […].
Career Shifters
JULY 18, 2017
Lauren's doing less and less of what she enjoys at work. It's time for a shift, but a big leap feels too daring. When you don't have the confidence to cut ties completely, is a mix of options a realistic solution
Executive Career Brand
JULY 20, 2017
In 2009 I wrote a little ebook for Job-Hunt.org on using LinkedIn for personal branding and executive job search. I did a minor update in 2010. Not too much had changed. With LinkedIn’s newest 2017 User Interface, I needed to do a major revamp of the ebook.
Blogging4jobs
JULY 18, 2017
In the United States, recruiting with social media is commonplace. In fact, social sourcing is a common strategy among companies looking to find talent on sites like LinkedIn, Twitter, Facebook, Instagram and Snapchat. However, European countries are focused on protecting the privacy of its citizen when it comes to the internet, online data which includes […] Source. Recruiting Social Media
Evil HR Lady
JULY 17, 2017
In a free market, the company with the most to offer an employee gets the best employees. That’s fair. Idaho just made it one of the hardest places to attract new talent. Non-compete agreements. A non-compete agreement limits what someone can do after they leave a job. Traditionally used only for executives, some companies have branched out and used them for everything from fast food cashier to salesperson to CEO.
Career Shifters
JULY 18, 2017
“All of a sudden I realised I was in an amazing state of flow.”. Erin Morrissey missed the challenge of learning something new. So when she stumbled across a subject that stretched her mentally and made time fly by, she made it her mission to immerse herself in it. This is her story
Ms. Career Girl
JULY 21, 2017
I love it when I have guests who comment about the unique items I’ve found over the years that no one else has. Some of them are found treasures from garage and estate sales.
HR Capitalist
JULY 20, 2017
The Undercover Recruiter
JULY 15, 2017
Soft skills are becoming increasingly vital to employers when differentiating between candidates with similar experience and education.
Corn on the Job
JULY 16, 2017
Writing a resume from scratch is a terrifying thing. From wrestling with Microsoft Word’s sometimes odd formatting functions to trying to remember all of your valuable experiences from the last 10 years, nothing is more scary when job hunting than staring at a blank computer screen.
Ms. Career Girl
JULY 21, 2017
This is a sponsored post written by me on behalf of Enterprise Florida for IZEA. All opinions are 100% mine. For those who have little or no first-hand experiences, the mention of Florida might conjure up images of Spring Break or retirement.
Ask A Manager
JULY 17, 2017
A reader writes: I have a bizarre question that I’m honestly not sure how to handle. I am the lone HR representative for a small company with a very liberal/laid-back culture — sometimes too laid-back. A lot of the employees are friends outside of work or follow each other on social media.
Blogging4jobs
JULY 19, 2017
Like many other HR professionals and managers, you have probably read countless articles on how to measure employee performance, difference scales to use and the type of feedback you should give. While these may all be useful; as a manager, it can be difficult to measure employee performance as you most likely don’t work in […] Source. Experienced HR Metrics HR Metrics measuring performance performance review
The Undercover Recruiter
JULY 17, 2017
There are a lot of misconceptions surrounding the hiring process straight out of college. Much of the misinformation is rooted in the fact that every employer and recruiting firm operates differently. But with that being said, there are some common threads when it comes to an attractive resume.
Ms. Career Girl
JULY 20, 2017
Getting a job is now harder than it ever was. Even with all the necessary certification, candidates are finding it hard to get into their dream careers. This is mostly because graduates are increasing in number, and most of their jobs are limited.
Ask A Manager
JULY 20, 2017
About a month ago, a reader posted this in an open thread : Does anyone have any experience hiring someone when you couldn’t get in touch with any real references? We recently interviewed some one who seemed okay but I had reservations. We didn’t have many good options, so we asked for her references. The only one we got in touch with was someone who worked with for 3 months 15 years ago and who is now her friend. We tried calling more recent employers and no one returned our (multiple) calls.
Evil HR Lady
JULY 21, 2017
Does your company have a bunch of “affinity” groups ? For instance, a women’s group, a gay group, or an African American group? Lots of companies do. The idea is that if you bring people who share characteristics together they can help each other succeed. Bloomsberg Businessweek reports that Deloitte is moving away from these affinity groups.
David Zinger
JULY 17, 2017
What started as a small labor of love for work and engagement has now exceeded over 7400 members. The Employee Engagement Network is a boutique media network focused on all things related to employee engagement. We have a fresh cartoon each week. A selection of work and engagement videos.
Ms. Career Girl
JULY 19, 2017
It seems that almost every workplace has at least one. That person who makes you inwardly cringe. The one that makes you take unplanned left turns to avoid having to deal with them. It’s the workmate who you silently wish would get stuck in the elevator. Forever.
Ask A Manager
JULY 17, 2017
I was on public radio’s Marketplace this weekend, talking about what to wear to work in the summer, flip flops, and what to do when someone is dressed wildly inappropriately for the office — including a story about leather shorts. And we talked about remote work and last week’s letter about biting too.
Evil HR Lady
JULY 19, 2017
Businesses in Maine that operate in the summer tourism industry have a problem: Not enough visas available to hire their summer staffs. So, horror of horrors, they are having to (gasp!) do things like increase salary, and changing schedules to attract local talent. Makes me want to cry in the corner or something. Poor businesses. Okay, enough with the melodrama. It is tough for businesses that have relied on cheap foreign labor to suddenly have to pay market rates for local employees.
Blogging4jobs
JULY 17, 2017
The subject of remote teams pops up on my radar more frequently all the time. In fact I am participating in a webinar in September on the subject of remote teams. In a webinar on Onboarding I talk about remote teams. Yet there is a conflicting story of bigger companies, such as Yahoo, Best Buy and, […] Source. HR remote work team building
Ms. Career Girl
JULY 19, 2017
China and India are now home to eleven of the top 30 most dynamic cites in the world according to the City Momentum Index (CMI) – compiled by international professional services firm, JLL.
Ask A Manager
JULY 19, 2017
It’s five answers to five questions. Here we go…. How to disinvite an intern from our trivia team. I work for a large company in a small town. Like “literally everyone in town works for this company” large. It’s the summer and now there are tons of interns about. Last summer I had an awesome trivia team and it’s started up again this summer. Last year, we kind of cobbled together a team and we turned out to be pretty good!
Evil HR Lady
JULY 18, 2017
Office designs are often the last thing on a manager’s mind. You want the best people doing the best job, but does wall color or cubical height matter? Can’t you just stick the new guy in the corner? It may be easier to just move into whatever space you’ve rented, but instead, you should stop and think. Your office design may have a big impact on your employees. Lighting. How you light your office can impact how you and your employees work.
The Undercover Recruiter
JULY 20, 2017
As competition for people continues to grow, attracting and retaining the cream of the crop talent has become everything to employers and recruiters. Your businesses depend on the best talent to drive it to its full capability. A few weeks back at the Google I/O conference the company formally announced its AI-based job search engine. View Article. Introducing Hire – Google’s New Recruiting Application. Undercover Recruiter - Recruitment & Talent Acquisition Blog.
Ms. Career Girl
JULY 19, 2017
From engineers to finance specialists, the “ Asian Tiger ” states – Singapore, Hong Kong, Taiwan and South Korea – are turning the heads of expats. So, what is it about these four nations that makes them so attractive to expats, especially when compared to Europe? Cost of living.
Ask A Manager
JULY 19, 2017
A reader writes: I manage a small team of researchers and analysts. I have one team member, Anna, who does some great work but, as I’ve increasingly noticed, also has a habit of claiming others’ work as her own. In her recent performance review she spoke and wrote about work she’d done on a project which I know was actually done by a colleague because (unbeknownst to Anna) I’d worked with the colleague one-on-one on it a number of times and knew what he’d done on it.
Blogging4jobs
JULY 18, 2017
Citizenship & Immigration Services (USCIS) has announced the release of a new version of the Employment Eligibility Verification, Form I-9, which is used to verify the identity and employment authorization of individuals hired to work in the United States. Employers and Human Resources staff may begin using this new Form I-9 or continue to use […] Source. Basics HR hr audit i-9 i-9 form USCIS
The Undercover Recruiter
JULY 16, 2017
Robert Jones is a strategist at Wolff Olins where he has helped build brands like Barclays, National Trust, Oxfam, Tesco, and Virgin.
Ms. Career Girl
JULY 19, 2017
Some people love them, but on the flip side there’s a feeling of dread for a lot of others. Office parties certainly cause a split and considering some of the stories that arise out of them each and every year, it’s really no surprise.
Ask A Manager
JULY 18, 2017
It’s five answers to five questions. Here we go…. Should I talk to my coworker about her off-putting behavior? I am a technical employee in a government branch full of technical employees. I’ve been in my branch for seven years and am in my mid-30s. I’m a woman (and therefore in the minority). I have a colleague about seven years my junior who is rather new to our branch, let’s call her Rachel. She’s about the only other woman in my work role.
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