OpEd Category
Big Data Doesn’t Always Add Up.
Posted on March 10, 2015 6 Comments
I will admit that I am not a leader in any way, shape or form. I have managed as many as a dozen direct reports at once, but the problem is, I’m a solipsist, you see, and would rather execute on my own shit than operationalize others’, which is pretty much what management is. I […]
You’ve Probably Already Read This Already.
Posted on January 29, 2015 4 Comments
One of my contributors recently complained, after about six months of blogging, that it was becoming increasingly difficult to say things about recruiting that they hadn’t already said before. I couldn’t agree more. My friend Maren Hogan wrote a great post yesterday about how so many blog posts are more or less redundant, since they’ve […]
Career Coaches and Resume Writers Can’t Find A Real Job, Either.
Posted on January 16, 2015 5 Comments
As the old saying goes, those who can’t do, teach; this, as we all know, is complete BS, because those who can’t do, in fact, become consultants. But in recruiting and HR, those who can’t become consultants (which is easier to get into than the University of Phoenix) do something far more insidious: they become […]
Even Haters Have Some Love To Give.
Posted on December 31, 2014 2 Comments
I once received some sage advice once from Matt Weiner, the creator of Mad Men, when we were trying to break my habit of binge writing, a habit which had gotten me into a little bit of trouble on a pretty painful rewrite. “You only have 5 good hours of work in you in a […]
Frienemies With Benefits: How HR Ruins Recruiting
Posted on December 4, 2014 5 Comments
One of the hottest of hot button issues in human capital these days seems to be the categorization of the recruiting function and whether or not it belongs in HR in the first place. It may seem superficially pithy, but it’s a dialogue with drastic ramifications for the future of both recruiting and candidate engagement. […]
Snark Attack 