The Gospel of Social Recruiting
Posted on February 12, 2014 8 Comments
I’m no theologian – my apologetics tend to be limited to defending snarky blog comments – but one thing that’s always struck me as kind of odd is the striking semblance that social has kind of always had to spirituality.
I’m not talking about those who would, like the Pharisees, display their faith by live tweeting televangelists (and based on Joel Osteen’s hash tag, this actually exists). The whole dialogue around social media in general, social media for recruiting in particular, has always had the same characteristics as a religion.
A Questionable Post: Interviewing’s Greatest Weakness
Posted on February 3, 2014 1 Comment
If you want interviewing advice, there’s literally millions of options out there, and more or less, most of them say exactly the same thing. “Research the company, prepare questions to ask, show up 10 minutes early, make eye contact,” the sort of thing that seems pretty obvious to any candidate who makes it through even a perfunctory screening process.
The thing that none of these posts tell you, however, is the fact that if you prepare for and approach an interview by more or less doing the same stuff as everyone else, you’re not doing yourself any favors.
Influenca: Ignoring The Influence Industry
Posted on January 31, 2014 Leave a Comment
Once Upon A Time: A Post in 3 Acts
Posted on January 24, 2014 Leave a Comment
FADE IN:
Act I: Set-Up
The shaman figures prominently in many Precolumbian and aboriginal cultures, and for millennia they acted as stewards of an oral legacy stretching back to time immemorial. Around dancing fires, the people huddled and listened as the Shaman cast his spell; but his sorcery was not supernatural – it was story telling. Without stories, there is no past, and without a past, there can be no identity, no destiny, only the perpetual present, stuck spinning forever.
Higher Hires: Reefer Madness & Recruiting
Posted on January 23, 2014 4 Comments
There are few topics more taboo in the strange sweater and swag filled world of HR than smoking weed, or “ingesting marijuana,” if you’re an employee handbook or an SPHR. But Colorado’s recent reefer legalization proved a big hit for HR and recruiting content. This coverage certainly sparked a bowl of controversy and commentary about its workplace implications.