human resources Archive
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When it Comes to the Candidate Experience, There’s No Easy Fixes.
Posted on January 27, 2012 | No CommentsIf you really want to see a VP of HR get nervous, ask him or her about the candidate experience at their organization. Like profanity-laced tirades and red faces? Ask... -
The RFP as report card. What you see is not always what you get (or want).
Posted on December 7, 2011 | 2 CommentsMy kids brought their most recent report cards home last week. Altogether, a great showing. My daughter got straight A’s but was less than stellar in the “Learning Related/Self-Directed Learning”... -
New hire mistakes & how to avoid them
Posted on November 28, 2011 | No CommentsIn an article recently posted on US News Money titled, “10 Faux Pas to Avoid When Starting a New Job,” new hire mistakes range from poor etiquette to poor dress... -
I know the secret to creating jobs in this down economy.
Posted on November 11, 2011 | No CommentsYou may think all I do is dream about iced tea and carp about the darker side of today’s technology. However, I do know the secret to saving the economy... -
Looking for Feedback on LinkedIn HR Groups
Posted on October 28, 2011 | No CommentsMy post today is really less a blog post and more a call for help. I’d like to get our readers’ feedback on LinkedIn groups that focus on Human Resources... -
How “Undercover Boss” really has changed thinking
Posted on October 24, 2011 | No CommentsAn article posted on Inc.com titled, “Sheldon Yellen: Why I Went on Undercover Boss” follows Sheldon Yellen’s experience when he decided to go undercover to gain more insight on his... -
Office Pet Peeves: What’s Yours?
Posted on October 19, 2011 | 1 CommentThe team over at LinkedIn (who are enjoying their second annual customer conference – Talent Connect – in Las Vegas this week) recently polled 17,000 professionals across the globe on... -
What “overqualified” translates to today
Posted on October 17, 2011 | No CommentsAccording to an article on BusinessNewsDaily.com, hiring managers should start thinking more carefully before they remove an applicant from their potential pool of candidates simply because they are what appears... -
Is working from home right for everyone?
Posted on October 11, 2011 | No CommentsWhile some enjoy the so-called perks of working from home, many employees never get this opportunity or option. At some point we all roll out of bed in the morning... -
Self-promotions, video, and ERP from Alstin are winners!
Posted on October 4, 2011 | 3 CommentsThis year’s Creative Excellence Awards show that Alstin Communications is continuing its winning creative ways. Congratulations to our graphic designers, copywriters, account executives, administration — and of course, the clients — who... -
Using Twitter? Have a seat on the couch and tell us how you feel.
Posted on October 3, 2011 | No CommentsAccording to a Wired Science article titled, “Twitter-Mining Captures Global Mood Patterns,” social scientists have discovered that individuals tend to display mood patterns throughout the day using tweets and other... -
Putting America Back to Work
Posted on September 28, 2011 | No CommentsOn Monday, I joined thousands of Americans to watch President Obama discuss his Jobs Plan during a LinkedIn sponsored town hall meeting. If you missed it you can watch the... -
Rethinking our Stereotypes about the Millennial Workforce
Posted on August 18, 2011 | No CommentsLast week I read an interesting study sponsored by the Kenexa High Performance Institute entitled: Attitude? What Attitude? The Evidence Behind the Work Attitudes of Millennials. In the report, they... -
Recruiting: Thinking Twice about What We Know for Sure
Posted on July 22, 2011 | No CommentsThe longer I work in recruitment advertising the more I believe in the old saying that the only true constant is change. I think Charles Darwin was spot on when... -
Getting control in the workplace
Posted on July 21, 2011 | No CommentsAre you feeling irritated at work lately? Easily annoyed, perhaps? Maybe a little bit too anxious, or even like you’re drowning with a never-ending stream of tasks? While this might... -
How people are using LinkedIn.
Posted on July 12, 2011 | No CommentsPeople are joining LinkedIn at the rate of one new user per second and depending on what they’re doing for a living – or want to do for a living... -
How to “Enchant” your Employees
Posted on July 11, 2011 | No CommentsJob-hopping seems to be more prevalent than ever as many job seekers took whatever they could find during the recession and might now be re-evaluating those decisions with things starting... -
Now Your Online Fingerprint Will Last For 7 Whole Years
Posted on July 7, 2011 | No CommentsSo that crazy picture from the 4th of July BBQ was definitely Facebook worthy…or not. I remember the days (actually, not that long ago) when we were warned about the... -
Swallowing Your Pride and Hiring Real Talent
Posted on June 27, 2011 | No CommentsLet’s face it: a hiring manager’s job is tough. It’s not easy to find someone out there in a pool of thousands of applicants who “fits.” And we don’t just... -
YourHRStore is Open for Business.
Posted on June 23, 2011 | No CommentsWe’ve all seen promotional products done poorly. The sloppily printed smiley face squeeze ball that ends up rolling around your office drawer. The pen that doesn’t write. The letter opener... -
Social Media: Us vs. Them?
Posted on June 22, 2011 | No CommentsI came across this interesting infographic earlier this week via Exploring Social Media. With it came the challenge to those in the social media space to “teach more than preach”... -
Putting Recruitment Videos to Good Use.
Posted on June 17, 2011 | No CommentsIf you’re part of the recruiting, HR or communications industry, you’ve no doubt witnessed a big increase in recruitment videos over the last few years. Maybe you’ve seen some award-winning,... -
Focus on: mouth-watering knowledge. The value of focus groups in employer marketing.
Posted on June 17, 2011 | No CommentsDid you ever hear about the studies involving witnesses? Despite a group of people seeing a staged crime take place at the same time, there are rarely two people who... -
Getting what you want out of a job search
Posted on June 8, 2011 | No CommentsWhen was the last time you actually thought about interview questions and about how they apply to you? Hundreds of thousands of unemployed individuals are searching for a job right... -
From the mouths of employees: What makes a company a best place to work?
Posted on May 25, 2011 | No CommentsWhat employees say about the organization they work for holds plenty of weight. From being ”brand ambassadors” through their (good or bad) word of mouth advertising, to seeking out employee referrals or to... -
You can’t help but question the employer: Why the brick wall?
Posted on May 19, 2011 | No CommentsWhile things continue to look up on the economic and job creation front, there are still 5.8 million Americans that are among the long-term unemployed. Recently, Alstin’s Anne Hillman blogged... -
Using Facebook Ads to Get New Hires
Posted on May 11, 2011 | No CommentsFacebook is not only used as a social networking tool, but it also serves as a massive online medium for advertising to all kinds of people internationally. While several retail... -
Superhero capes given to jobless in Florida. (Now that’s just super bad.)
Posted on April 27, 2011 | No CommentsTo the tune of $73,000, Workforce Central Florida launched a PR campaign that included handing out thousands of superhero capes to the area’s unemployed in an effort to “raise awareness”... -
All is fair in Internet Reputation
Posted on April 25, 2011 | No CommentsA few months ago we posted a blog about Honestly.com, a website that allows employers to rate employees and potentially rate them poorly on a public forum. But let’s be... -
Recruiters Seeking Executives
Posted on April 18, 2011 | No CommentsAn article recently posted to Fistful of Talent titled, “Recruiters Don’t Own Executive Recruiting” evaluates the role of the Human Resources Recruiter when a company is in need of a... -
Revisiting the Candidate Experience
Posted on April 14, 2011 | No CommentsThis is my second blog post on the candidate experience. If you read my first one, you know that the candidate experience is being talked about a lot on both... -
Curriculum Vitae Interactive Video (or CVIV for short)
Posted on April 13, 2011 | No CommentsThis past week, Alstin had some college students stop by our offices for a tour and a Q&A session. They were a great group of hopeful advertising professionals from Rowan University’s Ad... -
McDonald’s Latest Attempt to Flip the Meaning of “McJob” (not just their burgers)
Posted on April 6, 2011 | No CommentsMcDonald’s wants to flip the impression that a job with them is not just a low pay/dead-end “McJob” with one super-sized (I couldn’t resist) effort. On April 19th, McDonald’s is... -
Got spam? Job seekers and employers beware
Posted on April 4, 2011 | 2 CommentsIf you are currently a job seeker in the tri-state area, chances are you have used the staffing agency The Creative Group to help find the position that you’re looking... -
Sickos Wanted: TMI or a totally honest job posting?
Posted on March 30, 2011 | 2 CommentsA while back I asked the question “is this the most absurd job posting ever” over a pretty lame ad a Georgetown University student posted for an “assistant” to help... -
LinkedIn Tops 100 Million Members
Posted on March 23, 2011 | No CommentsLinkedIn topped 100 million members this week and continues to grow at a rate of more than one member per second. Wow, congrats LinkedIn! They created a great infographic for... -
The Social Interview: Trust us. It’ll be fun.
Posted on March 15, 2011 | 3 Comments“Don’t worry, it’ll be fun. Trust us.” I don’t know about you, but that sort of lingo always tends to have the opposite effect with me. The company R/GA, a... -
The Perfect Boss
Posted on March 14, 2011 | No CommentsA New York Times article titled, “Google’s Quest to Build a Better Boss” by Adam Bryant explains how Google decided to try to analyze “performance reviews, feedback surveys and nominations... -
Finding the Right Talent Doing “Something”
Posted on March 7, 2011 | No CommentsSix Flags America in Prince George’s County, Maryland is exploring a different way to find the right applicant. “‘We’re looking for the most engaging, outgoing people,’ said Julia Filz, the... -
If you don’t have anything nice to say…
Posted on February 21, 2011 | No CommentsIn case you missed it- early this month a Pennsylvania high school English teacher became so frustrated with issues she was experiencing with her students, that she decided to publicly... -
Does Paid Family Leave Pay Off?
Posted on February 16, 2011 | No CommentsA little over four years ago, the big work/life issue facing me was my looming maternity leave. Did I save up enough money? How long could I reasonably take off... -
Improving and Maintaining Employer-Employee Relationships
Posted on February 14, 2011 | No CommentsThinking about your sweetheart all day? Anticipating that special, romantic candlelit dinner after work? Ah, yes- it’s February 14th, which means for many that love is in the air and... -
The Perfect Cover Letter – Necessary or Antique?
Posted on February 9, 2011 | No CommentsAs technology is constantly shifting and advancing around us, it’s hard to keep up sometimes on the most recent trends and information in Human Resources and job seeking. One of... -
So What Did You Learn This Week?
Posted on February 4, 2011 | No Comments“It is not the strongest of the species that survives, nor the most intelligent that survives. It is the one that is the most adaptable to change.” - Charles Darwin... -
Say what?
Posted on January 10, 2011 | 1 CommentYou walk into an interview dressed in your suit, portfolio and extra copies of your resume in hand and mentally prepared for the run-of-the-mill interview questions such as, “Tell me about... -
Are You Giving Job Seekers What They Want?
Posted on December 15, 2010 | No CommentsWhat draws qualified job seekers to the opportunities at your company? More and more these days, recruiters are being inundated with resumes from unqualified or under-qualified job seekers who are... -
Ask the White House: The Responses
Posted on December 1, 2010 | No CommentsIn November, I blogged about how Monster.com’s Facebook page invited their followers to post questions on what the federal government is doing to create jobs and spur growth. Those that were... -
Are job descriptions truly necessary?
Posted on November 15, 2010 | No CommentsWhile some companies seem to be dead set on providing job descriptions and sticking to them, a new article from ERE.net suggests that some are starting to lose faith in... -
Jobless Discrimination: Sorry, you’re just too unemployed for employment?
Posted on November 3, 2010 | 1 CommentI’ve been hearing and reading a lot lately about jobless discrimination, a disturbing new trend in recruiting where employers are reluctant to hire unemployed workers thinking the best candidates are... -
Facebook and the Elusive News Feed for Continued Fan Engagement
Posted on October 12, 2010 | No CommentsDid you ever wonder why certain friends’ posts always show in your Top News Feed vs. other friends? Or, why specific page’s or group’s status updates appear more consistently in...
