The Starting Point of a Great Recruiting Practice
I love to taking a look back at great things and trying to determine that one point in time where the path to greatness was started. It happens all the time in sports with teams. It’s usually a great...
View ArticleUnreasonable Expectations Killed Talent Acquisition
The worst thing that ever happened in the history of Talent Acquisition was the phrase, “We only hire the best talent”. In the 1980s, I suspect, or somewhere in the past, some lame CEO said this...
View ArticleMillennials Are Buying Your B.S. Employment Branding
I’m a huge fan of Malcolm Gladwell and he recently said some things to say at a data analytics conference in Seattle. He had a number of points but one that interested me most was him discussing the...
View ArticleWhere Does Retention Start?
The biggest thing in HR and TA in 2016 will be retaining your employees. Not just top talent, but that middle of the road, shows up every day, glue type talent. Retention is a concept that most HR and...
View ArticleTim Sackett, Best Life Coach Ever!
I believe the concept of ‘Life Coach’ is the biggest con anyone has been able to pull off in the history of mankind. That being said I personally know some folks who love having a life coach...
View Article2015 Top Post: Top 25 Rap Lyrics That Shaped My Leadership Style
I’m on vacation this week, so you’re getting a best of week from The Project. These are the most read posts of 2015 to this point. Enjoy! Last year I did blog series on The Top 25 Rap Lyrics that...
View Article2015 Top Post: Sometimes A Job Isn’t Worth It
I’m on vacation this week, so you’re getting a best of week from The Project. These are the most read posts of 2015 to this point. Enjoy! Linds Redding, a New Zealand-based art director who worked at...
View ArticleOpen Office Spaces Now Suck…But wait for it…
This just in! Google got it wrong! It seems like we keep hearing that more and more these days. The company that seemingly invited HR and Talent Acquisition keeps getting it wrong. This time, it’s...
View ArticleHR Pros! You Should Be Going To Court More!
There’s one thing we as HR pros are pretty consistent on. We never want to go to court! We do just about anything to mitigate risk for ourselves and our organizations. The first step of HR Club is...
View ArticleHow To Fall In Love With Your Job. Just. Do. This.
A psychologist, Arthur Aron, came up with a way to get to strangers to fall in love with each other. His research is fascinatingly simple! It basically comes down to having the two people sit down...
View ArticleHow President Obama Would Build a Team.
One of my favorite writers is Bill Simmons of Grantland fame. Recently, Bill got the chance to interview President Obama for GQ Magazine. Bill is traditionally a sports writer, huge NBA fan, but also...
View ArticleThe Next Generation Just Named Itself! #NicknamingYourselfIsStupid
Have you ever had a nickname you didn’t want? You were in the third grade and crapped your pants and some dumb kid called you ‘Stinky’ and it stuck, for life! The rest of your life you got to go...
View ArticleHow Much Did Your Dreams Cost?
It’s the holidays, do yourself a favor and go out and download or Redbox the movie “Up In the Air“. It’s a great movie for HR pros. One of the best scenes is this one (below) between George Clooney...
View ArticleHave You Noticed, Most Companies Suck at Recruiting
Recruiting isn’t about hiring one person. That’s easy. It’s about consistently hiring one person, and that person should be, at the very least, as talented as the last person you hired. But, really...
View ArticleShould Job Hopping Be Encouraged?
Am I old school? No, really? Please let me know in the comments because this recent article from Fast Company makes no sense to me! Check this out: “JOB HOPPERS ARE BELIEVED TO HAVE A HIGHER LEARNING...
View ArticleHero Ball: Coming to an office near you!
If you played ‘ball’ sports, you know the concept of Hero Ball. It’s exactly what it sounds like. One guy or gal trying to be the hero of the team and doing too much, or not playing within the team...
View ArticleHow Much Did Your Dreams Cost?
It’s the holidays, do yourself a favor and go out and download or Redbox the movie “Up In the Air“. It’s a great movie for HR pros. One of the best scenes is this one (below) between George Clooney...
View ArticleHave You Noticed, Most Companies Suck at Recruiting
Recruiting isn’t about hiring one person. That’s easy. It’s about consistently hiring one person, and that person should be, at the very least, as talented as the last person you hired. But, really...
View ArticleShould Job Hopping Be Encouraged?
Am I old school? No, really? Please let me know in the comments because this recent article from Fast Company makes no sense to me! Check this out: “JOB HOPPERS ARE BELIEVED TO HAVE A HIGHER LEARNING...
View ArticleHero Ball: Coming to an office near you!
If you played ‘ball’ sports, you know the concept of Hero Ball. It’s exactly what it sounds like. One guy or gal trying to be the hero of the team and doing too much, or not playing within the team...
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