A McKinsey study says that 37% of managers do not address even chronic under-performance effectively. Does this strike a chord?
Sooner or later, all recruiters have to face a conscience decision—some more often than others, but at some point in a recruiter’s career, it eventually happens. Some confront it bravely, and others, sadly for our profession, in a cowardly manner.
Imagine what it’s like to be a Y. Born in the late 1970s or early 1980s. You know all about change, stability is not your thing.
Last week, the first Montreal PINKSLIP party was held. HRjob.ca was there to cover the event. Where were the recruiters, though?
With the unemployment rate at 8%, one would think that recruiters are not very busy these days, and yet—how to explain that it is just as difficult to recruit over the past few months as it has ever been?
The line between preparing candidates for interviews and giving them all the particulars is sometimes a fine one. Some recruiters even rewrite their candidates’ resumes to better show them to advantage. Are they right in doing so or are they simply scared that their darlings will be found lacking?
I have been working in talent management for over 15 years. My role involves recruiting, career management, working with high-potential individuals and coaching. Many are the people I've seen in my office. Many are the individuals seeking challenges, money, better companies or just a better work/life balance. All adding up to so many expectations to manage, so many promises that cannot always be kept, and so many dreams sometimes resulting in professional success but also in frustration.
I recently spent a week at the office with a typical generation Y-er. Here are the conclusions I've reached about generation Y...
If some people were taken in andsent a copy of their ID cards, I wish them good luck, because as regardsidentity theft, the Internet has become a place of choice
Competition between companies is increasingly intensifying as regards recruiting. Candidates have become customers—consumers like everyone else—who are continually solicited from all quarters. Thanks to globalization, they are two clicks away from their next job and just a short plane ride away from their next career destination...
Prediction for 2010! At the beginning of each year, predictions of all kind are made. Here is one that will at least have the merit of applying to all the signs of the horoscope, regardless of your decan. Let me predict the end of the CV as we know it.
A pretty peculiar present awaited you this morning when you learned that he was resigning. Still in shock, you’re not sure whether to shed tears of joy or despair...