August 30, 2006
by Lance Haun
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Inspired by this article on The Onion (a satire newspaper and website), I wanted to share with you my thoughts on exit interviews. The purpose of the exit interview is two fold (one obvious, one not so obvious): 1. To … Continue reading
August 29, 2006
by Lance Haun
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Probably not. Oh don’t get me wrong, I’ve seen the statistics. Nearly half of employers googled a candidate in the last year and a third made a decision based on that. It is awful to think of those poor people … Continue reading
August 27, 2006
by Lance Haun
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Whenever you go to college and you talk about business and management philosophy, a resounding theme comes up. It is a theme about businesses taking responsibility for poor policy. Whenever your employees aren’t reaching their full potential, you should be … Continue reading
August 24, 2006
by Lance Haun
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David Perry writes today for the blogswap. He talks about using technology to further your job search. There’s an old sales adage that applies to job hunting which goes something like this: “success is 98% just showing up”. Following Hr … Continue reading
August 22, 2006
by Lance Haun
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Whenever I looked for my last job, I used a notepad on my laptop to make notes of the contacts I had made, the jobs I had applied for, what kind of custom resumes and cover letters I was using … Continue reading
August 22, 2006
by Lance Haun
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I’m David Manaster, CEO of ERE Media, the leading trade publisher for recruiting professionals. Your HR Guy is generously hosting this (very late) guest post on his blog as part of the Big Bad Recruiting Blog Swap. I’ve been reading … Continue reading
August 20, 2006
by Lance Haun
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A quick little intro for those of you tuning in to the Big Bad Recruiting Blog Swap… My name is Tod Hilton and I will be your host for this post. What I am: a software developer at Microsoft and … Continue reading
August 20, 2006
by Lance Haun
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I had a great time away from work (and my blog) and am now back in full force. Hope some of you stuck around. I received some interesting tips from one of the vendors we work with (CareerBuilder), the Top … Continue reading
August 8, 2006
by Lance Haun
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Worker is fired by text message The biggest surprise to me is that it hasn’t happened sooner. Job offers are being sent by e-mail now and I check my e-mail by PDA more frequently than on a computer. I am … Continue reading
August 3, 2006
by Lance Haun
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While many of the HR people I know in the field are very principled people but one thing where that changes is in regards to the law, specifically employment law. Litigation avoidance is one of the main assumptions most people … Continue reading