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Applying for a job and never hearing back from the company is like asking someone to marry you and having the person simply look over your shoulder, as if you didn’t just offer a proposal. 
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Hire smart, or manage tough. - Red ScottThere was an interesting story on Harvard Business Review’s blog about corporate board members giving most of their companies an “F” for
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81% of people in a study lied about themselves during job interviews, with the more extroverted being more apt to tell untruths, say Brent Weiss and Robert S. Feldman of the University of Massachusetts.
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Second of two parts Editor's Note: For Part 1, see 3 Key Predictions for the Human Resources Department of 2020. 4: HR will utilize analytics and Big Data to augment its value In-house HR …
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Tried-and-true recruiting and interviewing tactics are great, as long as they keep on working. But would you know, really, if they weren’t?
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By Eric B. Meyer When offering respect in the workplace training for employees and supervisors, I emphasize that an employee who laughs at sex jokes in the workplace is the same employee who …
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Not surprised -- but still wondering how this kind of behavior is still in the workplace -- still tolerated by management/HR.
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I’ve been out of day-to-day HR for four years. It was one of the best decisions that was ever made for me.
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By Eric M. Meyer Last week, before the Memorial Day weekend, Oregon Gov. John Kitzhaber signed into law a bill which prohibits employers from requiring or requesting that employees or …
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What's the real reason some employers and applicants stink at interviewing? We’ll tackle both of these groups in this article. Learn more.
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Very good analysis on the front end -- concluding "questions" are a little misleading. The focus on both the candidate and the interviewer should be on performance. A key point in this article --that's dead on -- is the lack of training for those doing the interviewing.
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The U.S. House of Representatives recently passed the Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act (CISPA) which helps individuals protect their right to privacy and prohibits an employer …
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By Eric B. Meyer Earlier this week, the U.S. House of Representatives voted 223-204 to pass the Working Families Flexibility Act of 2013, which would amend the Fair Labor Standards Act to …
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I think HR faces a crisis of relevancy. The recession has made everyone an expert in “work.” Everyone knows how to do your job — and HR professionals are fighting against popular culture, myths about employment and fears about the labor market.
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Readers of my blogs and articles know that my focus has often been on explaining Big Data. This Big Data phenomenon is quickly spreading throughout the business world. Those that understand …
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Here’s a real head-scratcher: Imagine that you are an employer (LOL, if you’re reading this blog, you probably are), and you get the following criminal rap sheet on a prospective …
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Carly Simon: You’re so vain, you probably think this song is about you …. People give a person’s soft skills a bad name – soft skills. People don’t underperform because
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Kicking, hitting, pushing, calling names — no, it’s not a 4-year-old kindergartner run amok, it’s the behavior of 44-year-old, (now former) Rutgers basketball coach Mike Rice. Apparently Rice has been positively reinforced and rewarded for this type of behavior since preschool because people don’t develop lifestyle strategies overnight. In early April of this year, Rice was fired by the university after (and only after) ESPN aired footage of his form of inspiring performance: nothing like the coach bashing your head with a basketball at close range to make you a better player, right?
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“Death by interview” is the harsh but unfortunately all-too accurate name that I give to the majority of corporate interview processes because of the way that they literally abuse candidates.
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What’s the most powerful word in business today? Innovation. Read any blog, any news source, any prospectus and you will quickly stumble over “innovation
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The legendary Triple Crown in horse racing consists of the same horse winning the Kentucky Derby, the Preakness Stakes and the Belmont Stakes all in the same season. No horse has …
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The next time you want to find a date and a job in the same sitting, you’ll be in luck -- eHarmony job matching will soon exist. The dating website plans to forge a successful career …
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Will be fascinating to watch this -- ponder the implications of this happening?
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Lots of companies want to hire but for one reason or another say they can’t find qualified candidates.
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Summertime is the season of box office blockbusters, when theaters abandon more intimate fare for movie spectacles. Just because these sunny summer films contain fast cars and big …
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By Andrea E.M. Stone The popularity of various social media channels certainly complicates issues for HR managers these days, creating a need not only for them to remain up to date on the …
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What are the implications of cyberbullying in the workplace. Visit www.implicationswheel.org for information
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Skills shortages in 2020 will rise to an entirely new level. And I’m not talking about STEM skills, although they’re critical.
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For a little context, a few years ago, I wrote a post here at TLNT about how you shouldn’t have a social media policy for your organization.
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