Hiring managers are NOT looking for job descriptions or activities on your resume. Job descriptions are simply boring descriptions of the responsibilities of the HR positions you have held in the past. Today, that simply won’t cut it.
The language of business is dollars and numbers. Everyone wants HR folks who deliver impact and produce results.
Read MoreIt means a bottom gets on the seat sooner, to maximise delivery and productivity for the function. It means the company is never feeling "at ransom" in addressing performance issues for the fear of being left short of a key specialist. It means minimum disruption to the team and to the company.
Read MoreToday for instance, on LinkedIn we see that of 2,648 advertised jobs at HR Director level within the USA, only 6 are available for a part time work arrangement. There are 0 advertised jobs on that same site for part time HRD roles within the UK.
Read MoreComments I’ve received from this group in this month alone include:
“You don’t know what you’re talking about so do yourself a favour and put my CV through your client if you want to make some money.”
“What a f*****g pile of s**t”
“Bog standard automatic reply, don’t know why you bothered you moron”
Read MoreI then observed a cafe with a sign in their window, offering free coffee and breakfast for anyone unemployed who was to attend an interview that day.
Read MoreArguably we’ve already raised enough business leader astonishment and derision at our need for “Finance for HR” courses. You rarely see other functions getting called out for a ‘dummies’ approach to understanding business fundamentals, so stampeding to courses on “Digital for HR” may not be our best tactic.
Read MoreDigital transformation is being bandied about as the answer, and technologies such as Blockchain are being considered for automating a range of tasks which would instantly free up the time of HR departments around the world.
Read MoreRecruitment driven diversity strategies miss the point. Well meaning leaders intent on 'fixing' the problem often order 'hire more women' as the solution......
...46% of candidates who believe they have had a “negative” overall experience say they will take their alliance, product purchases and relationship somewhere else....An unhappy candidate could also make negative remarks about your company, chasing away potential talents and clients. In fact, 27% of candidates following a bad experience would “actively discourage others to apply.”
Read MoreFinancially savvy HR managers can identify where the “artful” aspects of finance have been applied to the numbers, where the “soft spots” (or BS) are in the numbers, and they know how applying the numbers differently might lead to different conclusions. They are thus prepared, when appropriate, to question, push back and challenge the numbers like any other member of the business team.
Read MoreAs part of her interview answers, she regularly references (by name!) the people in her team and/or her business, who are poor performers and/or leaders. In fact, she cannot speak well of anyone in the organisation.
Read MoreLogically, if so many functions within HR can be outsourced then that leaves a very small department (if any) for the Head of HR to lead and manage. Many newer businesses have already come to that conclusion and have outsourced everything they can…
Read MoreHR or Personnel? I really don’t care what you call yourselves and it seems to worry you more than anybody else. Maybe you won’t sort this out until you decide what it is you do or what it is you want to do.
Read MorePersonally, I don’t perform well with micro management, nor with “this is the way we’ve always done it here”. I also get bored if I’m not regularly learning.
Read MoreBut the employee is left in shock, dismay, hurt, and utter bewilderment. They are devastated, and whilst some can quickly dust themselves off and continue with great career success elsewhere, there are many that cannot.
Read MoreThink of the information to be mined – name, home city location, work history; and often also birthdate, extra curricular interests, education history, conversation history (thus indicating interest areas), phone numbers, travel schedule, professional contacts and more.
Read MoreHow far through is the person in decision making? Like the folks who are just curious about seeing a house with no intent of purchasing, there is an alarming number of job seekers, even at very senior level, who find it acceptable to enter into a hiring process "just to be sure" of an employment offer they've already accepted elsewhere!
Read MoreAt that company, where some of our workforce were struggling to afford to eat properly, pouring free booze into empty stomachs led to police and ambulance involvement, embarrassment and notoriety, absenteeism, and a veritable minefield for the HR team in the disciplining process
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