090421 Social Recruiting Links

Thought For The Day: “There is no such thing as a leprechaun. It is a complete waste of time to spend your energy trying to find one. However, when you do find one, cherish it.” Social Recruiting Summit An interesting spin on the old fashioned Trade Show. ERE Media is delivering an event that wants […]
 

090420 Extremophile Links

Topics: All, Daily Links, HR Trends, John Sumser, JohnSumser.com, by John Sumser
Thought For The Day: “In response to economic threats, staff reorganizations, cuts and new hires are usually based on past performance rather than on an understanding of which people will guide the company to success in difficult times.” – Eileen Clegg How Extremeophiles Thrive in Impossible Conditions: Lessons for Business from Nature’s Super-Survivors Extremophiles are […]
 

090417 Weekend Links

Topics: All, Daily Links, John Sumser, JohnSumser.com, by John Sumser
Thought For The Day: “Create or die.” Collaboration Along with credit, the currency, and housing prices, the industry’s jargon is being deflated. Here’s a look at the magic that is collaboration. Digging Into RecruitingBlogs.com v2.15: Odd coupling Looking at the interesting contrast btween the unspoken fears that grip the members of our society and the […]
 

Best Buy

Best Buy (April 16, 2009) In my conversations with Josh Kahn, it became apparent that Best Buy is doing something really different. Over and over again, I asked him if it felt like being at “Ground Zero”, if he could think of any other company who was organizing along the same lines. While he pointed […]
 

090416 Recruiting Links

Thought For The Day: “Execution is the only strategy customers or competitors ever see.” Peter Drucker.. Suggested by Dave Opton Roses In The Thornbush (pdf) An oldie but goodie. 10 pages of practical insight about the ways in which marketing can help recruiting and vice versa. Still relevant. Bill Vick Interviews The Recruiting Animal Yesterday, […]
 

Josh Kahn

Josh Kahn (April 15, 2009) I’ve been getting to know Josh Kahn for a couple of years now. We met through the Recruiting Roadshow®.He generously navigates the Bet Buy decision matrix to support the Minnesota Recruiters events which are held there. The first Recruiting Roadshow® was held in the hallowed halls of Best Buy. It became, […]
 

090415 The Future Is Boring Links

Topics: All, Daily Links, Futures, John Sumser, JohnSumser.com, by John Sumser
Thought For The Day: “To cut to the chase, what seemed the most important thing in creating a “community” from a recruiting perspective was to put the “talent” or the community in touch with each other and then get out of the way.” Sean Rehder. The Tech Lab: Brendon RileyFrorm th UK, IBM’s view of […]
 

Buzzword Parade

Buzzword Parade (April 14, 2009) I was talking with a colleague about the buzzword problem in HR Technology. Most of HR is discussed in a jargon that has been slowly evolving since the first Personnel Departments emerged during the depression. The language of job descriptions, merit increases, conflict management, skills and personality assessment all require […]
 

090414 Job Board Links

Topics: All, Daily Links, Job Boards, John Sumser, JohnSumser.com, by John Sumser
Thought For The Day: Free content does not mean low value, no matter what the expensive content providers say. craigslist as a poor recruiting tool I’m not sure what you call it when one competitor calls the other a bad name. In this case, Tony Lee, VP of Nework Operations at Adicio is lambasting Craigslist. […]
 

090413 Social Recruiting Links

Thought For The Day: Free content does not mean low value, no matter what the expensive content providers say. An Open Social Approach This presentation (15 easy to read slides) is the best articulation of the impact social media is having, will have. Learning is more important than being right. You’re not making enough mistakes. […]