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HRExaminer v.3.25

Topics: Bob Corlett, Editorial Advisory Board, HRExaminer, John Sumser, Weekly, by John Sumser

Assumptions about the boss, the CEO, or your hiring manager could be stifling your recruiting effort. “We were meeting with a client to discuss a new search. As we walked out, my new Project Manager looked at me in amazement. “I can’t believe you said that to their CEO!” – Bob Corlett In Technology and Recruiting John Sumser asks if you can tell the difference between new recruiting technology and pornography. Gamification discusses the coming wave of nonsensical HR games. Alex the Benefits Counselor finds John pleasantly surprised to discover an interactive tool that establishes a new benchmark in benefits administration. Make sure to stop by and see John at SHRM next week where he’ll be moderating a number of panels in the blogger’s lounge. Read these stories in the HRExaminer Weekly Edition.

My Boss Would Never Go For That

Topics: Bob Corlett, Editorial Advisory Board, HRExaminer, by Bob Corlett

Most recruiters are trapped, frozen in place, unable to innovate. Simple problems become unsolvable because of the corporate power structure.

HRExaminer 3.06

Topics: Bob Corlett, Editorial Advisory Board, Heather Bussing, HRExaminer, Jay Cross, John Sumser, Weekly, by John Sumser

HR Examiner Weekly Edition v 3.06 Disparate Impact – Why Mobile Matters by Heather Bussing Heather Bussing considers the job candidate, how they use the Internet, and discovers a new reason why mobile matters. Read Now » Bulletproof Talent Here’s a phrase you don’t hear me utter frequently. *Refreshing Approach To HR*. Jason Lauritsen and […]

The Rise of the Misfit Toys

Topics: Bob Corlett, Editorial Advisory Board, HRExaminer, by Bob Corlett

“Many successful executives have an embarrassing problem that’s becoming more painful by the day. Their hiring instincts are failing. And HR is fiddling while Rome burns.” – Bob Corlett

HRExaminer v3.01

Topics: Bob Corlett, Editorial Advisory Board, Heather Bussing, HR Influencers, HRExaminer, John Sumser, Weekly, by John Sumser

The Online Influence Edition ~ HR Examiner Weekly v3.01 January 7, 2012 If it Doesn’t Matter, It’s Not Influence by Heather Bussing I’m not drinking the algorithmic Kool-Aid of influence measurement. Influence is not something that can be accurately measured based on counting digital breadcrumbs on the internet. Read Now » Defining Influence 2012Defining influence […]

Books As Influencers: Bob Corlett

Topics: Bob Corlett, Editorial Advisory Board, HRExaminer, by Heather Bussing

We asked our Editorial Advisory Board what books influenced their thinking this year. This week we will be publishing their responses. Here are Bob Corlett’s picks

HRExaminer v2.35

Topics: Bob Corlett, HRExaminer, John Sumser, Weekly, by John Sumser

Your Friends Are Not A Network 1 Last week, I went to Dreamforce, It's Salesforce.com's annual gathering of the clan. It was intense and the opposite of most HR conferences. My personal epiphany came as I was browsing the Dreamforce Bookstore. Everyone has begun to sound the same. There, at Dreamforce, I realized that we're […]

Dealing with Toxic Employees

Topics: Bob Corlett, Editorial Advisory Board, HRExaminer, by Bob Corlett

When faced with toxic employees, most managers hesitate. Time races by as managers daydream about an orchestra of pianos falling on the toxic people's heads. But toxic people are like cockroaches – they can survive a nuclear blast.

HRExaminer v2.19

Topics: Bob Corlett, Claudia Faust, Dr. Todd Dewett, Editorial Advisory Board, Heather Bussing, HRExaminer, John Sumser, Kris Dunn, Mark McMillan, Weekly, by John Sumser

HR is full of confidential information, what you do with it is the focus of this week’s HRExaminer and Poll. Bob Corlett discusses what to do when your star employee leaves and John Sumser covers Influence Fatigue, Bersin Impact and HREvolution.

HRExam Poll: Comp Data Confidential

Topics: Bob Corlett, Dr. Todd Dewett, Editorial Advisory Board, Heather Bussing, HRExaminer, John Sumser, Kris Dunn, Marc Effron, by John Sumser

Among the critical and confidential chores that the HR executive must navigate, their broad access to employee and executive personal data (like pay) is one of the trickiest ethical environments. It’s only human to absorb some of the data in a personal way. How one handles this professionally is the difference between a powerful bit of organizational leverage and effective execution of the role.