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Blog Post: Day 4: Now I have no weekend

This week's marketing campaign was such a smashing success that my Macbook Pro with retina display will be chugging some electrons this weekend.

Somehow, someway, we're gonna need to…

Added by Stephen Nehez, Jr. at 4:40pm on May 31, 2013

Topic: Wednesday Wisdom: No Soup for You: e way past overwhelmed, and most are noting that candidate phone calls are becoming much more frequent and confrontational. Today a candidate actually followed one of my recruiters from our office to a restaurant and into the bathroom, refusing to leave until she read her resume. How can I help my recruiters cope with aggressive candidates while still delivering a great experience? Worn Out Dear Worn Out, Ok, so I'm a big fan of candidate experience. Huge, actually. But I'm also a big fan of recruiter experience, and being stalked in a bathroom is just plain creepy. No hire for you, bucko. Have you considered giving your recruiters cans of compressed air labeled "Candidate Be Gone" to use at will? Seriously, a healthy sense of humor may be the best coping skill for your team under these circumstances, and your leadership will make the difference between engagement and burnout in the ranks. While we were building the Feedback Portal at Improved Experience, we asked a lot (did I say a lot? I meant a boHUGEous amount) of active job seekers about their experiences in job hunting. With resounding agreement, the most popular points of pain were: 1. The process is broken (87%); 2. No one talks to me (92%); and 3. I don't feel valued or respected (94%). The obvious answer is to assign a candidate advocate on your staff, right? But before you go there (and yes my friend, there are creative ways to squeeze short-term help out of your budget), take a moment to assess your situation carefully. Engage your team in setting the standards of candidate experience. If they're accountable for delivering service, they should have a say in what is reasonable and what is not. And most often in my experience, recruiters set the bar higher than I might. As the manager you make the final decision, but make the details of the service level agreement a collaborative discussion. Engage your job seekers, too. Preview and select a small panel of candidates to join your next team meeting (yes, really!), and query both their frustrations and their suggestions for improvement. You'll learn a lot, and may find that some of their priorities are different from yours. Have you noticed how often stress is self-imposed? This of course leads to my last point: Question your assumptions. What is true in ordinary times is not defacto true in extraordinary times. Look at every candidate touch point. Aim for simplicity and fix the process, communicate clearly, and be respectful. And wherever you can, put a human face or voice on the front line. Your candidates will love you for it, and tell others about their great experience. Survival doesn't go to the fittest, it goes to the most adaptable. If you can make it through this onslaught with a good reputation and a team that hasn't run screaming out the door, you'll have achieved something worth speaking about at a recruiting conference next year. Let me know how it turns out! *** In my day job, I’m the Head of Products for Improved Experience, where we help employers use feedback to measure and manage competitive advantage in hiring and retention. Learn more about us here. Do you have a question you'd like answered in this weekly forum? Drop me a line!…; Added by Claudia Faust at 2:10am on November 12, 2008

Blog Post: Overcoming 4 Common Training Hurdles: Everyone knows that …; Added by Sean Pomeroy at 2:10pm on October 11, 2013

Blog Post: Generation Bowie – the original flexible workforce?

“Every generation imagines itself to be more intelligent than the one that went before it, and wiser than the one that comes after it” (George Orwell)

“Talking ’bout my…

Added by Mervyn Dinnen at 5:13pm on February 16, 2010

Blog Post: What Makes a Good Sales Person?

‘Only in our dreams are we free. The rest of the time we need wages.’ - Terry Pratchett…

Added by Lipton Fleming at 4:54am on January 24, 2013

Topic: A Human Experience: say, however, that in my old age, I am getting a bit better at using that very simple but powerful two-letter word. I have thought a lot about why it is so difficult for me to say "no" and I have decided it is because I want to say "yes." I enjoy working and I try to be a people-pleaser. This very true description of me tends to get me volunteered for all kinds of projects outside of my work place and work week. Sometimes, others volunteer me but I usually do the volunteering myself. I am always attached to a theatre and theatre projects. I am a member of the Lion's Club and just joined the executive board of Faith's Hope. I regularly attend Chamber of Commerce events and I mentor a high school student that is interested in entering the business world. Needless to say, I keep myself busy. Why? I often feel like I don't give enough and that I need to do and give more. I like volunteering; it feels good. Better than exercise, anyway. ;-) This type of work adds to the balance in my life. We all need to find balance and realize that we are not alone, nor is anyone else. I eat a balanced diet. I try to exercise when I can. I spend down time with my family and squeeze in some time for friends. Why wouldn't I also balance my work? Balance. I used to think it was a bunch of hogwash, that I could live my life the way I wanted and find happiness. It wasn't long into my own adulthood that I realized that the organization that balance brings is priceless. One of my favorite things to say, is gaining the balance and balancing the gain. This covers a lot of territory and given that I am an optimist, I am going to say that the gain over the next six months will be substantial. Constantly strive to gain that balance. Say "no" every so often; it is empowering. Eat right (that's the mother coming out in me.) And let go of past hurt. You cannot be balanced if you are constantly looking back or hanging on to anger and pain. This is a human experience and it includes many dimensions. Of course, no one wants that full experience, but you can't always get what you want. © by rayannethorn…; Added by Rayanne at 3:06am on January 20, 2010

Blog Post: What's The Most Valuable Recruiting Metric?: Added by Advanced Recruiting Trends at 2:22pm on February 9, 2018

Blog Post: Football vs. Mom (And My Top 10 Favorite "Rules" of the Game)

I love football season.

No. I rephrase.

Almighty God in the Most Divine of All Kingdoms, forgive me for I love more than my mother this holy football…

Added by Amy Renz at 1:54pm on September 30, 2009

Blog Post: The Challenges of Solo Shifts: How to Limit Loneliness at Work: Setting up a new business and embarking on a solo adventure can be truly exciting. You are fully independent and can often manage your working day in a personalised way that best suits your tasks…; Added by Jake Holyoak at 9:08am on March 31, 2022

Blog Post: Size doesn't matter...: I tried to make a point at the recent #SRCONF that, when it comes to the…; Added by Gareth Jones at 8:35am on August 16, 2011