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Blog Post: Chocolate Willpower, Decision Fatigue, and the Bottom Line

The world was recently introduced to the Chocolate Machine, a device created by German psychologists to exercise and improve self-control. The idea is…

Added by Jessica Lunk at 10:26am on May 30, 2012

Comment on: Blog Post 'Social Media: Make or break for candidates?': l life. I'm an upstanding citizen. That I have a penchant for Bourbon and backyard beer doesn't have any bearing on how well I can make your software product better. It just seems a little reckless (or naive) to assume that people won't dig for dirt on candidates and that what they find through a simple Google search won't influence their opinion. ratchet up the privacy settings to the highest degree so that guys like me can’t catch you with your pants down (so to speak).…; Added by Jeremy Spring at 12:28pm on September 9, 2011

Blog Post: Don’t Tolerate Corporate Victimhood

One of my dearest friends shared a conversation she’d had with her daughter, Molly. Molly was attempting…

Added by Scott Wintrip at 8:33am on January 8, 2014

Blog Post: Should You Take Risks at Work? Yes, Yes You Should.: With all the innovation success stories and Tipping Point-esque advice swirling around corporate culture, members of any workplace have found themselves in a very specific predicament for at least…; Added by Louis Bina at 3:50pm on May 13, 2009

Comment on: Topic 'Digging Into RecruitingBlogs.com v2.08: The Death of Sourcing': makes for a painful spectator sport. Sometimes I think the biggest thing that SMedia and Web 2.0 have done is give everyone a megahorn and the (often misguided) idea that we are all *experts* and that what we have to say is both right and matters to everyone else. Earlier this week some dude made the comment that candidates looking for a position should *always* refuse to talk about compensation with recruiters and even direct companies. Boy, that'll move you up to the top of my stack! Another "expert" said you should try to get fired from your current job, because after that you'll better be able to find your dream job. Both of these clowns were irresponsible bloviators, and annoyed me no end, and I bet they would have you as well. To top it off they were also selling shit online about how to get hired billing themselves as *experts* (neither were recruiters so put the rocks down). Their approach was so reckless, irresponsible and stupid I wanted to puke on my shoes. I guess my point, and I do have one, is that *perhaps* we should all take a step back and realize that our own personal experience does not absolute truth make. Lots of ways to skin a rabbit (I hate that phrase as much as beating a dead horse) and nothing comes off as annoying as telling other people what their truth is. If we do we better have some serious proof in our back pocket (and in my experience in this industry that teaches us new schtuff every minute that is pretty hard to come by) or we should just shut the heck up. Cheers!…; Added by lisa rokusek at 6:45pm on March 11, 2009

Blog Post: 5 Resume Mistakes that Job Seekers Make: If there is one thing that gets most students worked up, it is the mundane task of drafting their…; Added by Ladderise at 4:48pm on March 26, 2018

Blog Post: Putting Lipstick on a Pig and Calling It Innovation: Hundreds of leaders in the staffing and recruiting industry heard panelists…; Added by Scott Wintrip at 8:58am on March 24, 2014

Topic: No Plucking: around me, it doesn’t really fit in with one of my resolutions which was to eat more raw foods. Unless, of course, I am mistaken, I don’t believe chocolate falls into that category. Mind you, I would be happy to be mistaken on this point. It is amazing how easy it is to be persuaded or tempted to fall off the wagon, even when you feel so resolute and ready to conquer. I read the other day that the best way to conquer temptation is to just give in to it. When you resist, the temptation becomes stronger and takes over your mind and prevents you from moving forward. Now, I don’t necessarily believe this to be true, nor do I condone reckless behavior. But there does seem to ring some truth in it, somewhere in the belfry. When I first went in-house, my boss pulled me aside and said that he didn’t want me to direct recruit. “No plucking from our neighbors’ trees.” I had just left an executive recruiting environment where I managed a full-desk that did not include using a job board or an application process. Every call was a cold call or referral and every candidate worked somewhere else, every offer was accompanied with the potential of a counter offer and our CRM grew every day. The “no plucking” rule put me in a bind, especially when my recruiting budget was my salary. It wasn’t until four months into my search for an organic chemist that the CEO walked into my office and asked why it was taking so long. My reply? “There aren’t many organic chemists cruising through the free job boards.” Then I asked for some posting dollars. He, then and there, rescinded his previous decree and gave me the green light to direct recruit. Tempted by the fruit of another. Job Boards still continue to be an active battle ground for jobs and resumes. Too many exist and thrive to be deceived by the line, “Job boards are dead.” Nor should you buy into the deceit that, “Cold calling is dead.” Look, if you are tempted to call, call. If you are tempted to post, post. Give in. Go back. Old School is back in session. And the bell has been rung. © by rayannethorn…; Added by Rayanne at 11:27pm on January 6, 2010

Comment on: Topic 'Job applicants handing over all social network logins and passwords for backgro…': paying me? By the way, this is a June, 2009 story – there was a bit of a stir when this directive first became public – with – interestingly, a fair amount of positive support! Come on people, we need to start drawing the line somewhere. As leaders in the HR (read: people matter) arena, we need to call out the companies and executives who attempt to do this sort of stuff. The information you and I put out on Twitter and onto FaceBook and elsewhere is information we want to share in public, and therefore no expectation exists regarding the privacy of this material. It's there, it's findable and shame on us both if it comes back to bite us on our behinds because we were reckless goofballs when we posted it. But passwords, that's another story. I personally do not choose to share information about my family, my hobbies, my health, and my dreams and aspirations on-line, because that's just not me. That's my business. But, in case you've noticed, others may well want to do so and will limit access to this information to only certain "friends" by enabling privacy filters. When a prospective employer requests a social networking site password from you it seems to me that you can reasonably expect that privacy is out the window. And this smacks of, at the very least, a paternalistic employer mentality, if not full-blown "big brother" attitude. The organizations requesting this information are simply doing so because they can. Hey, it's a recession, and we have jobs, so we'll get the info we want from you or you can just go take a hike, buddy. Great attitude, huh? Sure generates lots of respect for people and really builds a platform for engaging their "most valuable assets" right? These are the same companies which address employee questions about career growth, promotional opportunities, and earned merit increases in compensation with the response, "Hey, just be glad you still have a job, Bozo." But guess what. When the "war for talent" comes roaring back like a tsunami, soon, I think, these asinine practices will quickly drop by the wayside. And probably the idiots who came up with them as well. And that’s the way I see it. Adam Zak…; Added by Adam Zak at 12:57pm on January 7, 2010

Blog Post: The 5 Biggest Mistakes that Entry-Level Job Seekers Make: Coaching of entry-level job seekers is extremely important to improve the rate of youth employment.…; Added by Ladderise at 10:32am on March 19, 2018