Penny Sciore Sweigart's Posts - RecruitingBlogs2024-03-28T10:23:41ZPenny Sciore Sweigarthttps://recruitingblogs.com/profile/PennySciorehttps://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/1228316873?profile=original&width=48&height=48&crop=1%3A1https://recruitingblogs.com/profiles/blog/feed?user=1w6g50o59tb07&xn_auth=noInteresting article by Joan Lloydtag:recruitingblogs.com,2011-02-25:502551:BlogPost:11520922011-02-25T14:11:53.000ZPenny Sciore Sweigarthttps://recruitingblogs.com/profile/PennySciore
<p><span class="font-size-2"><strong>I read the article below on JobDig and felt so strongly about it I added it to my blog. Unless your organization is statisfied with the status quo we all need to learn to work with these people. They are a necessary evil when building an empire. Do not discard, disassociate or discount yourself when in their presence. Passion and a sense of business savvy should be embraced and admired and not a point of envy or resentment. We all play an intricate part…</strong></span></p>
<p><span class="font-size-2"><strong>I read the article below on JobDig and felt so strongly about it I added it to my blog. Unless your organization is statisfied with the status quo we all need to learn to work with these people. They are a necessary evil when building an empire. Do not discard, disassociate or discount yourself when in their presence. Passion and a sense of business savvy should be embraced and admired and not a point of envy or resentment. We all play an intricate part in the success of the organizations in each and every role, no matter how insignificant the role hired for my seem. My point is you need employees like this -- there is a method to their madness (although irritating and sometimes infuriating) I am of the opinion they raise the organizational bar, present ideas that can excel an organization beyond complacency, if managed appropriately, like "water off a ducks back". Given them a chance and stay out of there way and try what they suggest you may be surprised with the outcome.</strong></span></p>
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<p><strong><span class="font-size-4">Ego and Leadership</span></strong> <br/>By Joan Lloyd</p>
<p>"It's all about Max," my colleague muttered, as we waited for him once again for a meeting. "He never thinks about anyone else's schedule; his is always more important - and he'll let you know it."</p>
<p>Fifteen minutes later, with a few quick jokes and a dazzling smile, he swept into the room. Before long he was on his PDA, and then stepped out to take a call. What's going on here? Ego strength is a necessary character trait for leadership, but it can be a career derailer, if it's not in balance with other behaviors such as empathy and collaboration. Over time, Max's self-absorbed behavior will erode the support of his colleagues, no matter how well he performs his job.</p>
<p>How do you recognize an over-developed ego? It feels like arrogance, if you're on the receiving end. The over-developed ego - I'll call it the OE type - will typically jump in and out of meetings, disrupting the agenda. He or she will take calls during a one-on-one conversation. The OE will steer meetings to outcomes they want, blowing past other's ideas. Often, the OE will have a larger than life personality, and sometimes that manifests in charm and charisma, other times the OE type acts like a bully. Either way, they aim to win.</p>
<p>OE types with talent often rise to the top of their field. They brush off rejection and failure - in fact, they barely notice it - as they single-mindedly plow ahead toward their goals. That works to a point and it's particularly useful in an individual contributor role, like sales. But when they find themselves in a position of leadership, it can begin to unravel.</p>
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<p><strong>Here's why:</strong> <br/>Rather than listen to other's views about why something won't work, he/she will push it through anyway. Resistance from the troops - both active and passive - will stall implementation. <br/>Rather than share the credit with those who deserve it, he/she will wear the team's results like a personal badge. Team resentment builds and initiative and ownership flags. Peers, who have grown tired of disrespectful behavior toward themselves and their teams, will tend to passively watch the OE make a mistake, rather than jump in with corrective, honest feedback. They have learned it isn't heard or heeded anyway, so why try to bail him or her out? Senior management, who is wowed with the OE's star quality, will eventually have to face up to the OE's "dark side." If the OE's bad behavior results in losing high potential employees, peer complaints, or lack of support for the OE's upward promotability, the senior leaders will have to deal with that fall out. Ultimately, the OE's career will stall or derail.</p>
<p><br/>The OE tends to hold many jobs in his or her career. Usually, they interview well and make a big splash early. But over time, they get themselves into trouble with comments and actions the culture rejects. <br/>Sometimes the OE will have a life-changing event that will force him or her to look in the mirror. Sometimes they will benefit from an external coach, who is tough enough to call them on their behavior and teach new approaches. If they are lucky, they will get a good manager who will call out the inappropriate behavior and mentor them to the greatness they are capable of... if they can just get out of their own way.</p>
<p><strong>Weekly Recognition Tip: Time Off</strong> <br/>Recently I ran an employee survey for an international organization. The results confirm my previous studies: <em><strong>employees really value time off as a spot award</strong></em>. Acknowledge effort, commitment, and results with an hour or two that employees can use at their discretion. I promise, employees will love it!</p>What happended to determining scope, excercising moderation and common sense ROI...tag:recruitingblogs.com,2010-11-08:502551:BlogPost:11079632010-11-08T16:22:44.000ZPenny Sciore Sweigarthttps://recruitingblogs.com/profile/PennySciore
<p>I like and agree with the post except the job board and ATS graveyard comment.</p>
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<p>Everything in our (recruiters, sourcers, talent acqusition specialists, headhunter, whatever title you go by etc.) arsenal has it's place: university recruitment, job boards, ATS systems, etc.. As we globally compete to hire the "best of the best" (quote from the movie The Men in Black) for our customers, clients, etc. we need to look at the process like a doctor selecting the right prescription for…</p>
<p>I like and agree with the post except the job board and ATS graveyard comment.</p>
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<p>Everything in our (recruiters, sourcers, talent acqusition specialists, headhunter, whatever title you go by etc.) arsenal has it's place: university recruitment, job boards, ATS systems, etc.. As we globally compete to hire the "best of the best" (quote from the movie The Men in Black) for our customers, clients, etc. we need to look at the process like a doctor selecting the right prescription for his patient. The position profile (the ideal candidate ask questions and understand the job experience, education and attributes desired before sourcing) to determine what means to use when to locate the "ideal candidate". I agree with Jerome in LinkedIN is the place to go as a sourcer -- it's great for unfamilar searches -- it educates you not only on the candidate pool but adds keywords for utilization in additional searches like: Careerbuilder boolean searches and the creation of resume alerts, our Monsters resume search agents and College's/Univeisities where the talent was congealed, but LinkedIN is not a resume depository; it is a sourcing tool and generates leads like a muse, for further exploration, by reviewing the profiles it gets those synapters firing on where recruiters can find the "best and the brightest" as well as serving as a secondary referral source to the candidate we hire.</p>
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<p>Dog owners / lovers...do you get rid of your old dog and buy a new one everytime your neighbor or friends show you their cute, smarter or faster versions of "man's best friend"?... No, you keep your best friend and play with the neighbors and enjoy them for the short time you see the new friend. Why? Because a dog's a dog, you've raised, trained, you know your dog and it listens to you and hopefully you like your dog. I like my iCIMS ATS and for now see no reason abandoning my best friend -- but I am planning on using LinkedIN while it's "HOT" who wouldn't?</p>Who is Elliott and what type of employment relationships do we offer our workforce?tag:recruitingblogs.com,2009-04-15:502551:BlogPost:4674122009-04-15T21:00:00.000ZPenny Sciore Sweigarthttps://recruitingblogs.com/profile/PennySciore
<p>It could be because most of our work force is self managed...it could be that aunts, uncles, parents and children and multiple generations work at Elliott (when we talk about family sometimes we mean it literally)...it could be the down to earth VP's who's entry level careers and countless hours have paid off as they provide the necessary leadership and produce results. Personally I think the turnover metrics says it best, with less than 1% annually turnnover Elliott Company is able to back…</p>
<p>It could be because most of our work force is self managed...it could be that aunts, uncles, parents and children and multiple generations work at Elliott (when we talk about family sometimes we mean it literally)...it could be the down to earth VP's who's entry level careers and countless hours have paid off as they provide the necessary leadership and produce results. Personally I think the turnover metrics says it best, with less than 1% annually turnnover Elliott Company is able to back it up "<strong><u>it's just a great place to work</u></strong>".</p>
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<p>Our employee friendly atmosphere says it all, where "the hometown Walton like greetings of good morning and hello and good night can be heard in our halls " just ask about anyone and most Elliott employees will quickly reply it's a great place to work! With almost 1000 people circulating at our Jeannette headquarters daily from various countries, states and communities, around the globe people extend a friendly "good morning" or "konnichi wa" or "da wa" or "chow" not only to those they know, but also to those they pass in the hall on their morning commute to their office or walking in the halls to our cafe for coffee. Our family-like small town personafication intrigues our visitors and allows for a unique instant comfort level which most admit they are jealous when they compare it to their corporate culture.<br/><br/>Our Global Human Resource team is deeply committed to taking the time to understand our internal customers, departmental goals and managers expectations. Information gathered by Human Resources is shared with candidates under consideration for various roles and responsibilities to ensure they are well informed and understand our committment as well as the role they will play. As self directed teams, our workforce possess an innate understands of the importance of following as well as documenting procedures, individual contributors feel free to share valuable insight (both good and bad) and advisement from the unique perspective only they may possess. This value added individual insight, and up-stream communication channel allows members of management and impacted departments to evaluate, investigate and many times implement work alterations which promote the organizations future success.<br/><br/>As individual contributors we, the employees of Elliott, share a simple but unspoken philosphy of self managed and directed unification, which may be one of the many reasons why we have been so successful for the past 10+ decades. Individuals work independently, but are unified by the end product we produce for our customers. Everyone shares not only the success but also the failures without pointing fingers. The individuals at Elliott share a hectic schedule, full workload and a great deal of responsibility as well as respect for their employer. This is Elliott's work force and legacy. Elliott Engineers and Sales team members travel the globe meeting with customers and genrating business for our manufacturing facility in Jeannette, PA and Sodegaura, Japan.<br/><br/>Our direct competitors are GE, Siemens, Dresser-Rand, Ingersoll-Rand, Alstom, Sulzer, Weir, Man Turbo and Mitsubishi to name a few.</p>
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<p>Some attributes that seem to describe our workforce include:</p>
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<li>an enterprenuerial flair</li>
<li>ability to thrive in a self managed environment</li>
<li>ability to follow organizational direction as well as develop practical solutions for new and unique situations</li>
<li>take ownership of processes and projects and develop process improvements</li>
<li>communicate in visual descriptives to express ideas and situations</li>
<li>look at a situation wih a "big picture" perspective</li>
<li>act in a leadership role as the opportunity presents itself.</li>
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<p>If surveyed you will find most Elliott employees are generally: happy to work at Elliott, positive, upbeat, who can agressively manage multiple projects while exhibiting work composure, possess an above average work ethic and a unheard of committment to their employer, Elliott. Candidates who seem to excel in our organization are professional, technically well grounded, globally connected, and have an innate ability to use the technology of tomorrow, today, without sitting through a demanding and rigid training courses.<br/><br/>What else makes us unique may be our ability to weather business cyclical changes as well as a sense of history which is handed down from long standing management mentors to those identified internally as possible organizational successors. Industry competitive salaries, continued education, outstanding health benefits, 401(k) in the US, pension plans in applicable countries, a global network of internal as well as external resources and people who you can call friends on a daily basis. Communication between senior management and staff members is a daily event and shared unilaterally.<br/><br/>At our 102 acre Jeannette, PA campus we have outdoor patio's for summer lunch time bar-b-ques, an on-site credit union, on-site medical services and wellness programs with an on-site R.N., Holiday events and summer picnics, retiree luncheons, recognition luncheons with Tony Casillo, featuring surf & turf in our executive dining center, a Bistro/Canteen area in our engineering products shop floor, pleasant working environment, and the tools necessary to accomplish goals in our main office as well as in remote locations accross the globe.</p>Remember the person that keeps the department together. A Thank You to Admin's everywhere. Office Heroes Extraordinaires.tag:recruitingblogs.com,2009-04-15:502551:BlogPost:6235602009-04-15T03:00:00.000ZPenny Sciore Sweigarthttps://recruitingblogs.com/profile/PennySciore
Just a reminder for those of you with Administrative Assistants. The national day is quickly approaching on April 2010 in the USA. Please remember those exceptional people, who rarely complain, are usually at work before everyone else in the department as well as after everyone else and the busiest people in the department managing the 300 interruptions a day to ensure the rest of us are able to meet and accomplish the goals necessary to ensure the department receives high marks when…
Just a reminder for those of you with Administrative Assistants. The national day is quickly approaching on April 2010 in the USA. Please remember those exceptional people, who rarely complain, are usually at work before everyone else in the department as well as after everyone else and the busiest people in the department managing the 300 interruptions a day to ensure the rest of us are able to meet and accomplish the goals necessary to ensure the department receives high marks when evaluated.<br/><br/>Admins everywhere deserve a trophy annually for taking care of the multitude of daily tasks rarely asked of them or included in their job description but routinely expected. They all seem to purchase crystal balls and magic wands from a company authorized but unknown supplier that no one else in the company can seem to source from unless your title includes administrative. These are definetely the super heroes of the office that deserve a special day as well as your gratitude and a thank you, every single day, for doing whatever is needed and whatever is required.<br/><br/>Thanks again Admin's everywhere for taking number and routing my calls where they need to go, and hunting down those who try to elude me or avoid my call -- thank you, thank you, thank you!