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Posts Tagged ‘onboarding’

You Were Hired Because You’re a Special Agent

Apr 19, 2010 | 2

What was it like when you started your job? Welcoming committee or vast barren darkness in your bat cave? Did ESP come in handy to figure things out or were you assigned a detail to shadow your every move until you could be trusted? If the CEO sat at your desk would she know where anything was or what to do?…

What Gruzzles You?

Oct 03, 2009 | 5

Have you ever met someone so intriguing you wished you could secretly implant a spy cam in their brain to see what was going on like a covert mission? After a couple of months of conversation with a certain serial entrepreneur that's exactly what I wanted to do. I couldn't get a search warrant so I did the next best thing. I interviewed him.…

Moving On

Oct 01, 2009 | 3

Someone has completely unnerved you, ruffled your last feather and drained your battery. What to do? A friend called me today and asked that question in so many words. What advice did I give? Voodoo, knocking off people and celebrating. …

The Future of Recruiting

Sep 25, 2009 | 4

Nostradamus, Steve Miller and Michael J. Fox aren't the only ones who have a corner on the future. A recurrent theme at recruiting conferences this year is change. I attended Recruitfest09 this week here in lovely Toronto, Canada, where change was discussed at great length. You know what I say, "Get on board the change train and enjoy the ride".…

The Vulcan Recruiter

Sep 19, 2009 | 3

Dorothy Beach, MBA CIR PHR got me thinking. She posted a question on the discussion board of the LinkedIn Social Media Recruiting Group asking for opinions on the effect of social media on recruiting in the far future, 5-20 years down the virtual highway. My mind immediately took a journey to Wish List Lane and Technology Square. If you repeat something enough times and really believe it that makes it reality, right?…

Onboarding Now Prepare for Take Off

Sep 06, 2009 | 11

Why would employers use resources to attract and hire new talent and then throw them to the wolves? So, you know that's what this post is about, right? Actually, it's about the parallels between the types of aircraft and onboarding programs, the good ones and bad ones, or the lack of them altogether. …