Inside Recruiting

Tuesday, 08 December 2009

The Things You Need to Know to Be a Great HR Leader

"In today's environment one of the most important skills you can have to be a great HR leader is contract negotiation." John Sumser

John Sumser

Welcome to an Inside Recruiting channel podcast on TotalPicture Radio with Peter Clayton reporting, and welcome back for our second installment of my conversation with John Sumser, the founder of Two Color Hat -- John's company provides product analysis, market segmentation, positioning, strategy and branding guidance for the Recruiting Industry and Human Resources Field.

Today, we'll discuss the takeaways from the Social Recruiting Summit in New York, John's observations of what it means to be an HR leader today, and the launch of his new venture called HRExaminer.

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Monday, 07 December 2009

The Social Recruiting Technology Adoption Curve. Don't Fall into the Abyss - Part 1

"John the Baptist was an Evangelist. Remember what happened to him? That's what happens to early adopters." John Sumser

John Sumser

At the Social Recruiting Summit in New York, John Sumser discussed the early adoption chasm which exists in social media -- specifically as it relates to recruiting and HR. Here's the blurb from the Social Recruiting Summit web site. "There seems to be a gross disconnect between the people who are using social media and the people who are actually executing the profession. Is this normal? What should we expect next? Will today’s celebrities be tomorrow’s has beens? Does the echo chamber blind us to the truth? Do prior internet revolutions offer any insight?

John is the founder of Two Color Hat -- which provides product analysis, market segmentation, positioning, strategy and branding guidance for the Recruiting Industry and Human Resources Field. In a past life, John sold doughnuts door-to-door. I sold vacuum cleaners. Maybe that's why we get along so well. John has been writing an excellent series for RecritingBlogs.com called the 100 Top Influencers, and is launching a new venture called HRExaminer.

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Stay tuned... part 2 our exclusive podcast with John will air tomorrow!

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Punk Rock HR Podcast.

Monday, 30 November 2009

"Team Building is for Suckers" A podcast with Laurie Ruettimann, Punk Rock HR.

Laurie Ruettimann

I've been chasing Laurie Ruettimann from conference to conference for over a year. I've lost count of the number of people who've said, "you need to interview Laurie." Trying to track down people in places like the Morial Convention Center in New Orleans, LA is not only tiring, it's ridiculous. I needed a Segway with GPS or a golf cart to get around at SHRM.

Finally, there was an event last week in New York City scaled for human interaction. It was held at a Comedy Club. (Comix, to be exact). It was great, in a great location, and Laurie was the ring-leader, moderator and, (according to her blog), her role at the Social Recruiting Summit was to "keep shit moving in the right direction." She also confided "You don’t even realize how much work it takes for me to stand in front of people and talk. Executive leaders like Jack Welch have coaches and corporate communication teams to make them look great. I have a mirror, a flip camera, and a prescription for Xanax."Laurie did a fantastic job and I was able to corner her just long enough to set-up a time to record this podcast.

Of course, one of the real advantages of "appearing" on TotalPicture Radio is the following: As long as you can string a few words together in a semi-coherent fashion no one will know if you look so bad you would scare your own mother. Radio is always beautiful.

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Monday, 23 November 2009

Tammy Erickson: Onboarding Across Four Generations of Cohorts. Forget the Cookie Cutter

Tammy Erickson

"When Gen Y'ers were in their most formative years - 11 to 16, we were a world obsessed with terrorism. The adult conversations, the evening news, were around Columbine and 9/11. Events that were inexplicable and random. So a lot of the conceptual model that has been developed in Gen Y is one of random events. And if you think logically, how would you live your life if you had a random mental model?" — Tammy Erickson

Welcome to a special Inside Recruiting Channel edition of TotalPicture Radio, with Peter Clayton reporting. The Onboarding Experts Series is sponsored by PrimeGenesis. Founded in 2002, PrimeGenesis’ mission is singular: use executive onboarding and facilitated transition acceleration to help new leaders and their teams deliver sustainable, Better Results Faster.

Tamara J. Erickson is both a respected, McKinsey Award-winning author and popular and engaging storyteller. Her compelling views of the future are based on extensive research on changing demographics and employee values and, most recently, on how successful organizations work. Well-grounded and academically rigorous, fundamentally optimistic, Tammy’s work discerns and describes interesting trends in our future and provides actionable counsel to help both organizations and individuals prepare today. Tammy Contributed to chapter 11 of Onboarding titled; "Speed development of Important Working Relationships"

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Onboarding Experts Series: Jean Brown

Sunday, 22 November 2009

Connect, Inspire, Persuade: Onboarding a New Employee for Success

Jean T. Brown partner, McKenzie Brown LLC, NYC

Jean Brown

"Great communicators connect, inspire, and persuade. To connect, you must engage your audience in the message. You should inspire confidence. And you have to persuade your listneres to take action. Successful communication demands that your craft a clear, concise, persuasive message and deliver it effectively. Both components matter." Jean Brown, Onboarding, p 133.

Welcome to a special Inside Recruiting Channel edition of Total Picture Radio, with Peter Clayton reporting. When George Bradt and Mary Vonnegut set out to write Onboarding: How to Get Your New Employees Up to Speed in Half the Time (affiliate link to Amazon.com), they invited a select group of experts to share their knowledge in the onboarding process. In this special series here on Total Picture Radio, we'll be interviewing, in depth, the individuals chosen by the authors to contribute their experience, expertise, and perspective.

The Experts Series -- Onboarding is sponsored by PrimeGenesis. Founded in 2002, PrimeGenesis' mission is singular: use executive onboarding and facilitated transition acceleration to help new leaders and their teams deliver sustainable, Better Results Faster. Based in Stamford, Ct. PrimeGenesis is led by senior operating executives and organizational development specialists with deep and varied business experience.

Communications expert Jean Brown, partner with New York City based MacKenzie Brown, LLC works with senior executives, managers, and partners of many Fortune 500 companies and law firms. Jean contributed to chapter 8 of Onboarding, titled "Manage the Announcement to Set Your New Employee up for Success."