I have written a couple of different pieces on recruiting. We have covered interviewing in the guise of Jedi mind-tricks and the current love/hate relationship between recruiters and job seekers. Early on in Tips for Distillers I clearly stated my belief regarding Recruiting is not some stepchild function of HR. Until now I have not written about why I love recruiting and ...

And we’re back. Well at least I am, and hopefully you will return again. Yes, I know that I have broken blogging rule 7-G, item 3, point 13; which is to be consistent in ones ...

There is a great deal of negative whining posts & articles from both sides of the equation about the state of recruiting. Here is a sampling of what is being written from the recruitee side: what has happened to common ...

I recently had lunch with a good friend. If you are fortunate you have a friend like this; someone who you reported to at one time, a mentor, and your personal champion when needed. Catching up on our various activities we stumbled upon one of the more common themes since we have been acquainted. We call it “holding up the mirror,” which just so happens to be something ...

At the end of the week there remain various assorted things left over in the Distiller’s Room. So on Friday we take them and see what we can distill. Every Friday is different and you will never know what will come of it.

This week’s edition tangentially started at CNN.com where I stumbled upon an article by Ayesha Durgahee ...

There I was one day sitting in my office when a manager walked in. He asked me if I would interview some candidates for an opening that was similar to one we had recently filled. Even with recruitment being fully outsourced at this company his asking me to be part of ...

At the end of the week there remain various assorted things left over in the Distiller’s Room. So on Friday we take them and see what we can distill. Every Friday is different and you will never know what will come of it.

This week’s little thought provoker comes to us from Bloomberg Business ...

So it goes like this. Person reaches out to you and wants to talk about their <manager, peer, co-worker, matrix manager, project team member, IT Department>. Being the talented professional you are, you listen to what they have to say. After the obligatory, ...

At the end of the week there remain various assorted things left over in the Distiller’s Room. So on Friday we take them and see what we can distill. Every Friday is different and you will never know what will come of it.

So in a narrow focus the base elements of two stories are the same; key talent in an organization ...

One of the lesser-appreciated competencies within HR is communication. Kind of ironic isn’t it? I mean we are the folks that work with and speak to people as a main component of our function and yet for us communication kind of takes a back seat. So let’s narrow it down to company/corporate communications or the ubiquitous company announcement in all of its reverence and glory.