Finding the right talent for your organization is almost as difficult as finding a needle in a haystack. And one of the most crucial aspects of talent search is drafting an accurate job description. Every recruiter needs to understand how […]
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Winning teams – in sports, business and in all areas of life — have deep benches. Even if your company is fully staffed, taking your eye of the ball when it comes to recruiting is a sign of complacency which
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Humans like to find reasons not to do something versus finding a way to do it and get it done. It is easier for folk to cover their asses and say, “No, that’s too hard.” Noted visionary, Richard Thieme, says
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Part 7 of 16 If you could look at a bowl full of M&Ms and in a matter of seconds know exactly how many are there waiting to be eaten… well that would be something. Or, if you could look
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Part 6 of 16 We’ve got to quit telling people, especially kids, that they’re special. They’re not. We tell our kids, “you’re a winner at everything, you’re wonderful. Wow, here’s your trophy for coming in 23rd out of 24 kids
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Part 5 of 16 Airline pilots don’t learn how to fly. They learn how to safely crash. Security folks learn how to fly the networks – not how to survive a crash. (See the disconnect?) As a society, and I
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Part 4 of 16 Degrees? To hell with them. “Only those with a BS or MS need apply.” Talk about an arbitrary discriminator of zero value. By that standard, I am worthlessly unemployable. By that standard, a majority of my
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Part 3 of 16 Fast forward. What type of discrimination do we see today? I am focusing on IT and information security. Piercing, tattoos and other body adornments? In my day, long hair and jeans with sneakers were the visual
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Part 2 of 16 Back in the day (1969-70), I desperately wanted to get a tremendous education. I lived in Manhattan and I wanted to go to work at the best company there was at the time and become a
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Part 1 of 16 I was the victim of discrimination. As a white male, at the tender young age of 18, in New York City. But I digress. My ideas on Hiring the Unhireable began at the RSA 2012 conference
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