Talent Function

by Elaine Orler

Last week, one of my friends was sharing their frustrating chronicle of applying for a job at a local retail establishment. As you can imagine, all of my friends come to me with such tales. My wonderful friend has a Master’s degree and 37 years of work experience. She is a retired principal who wants to get out in the community. She went to apply online to a said establishment, and, well, let’s just say that the online application experience was… less than welcoming. She recalled, “It was an online equivalent to visit to the DMV. I gave up after thirty minutes.” I laughed, sighed and then shook my head in disgust. A great candidate to any organization, and it’s over before it even started. Read more »

SHRM staffer, Lee Webster, had invited her to a meeting of volunteer leaders discussing HR Standards and introduced us while I was sitting with Elaine Orler …

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At Human Resource Executive’s HR Technology Conference & Exposition held annually in Chicago (9/29-10/01), Elaine Orler and Gerry will formally debate the topic “Is the Candidate Experience Worth It?”

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A few weeks ago, I had the opportunity to participate in the Thought Leadership Institute’s event at the Borgata Hotel in Atlantic City. I can’t remember attending an event where I remember learning more. Here is a download of the highlights of what I learned. Warning, this will be a bit miscellaneous, but so is my brain. Read more »

Webinar
This week I had the honor and privilege of delivering a webinar for SHRM focusing on how to ‘recruit like the big guys’ for small to mid-size companies. You’re welcome to download the presentation here, or if you are a SHRM member, register and listen to the audio recording anytime. With over 600 attendees on the webinar, the majority of the audience questions focused on three main topics: Read more »

It’s been two weeks since I finished the Corpus Operis conference in a small town called, Casekow, which is a 90-minute train ride east from Berlin.  The first inaugural conference was a consideration of the best future for a global workforce. The conference included a colorful array of academics, government development professionals, practitioners, and consultants – all mixing minds at the Wartin Castle. It was perhaps the most interesting and innovative conference formats that I have ever experienced.  My distilled reflections: Read more »

by Mark McMillan
This week at Corpus Operis in Casekow, Germany, I had the pleasure of meeting Mark Harrison, the CEO of Abraham&Harrison (“A&H”). A&H is a global social media marketing and public relations company [see the framed video below for a pleasurable description of what they do]. The company has a workforce of approximately 35 people operating in 5 continents, 12 countries, in 11 languages, and on 1 Internet. Read more »

Please welcome Mark McMillan as the newest member of the HRExaminer Editorial Advisory Board. Mark is co-founder of Talent Function, where he combines executive coaching expertise with ten years of recruitment software industry experience…

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