Fri, Jul 30, 2010
The Monster 5 For Friday – Works Edition (Volume 9)
Posted by Matt Charney
Welcome to the Monster 5 For Friday, our weekly spotlight of the 5 articles we consider “must reads” for recruiting and talent professionals.
This week, the traditional press and the HR trades looked strikingly similar. After all, the headlines were filled with news involving promotions (Tanil Cantil-Sakauye’s nomination as the California Supreme Court Chief Justice), transfers (Tony Hayward, Chris Paul) and workforce integration (the upcoming nuptials of Chelsea Clinton and Marc Mezinsky).
While these stories dominated the mainstream press, this week’s Monster 5 for Friday showed that HR doesn’t need to make national news to make us pay attention to the business of people; insightful writing and thought provoking content do just as well.
The Monster 5 For Friday (7.24.10-7.30.10)
5. When In Doubt…Hire the Best Writing Skills All things being equal, writes Kris Dunn on The HR Capitalist, hiring the best writer isn’t just the right talent decision, but the right business decision. Read this for the pros on prose by a great writer in his own right.
4. HRYP Series: What You Need To Know Taking the first steps down the HR career path has some unique challenges – and opportunities. UpstartHR’s Ben Eubanks profiles 4 young HR professionals, who share their concerns of today and biggest dreams for tomorrow.
3. Confusion About the War for Talent Even in a buyer’s market some companies still face a talent shortage for highly specialized positions. The long term solution for filling these roles doesn’t lie in recruiting, but retention, suggests Lance Haun on ReHaul.
2. Well, Ducky. We’re Only As Lucky As The Next Net Job Kevin Grossman reflects on the recession, providing historical, economic and political context in a poignant, heart-felt post that’s on the money. Nice to know something is, these days. From the HRMarketer blog.
1. The Myth of Gen Y Entitlement The reluctance of Gen Y workers to do menial tasks has nothing to do with entitlement, but a desire to do meaningful work for the business, not just busywork, explains Alexandra McSweeney on Yoh’s Seamless Talent Blog.
For more good stuff, check out the Monster 5 for Friday: Careers Edition for this week’s top articles from the world of job search and career development.
Which of these was your favorite? What did we miss? Let us know!
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August 3, 2010 at 1:56 AM
Jobseekers are clueless!
Times Of India (July 20, 2010) reports:
In Germany, resumes generally include a photograph and information considered taboo for employers in many countries, such as, date of birth, marital status and nationality.
A 2010 study by the private Bonn-based Institute for the Study of Labor showed rampant bias in hiring.
This prompted the German Anti-Discrimination Agency to sponsor a voluntary program under which company recruiters will process only “Blind” resumes that remove any reference to ethnic background or other personal information irrelevant to job performance.
Procter and Gamble and L’Oreal who have joined this program say the idea is to show to other recruiters what they were sacrificing with their prejudices.
No doubt a welcome beginning, but the unemployed around the world just do not want to risk their resumes getting summarily rejected because these contain “insufficient” information!
As long as job advertisements fail to clearly spell-out what information is “relevant” and what is “taboo”, jobseekers around the world would continue to err on the safe side!
With regards
hemen parekh
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