Anyone know any big muckety mucks at Hewitt or Mercer or Watson Wyatt? Linda Konstan...
Linda M Konstan
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May 2, 2008 7:11 pm
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Hi folks, are It has been several years since I have worked inside an organization and now I'm teaching a college course in Staffing and I got an unusual ...
In our part of the world, it appears that the prevalent practice used by HR departments is to respond only to shortlisted applicants/ candidates. Among the...
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May 5, 2008 2:37 am
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Bob, What you are teaching is correct but seems to have fallen by the wayside somewhere alongside common courtesy. Virtually all companies no longer respond to...
Hi Bob, Here's the problem. HR offices can receive 200-400 responses to a job posting in this electronic age. They are frequently spammed with unqualified...
Hi Bob, As a recruiter in a very small niche market, I can receive up to 100 resumes a day, many of which are unqualified spam. I personally make an effort to...
Needed: Director HR; Aircraft Completion Center; location Little Rock, AR. Must have manufacturing experience, (aviation or aerospace preferred, high-end...
Linda M Konstan
lkonstan@...
May 5, 2008 4:26 pm
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Hello all! I am preparing a 12 hour module on Competencies and Skill Based Pay (SBP), included in a HRM program for HR managers and HR officers (more junior...
Have any of you found a great job board for outside sales staff recruiting? I'm looking for real hunters. Linda Konstan...
Linda M Konstan
lkonstan@...
May 8, 2008 11:54 pm
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I'm looking for a 15-20 minute exercise I can do with a group that consists of two departments, one of which is not trusting the other and, therefore, not...
Linda M Konstan
lkonstan@...
May 14, 2008 11:07 pm
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Linda, how about a table exercise where you break the people into groups of 4-5 people, where each group must have at least two people from each department?...
Linda, There are many trust exercises but I doubt that you will find any documentation to show that they are effective in building trust. If one group doesn't...
Interested in feedback if you actively use facebook / myspace for recruitment purposes. I currently use linkedin, but it is geared to the professional market....
Can anyone share any math tests they may be giving to job applicants? Linda Konstan...
Linda M Konstan
lkonstan@...
May 16, 2008 11:38 pm
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Linda, As far as testing goes, the safest thing to use for math would be actual examples of math that they will need to do on the job. For an example, if the...
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May 19, 2008 3:55 am
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Seems silly but here's the scenario: The company policy is that anyone working at least a 24 hour schedule on a regular basis gets benefits including prorated...
Linda M Konstan
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May 20, 2008 1:04 am
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Those who don't normally work Mondays don't get the holiday. Inequity? maybe, but there's not any great solution when we have 8 companies in 5 countries and...
Linda, I had this issue in the past and because employee's schedule varied and thus you couldn't pin down a specific typical work week, we gave employees...
Sorry I don't have the background on this discussion, but based on the two entries I have read below from Linda and Sherryl and from my own experiences I am of...
I apologize in advance for the cross-posting. During a discussion on recruiting and selection for call center positions with a client, we talked about whether...
Every company i have ever worked for had the same policy: If a holiday falls on a day that is not your regularly scheduled work day, you get to take the...
Can anyone recommend a great contract recruiter to fill some very difficult positions in the US and Australia? Linda Konstan [Non-text portions of this message...
Linda M Konstan
lkonstan@...
May 20, 2008 11:08 pm
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All full time employees get holiday pay. If their schedule doesn't include the holiday they get an alternate 8 hours off with pay. Or, they may simply get an...
Have any of you used Jobfox, LinkedIn, or Xing for recruiting purposes and if so, what's been yoru experience? Linda Konstan...
Linda M Konstan
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May 24, 2008 1:03 pm
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Dear HRNET Colleagues, How are you? I would like to ask you for your participation in a short study I am conducting as part of a series of studies for my...
Any ideas of where to post job ads for 100% commissioned hunter/closers? Tried CL, CareerBuilder, Jobing. Linda Konstan ...
Linda M Konstan
lkonstan@...
May 30, 2008 12:35 am
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Our company has grown from 62 employees to 130 in a year. When we were at 62 employees we were more than comfortable with paying 100% of the Healthcare...
