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Tony Lee |
Reaching New Recruits Where They Live
Imagine my surprise as I got off the train from New York at my local New Jersey train station on a hot summer day, and there was a corporate recruiter offering me an ice cream cone in exchange for my business card. That’s exactly how a pharmaceutical firm in my area was thinking out of box recently when trying to identify potential new sales and R&D hires. According to the young HR generalist I spoke…
Play Ball!
It’s amazing how many great lessons about recruiting and managing you can learn from your kids’ sports activities. For instance, I’ve been helping coach my younger daughter’s “rec” softball team for five years now, and I’ve learned that the approach I typically use to manage a team when times are good don’t fare as well when the going gets tough. Sound familiar? I’ll explain. At the start of each season, the coaches gather together and attempt…
Striking a Chord
I’ve been writing columns for newspapers, magazines and web sites for more than 20 years, and it’s amazing when you create a column that truly strikes a nerve. When I wrote last month about my Dad’s passing and the incredible work ethic he instilled in me, I thought of it as a cathartic experience allowing me to summarize to myself how I felt now that he’s gone. Frankly, I wasn’t too concerned about how readers…
A Father’s Life
Herbert H. Lee: 1921 - 2007 My Dad passed away in November, just three weeks shy of his 86th birthday. He had a terrific life filled with love, accomplishments and many friendships. And like the majority of his generation, he lived to work. My Dad held at least one part-time job every day after retiring in 1987. In fact, he had recently started a second part-time job that he truly enjoyed. Like my Dad, I gain…
On the Road Again
With a little effort, I don’t think it would be hard to attend a different HR-related conference every week. In fact, I’ll bet that somewhere in the world right now, recruiters are gathering together to swap stories and soak up industry knowledge from a bevy of speakers. Interested in joining one of these soirees? There are the usual suspects, of course, such as local and regional meetings sponsored by the Society of Human Resource management (SHRM)…
My Summer Vacation
Vacation for me (as it is for most people) is a wonderful opportunity to spend extended hours with my family. In August, we ventured up to Northern Maine to an idyllic island that offers rocky coasts, sandy beaches, the highest mountains on the East Coast, funky tourist traps and isolated communities, all within a 30-mile radius of our rental house. In other words, it’s practically perfect, especially if you like lobster and don’t mind an…
New to the Endangered Species List: the Resume
I would like to nominate the resume for inclusion on the endangered species list. As a tool for candidates to review their work histories and consider their careers in whole, the resume is fine. But so is a piece of hotel stationery on which you can list all of your past jobs, responsibilities, good work habits, solid references and the like. As a method for displaying to employers what you've accomplished in your life (which…
Networking: A Way of Life
Ask any job hunter who hasn’t sought a new position lately about the importance of networking, and 99% will acknowledge that it’s a key skill. But then ask what they’ve done to grow and connect with their network during their job hunt, and the response is typically half-hearted. Something like: “Well, I called a few people to let them know I’m looking, and asked if they knew about any openings.” Networking should be a fully integrated…
Recruiting, a Brief History through Time
Contrary to popular belief, hiring the best candidate for a job really hasn’t changed much in recent years. To be sure, the process by which companies identify potential new hires is vastly different today than it was just a dozen years ago, with the Internet the primary reason. But distinguishing a great candidate from a good one, or even one who’s likely to grow in the job versus someone who jumps ship in two years,…