Google rocks! Their ever-expanding platform of services continues to satisfy and delight in ways that go well beyond what would be expected of a normal internet search company. Turns out, their tools are a great way to recruit for candidates, too.
I’m no Google recruiting expert, but Chris Hoyt, aka Recruiter Guy is. His site is packed with ways to turn Google’s suite of tools into your recruiting command center. My favorites include Google Maps for recruiting and Maps, Maps, and more Maps.
Definitely swing by and check out his site.
Lance Haun over at Your HR Guy wrote a kick-ass article the other week about how to be an HR Renegade. Lance says:
The biggest push back I get from other HR practitioners about this is that management won’t allow them to be part of the solution. Wah wah wah! Do what other departments do…
Sounds a lot like part of the Renegade Manifesto: “Don’t ask for a seat at the table. Take one.”
Lance’s suggestions?
- Invite yourself to meetings.
- Do things without being asked.
- Know your employees.
It’s a great read. Check out the full article here.
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One thing I’ve always found odd about HR professionals is that they consider organizational development to be a completely independent subset of human resources. “Tom does recruiting. Sally specializes in OD. John in our compensation guy…”
I’m going to be blunt: If your recruiters, compensation specialists, trainers and so on aren’t “OD people,” they’re not doing their jobs.
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Welcome to Renegade HR, home of the movement to revolutionize the profession of human resources.
I want to change the way people think about work and how we manage our people.
A renegade is someone who rejects conventional behavior or breaks from established customs. My fellow human resource pros, it’s time for us to become HR Renegades!
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