#6Things: Kids are the Worst, HR’s Answer to Jason Statham and HR-Driven CEOs

Taking your kids to work breaks things

In another thing that middle-class people are allowed to do but the cashier at Taco Bell most def is not, we have “Take Your Kids To Work Day”, which is (despite my sarcasm) an awesome initiative, for parents and kids alike, but not for that single woman who SPECIFICALLY DID NOT HAVE KIDS FOR THIS VERY REASON AND KEVIN CAN YOU KINDLY GET YOUR 3 YEAR OLD TO STOP DEFECATING NEAR THE COPY MACHINE. Anyway, for NPR this social experiment resulted in a full minute off-air (clutches organic, ethically sourced pearls). (Mashable)

 

1 degree of separation

Neil Morrison, HR’s answer to Jason Statham, has spearheaded a policy where the publishing giant has removed the requirement to have a degree on all new jobs. “There’s substantial evidence that shows a degree is not the be-all and end-all it used to be,” Morrison says. “Degrees have been used by HR as a lazy sifting tool.” (Personnel Today)

 

Creepers gonna creep

There’s something about sourcing that’s very geeky and very smart and very….creepy. Irina Shamaeva’s Boolean Strings Network (a very good place to start BTDubs) published a little missive on finding mobile numbers with Facebook. And it’s pretty cool. It doesn’t work with landlines but it’s a great way to source, or to find that ex who has been blowing up your phone. (Boolean Strings)

 

Do you even know who I am?

Laurie Ruettimann writes about something that a lot of us deal with. It particularly resonates with me, because I go to a lot of conferences and many of the people who I am “hunting” (in 80s sales parlance) are also “hunting” me (but not really because I have under 20 employees and most of their solutions are not built for an agency of my size). It’s about sales and HR and understanding the landscape really. And many of these young salespeople don’t. If you are reaching out to Laurie, or me or anyone who has been blogging, speaking, writing, etc in the space for a decade, you should have an inkling of who they are, what they do and approach with respect. On the other hand, I know that my own team has made missteps when approaching friends of mine, simply because they didn’t know them. What’s the answer? I don’t know, but at least Laurie got me thinkin’ ‘bout it. (Laurie Ruettimann)

 

Is it true? Indeed, it is!

Felix Wetzel heard this going around: “I have just been told that one of the top 3 global staffing companies has been excluded from Indeed. Can anybody confirm this?”

Here are a couple of answers for ya:

Bill Fanning: “Indeed has systematically shut off organic feeds from 3rd parties for the past year + , the issue was explained to me as duplication challenges. Indeed has developed an organic collection method that is pretty comprehensive – so third parties are sending them the same jobs which causes them to spend extensive time removing duplicates.”

Geoff Webb: “So in other words, they are giving preferred treatment to the original poster, that makes perfect sense and is likely less of an issue for RPOs who typically use the clients ATS and Career Site but bad news for third party agencies who are reposting.”

Bill Boorman: “15 of the top-top like manpower and Randstad had organic traffic turned off 6 weeks ago. Not excluded but no organic free traffic.”

Read the whole string for some smart analysis about what this means for Indeed and other aggregators and for this little nugget from Boorman: “Remember that one of the heads of Indeed has recently moved to Google. Their entry into this space will change things for all the aggregators, hence new pricing models.” (Facebook)

 

Cripes, finally someone COOL is talking about HR

Gary Vaynerchuck, who is certifiably cool because he says the F-bomb like ALL the time, has this to say in a Medium post about why he’s an HR-Driven CEO (I rather like the sound of that, get me VistaPrint on the phone STAT!):

“I truly believe that the continuity of a great team trumps everything. It’s just like in sports — a team that has been playing together for a long time usually beats a group of superstars that came together for just a season. And that’s what I aspire to build at VaynerMedia, a team that’s built to win for decades based on the continuity they have with one another.

Despite the movies and the media portrayals, having endless snacks and espresso bars aren’t what creates great corporate culture. You don’t get to claim that you have great culture just because you have an unlimited vacation day policy or an open floor plan.”

 

The post is really good and I mean that. Check it out. It DOES apply to you. (Medium)