Contrary to some media headlines, the performance appraisal isn’t dead and it’s not going away anytime soon. Yes, some organizations are announcing their plans to kill the performance review in favor of something else that doesn’t use the words “performance” or “appraisal”. But it will do kinda sorta the same thing. So it’s critical that supervisors learn how to deliver feedback. MORE

It’s five answers to five questions. Here we go…. 1. turned down a job offer but then tried to accept it a few hours later. I’m not sure if I just committed a horrible faux pas. On Wednesday afternoon, I was offered a job. I was truly excited about the offer, but throughout the interview process I questioned whether I was the right fit for the role because it sounded like the department needed someone with more experience. After mulling things over for a day, I declined the offer via email. As soon as I hit send, I immediately regretted passing up this great opportunity. Period. MORE

I’m a fairly tall HR pro. I’m 6’4″ tall and have always been one of the tallest folks in a crowd all the way back to Kindergarten. mention this because I notice this more when I attend HR conferences. One other thing you need to know about me. I dig HR conference sessions. really do. tend to go to see speakers who stretch and challenge me to look at things differently. MORE

The competition for the very best candidates has intensified; the job market is now very much candidate led, so internal recruiters and recruitment agencies alike are investing heavily in promoting employer brands in order to entice the very best applicants to work for them. Building a talent pool of passive candidates is important, but this takes long term effort and might not deliver the instant results sometimes needed in a recruitment drive. candidate matching solution can complement an existing talent pool and job advertisements on a job board as part of a holistic recruitment strategy. MORE

Let’s be honest. Nearly all of us in the ‘people’ space (whether that’s HR, recruitment, learning or management) like to think we can effect some real change. No one wants to go to work day after day and feel like they haven’t accomplished anything. But lots of us do just that. We like to think […]. Thinking differently Working in People & Culture 99U Career Culture Development Disruption MORE

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