Attracting & Retaining Engineering Talent

Engineering is a vital component of innovation and development, with engineers playing a crucial role in the growth and success of many organizations. However, attracting and retaining top engineering talent is harder than ever, and is a challenge faced by many companies across various industries.  To help organizations overcome this obstacle, leading-HR expert and HRU President Tim Sackett is giving …

How do you “practice” HR?

We are constantly told that if we want to be good at anything in life, we must practice. It starts when we are kids, and we want to be our heroes. If you want to be good at sports, or dance, or computer games, you must practice. Not just “play” but specific steps that lead to success in the endeavor …

America’s Greatest Threat is Lack of Labor!

By HRU President Tim Sackett I spoke to a group of upcoming high graduates yesterday, and it got me to thinking about the future. I don’t dump on young kids like most people do today. My feeling is we all sucked when we were young. We grew up. Got experienced. And we suck less. But we look at young people …

3 Things You Can Start Today and Be Instantly Better at Recruiting!

You’re not as effective as you could be right now! Do you know why? If you’re like me, you might start blaming some things: your tech, your boss, your company, your co-workers, etc. It’s easy to blame others for our inefficiencies. It’s incredibly difficult to own it and fix it! I’ve got some fixes! Heck, I wrote an entire book …

Should You Ever Ask About Pay During a Job Interview?

NO! YES! I DON’T KNOW! WHY ARE WE YELLING!? This question gets asked so often by all levels of individuals who are going through a job search. From entry levels to seasoned professionals, no one really knows the correct answer because, like most things in life, it depends on so many factors! First off, you look like an idiot if …

Does working for a bad boss help your career more than a good boss?

By HRU President Tim Sackett If you’re like most people, you’ve probably worked for some good bosses and some bad bosses. The best bosses I worked for were supportive and empathetic. They cared about me as a person and supported me as a professional. The bad bosses usually just focused on themselves and what I could do for them. I …

Is More Efficient Recruiting Always Better? #TruthBomb

If you’re in HR or TA and read this blog on a regular basis, you know I’m all for making our recruiting process as efficient as possible! Primarily because so many of us are woefully inefficient in using our technology and the belief that a more involved process must be a better process. I’m a little nervous about the future …

Join us at DisruptHR Lansing!

We’re hosting DisruptHR Lansing 2.0 on September 28th at the Lansing Brewing Company in downtown Lansing. We want you to join us! What is DisruptHR Lansing? DisruptHR events are held in over 150 cities worldwide. It’s a two-hour event with 12-14 speakers, and each speaker only talks for 5-minutes! Big ideas in a short time brought to you in a unique format. …

How do we stop boring conference sessions?

For decades I think we all had a hard time imagining conferences in a new way. Most followed, and still follow, a basic format of a full group morning keynote, followed by hour-long sessions throughout the day, followed by an afternoon day-closing keynote. Most of the design was directed by the continuing education community, which is why most conferences started. …

“Quiet Quitting” Isn’t New!

Over the past week or so, the term “Quiet Quitting” has been everywhere on mass media. LIKE, OMG, CAN YOU BELIEVE WHAT THESE DAMN KIDS ARE DOING NOW!?! (Side note: Can journalists be any lazier than they are right now? Wheee, look what I created!? Um, what?) Gag me with a spoon… We’ve had employees basically decide to stop working …