This week my youngest son started high school. In an age where self-esteem is considered a core metric of eduction systems everywhere, many high schools hold welcome parties or special orientation days for freshmen and their helicopter parents. They give out elaborate packages of information but. naturally, the only thing in the package any of the […]
Is it Time to Fire the Outsourcerer’s Apprentice?
I suspect that someone who is standing in a hotel lobby screaming “I’m gonna lose my sh*t” into his mobile phone is probably not going to see his sh*t again anytime soon. Yet there he was lighting up the lobby of the Fairmont in Montreal so, naturally, I had to swing in for a closer […]
Theresa’s Chilly Winter
A few of you have inquired about my friend who was trying to hire a marketing manager in December. I’m sorry to say, things are not going at all well for Theresa. You may recall that in this age of strategic HR departments, hiring managers are pretty much on their own when it comes to […]
Theresa’s Sucky Christmas
Back before HR became strategic and was merely useful, there were these magical creatures called Recruiters. They would lead the hiring manager through the critical process of writing the job description, posting it in just the right places to attract just the right candidates and then screening the candidates until there was a list of […]