Posts Tagged ‘human resources’
How to make HR look great and get the job [Facebook LIVE Episode #28: Round One Interview w/HR]
A learning and development leader hired me for one-on-one coaching. He wanted help to switch into nutrition and health. During a 60-minute virtual session, he shared an HR priority that can help you make HR love you. Lucky you, right? He told me how much he valued his relationships with Managing Directors across the firm.…
Read MoreDid you know this about HR? [Facebook LIVE Episode #27: Round One Interview w/HR]
A former client who lived and breathed human resource information technology cloud solutions, told me that HR is accountable to a measurable scorecard. This is true even in media and entertainment. It was true in financial services too and I know it to be the case across other industries. If you know this trend coming…
Read MoreHow to beat a company “lifer” [Facebook LIVE Episode #26: Round One Interview w/HR]
It’s easy for a “lifer” who has been with a company for a while to forget that they are valuable. They do things out of habit at this point. This fact is something that HR does not forget. A “lifer” can write all the manuals in the world and still be hard to replace…
Read MoreHire me or I’ll quit [Facebook LIVE Episode #25: Round One Interview w/HR]
HR wants to keep great people. They know when employees are going for internal roles that they are likely on their way out of the company. This thinking explains why HR will choose internal job applicants. A friend of mine worked in education technology in Silicon Alley. He made his name in the office…
Read MoreInternal candidates bringing you down? [Facebook LIVE Episode #24: Round One Interview w/HR]
HR wants to provide internal employees first dibs on the roles that fit into their career goals. Nirvana for HR is seeing that people who already work on the inside can grow in their careers while staying on the inside. So how does this affect you? What if you want to be an external…
Read MoreLearning curves don’t matter if … [Facebook LIVE Episode #23: Round One Interview w/HR]
When it comes to beating an internal candidate for a job, you have the cards stacked up against you because the assumption is that you will learn about the nuances of the industry, company, and role during company hours. No company out there really wants to pay for you to learn – even companies that…
Read MoreAn external candidate’s worst nightmare [Facebook LIVE Episode #22: Round One Interview w/HR]
If you are an external candidate, then you don’t want to hear these three words: “we hired internally.” However, let’s get real, at least you got feedback…okay, I’ll admit terrible feedback. Look, the job market trend right now is to hire within whenever possible. Chances are you are an external job candidate who has to…
Read MoreYou are not the right fit – what that means [Facebook LIVE Episode #21: Round One Interview w/HR]
You might think you a great fit for the role you’ve been scoping out for weeks online. You may feel like you’d fit like a glove and then HR never calls back. Sound familiar? Sometimes HR dodges your calls. However, for a few job seekers, who turn to me for help, HR literally tell them:…
Read MoreDemolish Networking Jitters [Facebook LIVE episode #4 on Standing Out]
Here’s a really important question: who do you know — that your networking contact should get to know given his goals? The next time you have an informational interview set-up I want you to do this: shift your thinking from how can I get more intros out of this connection to how can I give…
Read MoreHidden job market, anyone? [Facebook LIVE Episode #20: Round One Interview w/HR]
A seasoned recruiter recently shared the following tidbit: Did you know that when you go on a round one interview with HR that you can express your broader interests – beyond that single job that you applied for? Were you aware of this? If you are trying to uncover the hidden job market then this…
Read MoreThe perils of not caring enough [Facebook LIVE episode #3 on Standing Out]
If you want someone to have a vested interest in your career, then you should figure out what is important to them first. Start with understanding more about your contact’s professional ambitions. It’s easy to go into a networking conversation with a one-sided agenda but that’s ineffective – it is also a short-term strategy…
Read MoreThe World is Getting Smarter and Smaller
How the Global Candidate Pool is Replacing the Need for Domestic Hires The great chasm of language, proximity, and expertise once stood between the American job market and candidates from the rest of the world. It wasn’t cost-effective to consider an overseas hire. Companies searched locally for candidates who could communicate well with customers, understand…
Read MoreHow to Beat Your Fellow Human Resources Professionals to the Best Jobs
I’ve noticed 10 underlying assumptions (through my work with human resources executives who transitioned sectors including to digital shops, top-five consulting firms, and financial services multinationals i.e. services companies) that interviewers make about human resources job candidates. When you’ve spent a majority of your career in human resources, the good assumptions are: • You have…
Read MoreDon’t Know What to Ask Human Resources Professionals? – 5 Killer Questions to Ace Screening Interviews
Schedule an Express Coaching Session Oh, the awful, painful, repulsive HR screening interview. Root canals are more fun than screening interviews with human resources professionals. As a career coach, I have conducted thousands of mock interviews for anxious job candidates who are about to step into a room with human resources managers. The waiting room…
Read MoreTreat Employees Like Volunteers – The Cure for High Staff Turnover?
An interview by Melissa Llarena, a career transition and talent management expert, with Christine Schoaff, an IT, and Project Manager who has contributed across 15 years to volunteer organizations in roles ranging from member to executive director. Top Talent Insider, Melissa Llarena: An existing assumption is that engineers are high earners – you have worked among…
Read MoreLimited-time offer for business owners who are NYU alumni
**Update: this offer is no longer valid** Limited-time offer for business owners who are NYU alumni Who: Melissa Llarena, alumna of New York University (CAS ’01) and President of Career Outcomes Matter a talent management firm in New York. What: Offering a complimentary one-hour consultation to discuss HR-related talent management challenges and custom solutions during a one-on-one call
Read MoreLimited-time offer for business owners who are Tuck alumni
**Update: this offer is no longer valid** Limited-time offer for business owners who are Tuck alumni Who: Melissa Llarena, alumna of the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth (T’10) and President of Career Outcomes Matter a talent management firm in New York. What: Offering a complimentary one-hour consultation to discuss HR-related talent management challenges and custom solutions during…
Read MoreLimited-time offer for business owners who attended the Tuck Minority Business Executives Program
**Update: this offer is no longer valid** Limited-time offer for business owners who attended the Tuck Minority Business Executives Program Who: Melissa Llarena, alumna of the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth (T’10) and President of Career Outcomes Matter a talent management firm in New York. What: Offering a complimentary one-hour consultation to discuss HR-related…
Read MoreHow to Avoid Being Dumped by Your Best Employees
Are you surprised that 2 million Americans quit each month, per the Bureau of Labor Statistics? Corporate America faces a $6 billion-plus epidemic. Replacing one quitter costs $3K to $18K, according to GetHired.com. Technology supports covert exit strategies (e.g., How to Secretly Use LinkedIn), the economy faces an uptick in job openings (as mentioned on…
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My fortune is that I benefited from a set of professional, academic, and personal circumstances that I am fully aware usually never happen to individuals.
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