by Alex Putman | Oct 9, 2010 | Candidate Experience, Career Advice, Human Resources, Interview Tips, Job Search, Recruiting, Search Tips, Talent Management
[tweetmeme source=”alexputman”] Interviews! Stressful, uncertainty, informational….what words come to your mind! I want to give you a glimpse into the mind of the employer. Typically you have a few people/layers to make it through when interviewing....
by Alex Putman | Aug 2, 2010 | Career Advice, Human Resources, Interview Tips, Job Search, Recruiting, Search Tips
[tweetmeme source=”alexputman”] You have spent the last year or so looking for a job. After all the resume revisions, the multiple hours spent searching and the 1000’s of emails, the market has changed and you are getting multiple interviews. Now you need...
by Alex Putman | Jul 5, 2010 | Candidate Experience, Employee Relations, Human Resources, Recruiting
Have you applied for a job recently and had any of the following occur; Applied for a job and it takes 30+ minutes, then the system crashes and you start over! Applied via an on-line system and never heard anything from the employer past the automated “thank...
by Alex Putman | Jun 13, 2010 | Crazy HR Stories, Employee Relations, Human Resources
Most HR orientations discuss the basics; benefits, PTO, standard policies etc. Check out this real story and ask yourself, “do you feel lucky”? In a former employer, we received information that one of our workers was bringing a gun to work, unloading and...
by Alex Putman | May 31, 2010 | Crazy HR Stories, Human Resources
In all my years, personally and professionally, I have never had anything good follow the statement “I probably shouldn’t be telling you this…”. It’s kinda like a 10-year-old boy on his bicycle, in the back of a pickup truck, peddling towards and open tailgate...
by Alex Putman | May 23, 2010 | Career Advice, Crazy HR Stories, Human Resources, Interview Tips, Job Search, Recruiting
I thought it would be fun to conduct a series on “Wacky, Crazy, HR stories that REALLY Happen. These stories are all real with names of the not so innocent being replaced. I hope everyone enjoys this series. Who knows, we may learn a few things (master of...
