Hiring Process Illustrated

At the risk of oversimplifying, here is the hiring process illustrated. It’s from the perspective of the folks in an organization in Corporate America looking for a candidate to hire, the functional manager and their HR partner. And it’s for the veteran hiring candidate’s benefit to understand its

Luck

I’ve always felt “unlucky”. I can’t grab stuffed items in claw machines, I don’t win lotteries or Bingo, and I’ve lost hard wrestling and golf matches. That’s how I felt until a mentor once told me that “luck” is nothing more than extremely hard preparation meeting the right

Proof Pudding

Everyone loves it! And for good reason. We like to make sound decisions. And proof helps us do that empirically. We can be confident in our conclusions and the decisions we make based on them. You can use proof pudding to help you start a new career or

Loyalty

“Loyalty”. It came up the other day in a collaboration session I was having with my friend and USA veteran, senior HR official, and veteran reintegration researcher James Crook, DBA, PHR. Specifically, Jimmy and I were discussing the major myths many in Corporate America have about military veterans. Myths

The Fourth First Principle of Solving Our Hiring Heroes Problem

The complex challenge of reintegrating our military veterans, i.e., “heroes”, defined as “people admired for courage, outstanding achievements, or noble qualities”, back into the civilian workforce has persisted since Caesar Augustus in 13 BC! Therefore, it’s time to solve this problem, and First Principles Thinking is a time-tested problem-solving technique

Mission Statement

It hangs in the lobby, or in an Executive conference room, and maybe makes it into an All Hands meeting once in a while. Regardless, they can often be anemic at best or hollow at worst. But a well-crafted mission statement can infuse your organization with meaning, with purpose,

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