The Recruiting Inferno

LinkedIn simply cannot admit it doesn’t have the over 300 million users it tells Wall Street they have – but Instagram can

People keep insisting that LinkedIn is social when it’s really just CareerBuilder, Dice, and Monster with a better UI

Those in HR and recruiting cannot see that their task-based job descriptions simply aren’t made for recruiting

Hiring Managers keep saying they’ll “know it when they see it– bring me more résumés” if they can’t describe “it” to recruiters

Recruiters and Hiring Managers can claim they can sense a great person when they can’t hold a personal relationship

It’s so hard for recruiters to tell candidates that someone was more talented than them

Companies have to hire engagement consultants when it’s just easier to speak with the employees

People in HR care so much about their job titles

Companies refer to a “War for Talent” when so few have ever been in a war

Jobseekers can’t see that littering a company with résumés for every available position isn’t a useful strategy

Career Experts talk about the importance of cover letters then provide jobseekers with the worst possible excuse for one

Organizations spend so much time trying to understand and cater to “generations” yet don’t see how this makes for a divisive culture

It takes well-meaning people so many years to get out of their own way

People still smoke cigarettes when the link to cancer is so strong

Politicians of all parties eventually conclude that their real job is to be re-elected rather than to make a country better

God allowed for one bigot to scream louder than 1,000,000 or more folks who see people as people

I don’t know why…