March 11, 2011

Every Cloud Has a Silver Lining

A friend of mine works for a company that is recruiting.  He is in management. The HR department handed him 76 resumes to review. He was thrilled. He felt he had hit the mother lode. That is until he began reading. He called me to whine, “Most of the applicants weren’t even close to qualified. It’s like people didn’t even read the posting. What am I going to do? I need to fill this position. Do you have any suggestions?”

I replied, “Welcome to my world.” This recruiting thing is tough and getting tougher. I find it so ironic that during…

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