Author Archives: Jessica Miller-Merrell

Workology: The Study of Work

by Jessica Miller-Merrell

In order to truly understand something, we must start at the beginning. It’s the reason that anthropologists focus their life’s work on different fields like culture, archaeology, biology and linguistics when it comes the history of the human being. The past, our history, gives us insight into our thoughts, desires, mistakes and successes. Read more

The Internal War for Talent

by Jessica Miller-Merrell

As employers we are all active participants in the war for the talent, battling for the lowest acquisition cost and highest longterm productivity. We create marketing campaigns, develop job distribution channels seeking to reach the best employees, and perhaps we’ve been doing it wrong all along. Look around, maybe your next hire is sitting in the room already… A manager ready to be a director? Or a smooth talking sales person who could become an even better marketer?
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Candidates Must Be Treated as Well as Customers

by Jessica Miller-Merrell

The saying, Candidates are Customers too, should be hung over every wall of Human Resources departments across the country. Sometimes we forget that each candidate that goes through the HR department will most likely influence a future purchasing decision of your product/service. There are some exceptions to the rule, but know, word of mouth spreads like wildfire and if a candidate is treated wrong, their friends and their friend’s friends will hear about it. Recruiters and hiring managers need to look beyond the old ‘recruit-to-hire’ experience and put on our new corporate hats. Read more

Don’t Cry at the Resume’s Funeral

by Jessica Miller-Merrell

After I went to the resumes’ funeral I no longer spent hours shuffling and sorting through hundreds upon hundreds of paper filled with embellished qualifications. I no longer had to sort out previous job descriptions and determine the qualifications based on what an applicant said they had accomplished at their previous job. I no longer had to store paper copies for 7 years in a filing cabinet in a warehouse, nor did I have to suffer the unbearable paper cut. After I went to the resumes’ funeral I suddenly had more time in my life.
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What Makes a Great Recruiter?

by Jessica Miller-Merrell

Occasionally, the difference between good and great can be small. But often times, “Good is the enemy of great. And that is one of the key reasons why we have so little that becomes great,” begins Jim Collins’ best selling book, “Good to Great.”

The fact of good versus great and bad versus average are somewhat subjective in determining an individual’s success, accomplishments and traits. Once you have defined those metrics of success, it becomes clear how truly valuable great hires are to your bottom line. So the question bares, what qualities and characteristics separate a good recruiter from a great recruiter? Read more

What Makes a Good Recruiter?

by Jessica Miller-Merrell

Sometimes working as a recruiter is a thankless job where the search and job requisition load never ends. That requisition load is growing with Fortune Magazine reporting that the 100 Best Places to work have over 150,000 jobs to fill. What makes a good recruiter is important as they can anticipate needs and use their network to find top talent making the job look easy.
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HR and Recruiting Technology Predictions for 2013

by Jessica Miller-Merrell

Now that the Super Bowl is over, we take a look back on the human resources and recruiting trends, what has driven hiring and engagement innovation, and what’s in store for HR for 2013 when it comes to HR Tech and collaboration.
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