Posts Tagged ‘HR Charity’

This week, I interviewed two recruiting industry titans, one controversial, one gentle giant, both were extraordinarily interesting: The Recruiting Animal, from BlogTalkRadio, and Jeff Lipschultz of A-List Solutions. (hint-hint, you can hear the show now if you click on the Compassionate HR tab on top of this page.)
Their stories with both shock and amaze you. One thing’s for sure, they will open your eyes to things you may on not considered before.
Both of these recruiting experts have done service work behind the scenes.  Most people don’t know that Jeff Lipschultz has two degrees, one of which is in engineering.  He used to be a columnist for AOL.com, and he continues to write for career-blogs around the US, and is sought after as a speaker, and recruiter alike.
For intance, Jeff Lipschultz rode his bike cross-country to raise funds for LiveStrong, which was founded by Lance Armstrong.
The Recruiting Animal works behind the scenes to help individuals from all walks of life improve their Twitter profiles.  Animal, is perhaps the most misunderstood social media phenom of them all.
What I do now is go behind the scenes to tell the true back story of the lives of my guests, their triumphs, their failures, and most of all what they learned from it all.  My primary goal is to uncover their contribution to society, and to their communities.
Listen, and you decide:  http://blogtalkradio.com/comhr
And don’t miss tomorrow, I’ll be interviewing Guatam Ghosh, the brains behind Brave New Talent!
Via www.blogtalkradio.com

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And so it is, the strongest among us are those brave enough to be vulnerable.  Amelia Earhart once said that courage is the price that life exacts for granting peace.

Your truth will give you strength, alas it will set you free

How many among us are strong enough to say, “this hurts, this economy is crushing my spirit.”  I’m here to tell you that if you are unemployed right before Christmas and Chanukah that all is not lost.  There are those of us who have felt the same way you do.  The strongest among us fail, and grow and learn from their mistakes.  This is a time for you to take stock of yourself, where you are, and where you want to go.   It is the humble that rise up.  Looking for work is humbling.  Whether you are passively looking, in active pursuit of work, you can take comfort in knowing there is an entire community that cares about your journey.

I’ve switched the focus of HireFriday on Twitter to the #HFChat.  I’ve done this because during that hour we get more visitors than we used to get in a whole day.  At the beginning of this year, my resolution was to grow HireFriday to one million strong.  We’ve far surpassed that.  With the help of the HireFriday Leadership Team: Tom Bolt, and Cyndy Trivella, we have reached 5.8 million people.  Think about that for a moment.  Our reach, resonance, and relevance has a broader reach than we had ever imagined.  Why do you think that is?  It’s because of people like you–who’ve shared a part of your heart, and soul with me.

So my friends, keep your spirits up during the holidays.  There is hope, as long as there is breath in your body, there is strength.  You know the most beautiful thing of all, is that each and every day we get a clean slate.  Enjoy your slate, and know that you have a friend in us.

Join us this Friday for #HFChat Noon-1 Eastern Time, 11 Central for your weekly dose of job search goodness.

Sincerely-Your job search pal,

HRMargo

It's not a 'me' community, it's a 'we' community

Margo Rose

Social Media Strategist

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HireFriday is a grassroots group of volunteers who band together to help candidates around the world find work.  Today, I need your help.  If you are a recruiter, a resume writer, an executive coach, a human resources professional: WE NEED YOU.  I’m working on recruiting and deploying a team of volunteers who can work with people displaced from their jobs.  They will need immediate career transition support.  Granted, not all companies will feel the impact, but for those that do, I want to be able to pair a volunteer with a professional who will help them, guide them, lend a hand, encourage a heart, but most importantly help hurricane victims develop a job search strategy.

I am just one woman, with a tiny voice, well no a LOUD voice.  I can’t do this by myself.  I need YOU.  If you would be willing to work with our team to help hurricane victims get a leg up you will not only be helping them you will be helping our country.  We must spring into action.  The time is now.  Please, I beg of you, all I am asking for is your time.

HireFriday helps people find resources to help accelerate the re-employment process.  Our group on LinkedIn, Facebook, Twitter reaches out to help people every day.   The Emergency HireFriday Project is designed to serve as a rapid response to grassroots effort to help people who just need advice, help, and a source of inspiration to get back on their feet.

If you can help us, please email your telephone number to me hrmargorocks@gmail.com.

Join us, lend a hand. Encourage a heart. Change the world.

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So, don’t let the blues get you down.  Today do something!  You’ll be glad you did.

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This week’s #HFChat promises to be a transformational eye-opener.  Our moderators this week are Tom Bolt, and Steve Levy.  Surprise appearances by recruiters from many industries will be present. Most importantly, you will be there.  You will be joined by the #HireFriday Community, and job seekers from around The United States.  Please partake in today’s discussion.  We will post the questions later, and if you have any questions after today’s chat, please post them here.

I would like to recruit: recruiters, resume writers, executive coaches, outplacement facilitators, and job search strategists, and members of The HireFriday Community.  If you are interested, leave a comment.  I will contact you personally to arrange a time and date.  Currently, we have slots available in March, April, and May.  This is an opportunity for you to get exposure, and access to all candidates around the world.  It is a chance for recruiters to meet new potential candidates.  It is an opportunity for career development professionals to connect with potential clients.  It is a way for human resource professionals to connect with one another.

The primary purpose of this chat, group and community is to help all job seekers:  passive, active, and invisible.  We will reveal the real definition of the “invisible” candidate in future posts.  I’ll bet it’s not what you think.  My goal is to put Americans back to work; to serve humanity, to aid those who suffer with any ailment, because it is not just the superstars who need a job, it is not just the average Joe who needs a job, it is also the Military Veteran, those suffering with post traumatic stress disorder, and the financially disadvantaged.

Come on, let’s be honest, who among us hasn’t taken a financial hit in the recession.  Who among us has never suffered?  Who among us does not have problems, ever?  If you get to be my age, and you haven’t taken a few emotional body blows, you may not have fully lived.  Of course there are people who’ve never suffered.  There are people who’ve never had a loss.  There are people who have enormous talent, and skills, knowledge, and ability.

Let us not put the dishearted, and the disadvantaged out of our hearts.  Instead, let’s look at what people can do, not just what they can’t.  We are their voice.  We feel their pain, and you can too. Isn’t that, after all what Compassionate HR is all about.  Let’s help the square pegs fit in the square holes.  Let’s serve the clients who are paying the recruiters commission.  They are not social workers, neither am I.  What I do have is a heart bigger than my body, and a sincere desire to serve.  So do you.  If you have an idea, or a concept that can improve our chat, your soon to be live website, or our community, by all means, please speak up.

Will you join us?  Will you add your voice to #HFChat and #HireFriday.  If we each do our part, even if it’s one hour a week from 12-1 p.m. eastern standard time, together, we can change the world-one day at a time-one person at a time.  We can engage in service learning.  It will move our hearts.  I got this idea from Nate St. Pierre who is the founder of “It Starts With Us.”  I want to use the core genesis of his idea, and apply it to our industry.

Ground Rules for HFChat:

1.  Retweet, and answer the questions: Q1, A1 for example.

2.  Answer questions, and engage in a meaningful discussion.

3.  If you choose to lurk, that’s ok, but allow us to support you, and encourage you to speak up.

4.  Please stay on topic.

5.  Do not spam jobs, or commercial ventures into the stream.

6.  Keep your remarks “others” focused instead of for pure “self-promotion.”

7.  Vicious, or verbal attacks will not be tolerated.

8.  Be nice, if you don’t have something kind to contribute, share it personally with the person with whom you are irritated.

9.  Be compassionate, but feel free to fully engage in debate.  It’s not about why you disagree, it’s about how you disagree that really matters.

10. Have fun, learn, enjoy, take-away the comments that are helpful, leave the rest.  Feel free to obtain and use the transcripts.  We ask if you are using someone’s quote, cite your sources, and attribute the content expressed to the contributor.

Thank you very much for reading this post.

Sincerely,

@HRMargo Rose

Founder & CEO of HireFriday and HFChat

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