The Mind -food for thought

"The mind is a wonderful servant but a terrible master. If you have become a negative thinker, this is because you have not cared for your mind and taken the time to train it to focus on the good. Winston Churchill said that 'the price of greatness is responsibility over each of your thoughts.' Then you will install the vibrant mindset you are looking for. Remember; the mind truly is like any other muscle in your body. Use it or lose it." -Julian (The Monk Who Sold his Ferrari)

Mistakes or Lessons?

"There are no mistakes in life, only lessons. There is no such thing as a negative experience, only opportunities to grow, learn and advance along the road of self-mastery. From struggle comes strength. Even pain can be a wonderful teacher." -Yogi Raman (The Monk Who Sold his Ferrari)

April Recap

This month I worked on projects mostly, however I still pre-screened applicants, interviewed candidates and made offers.

The projects I worked on/finished this month included:

• Organize a Student Appreciation Night for all departing co-op students
• Create a presentation on the Recruitment Process & Proper Behaviour Etiquette for hiring managers to be used when training hiring managers on Interviewing
• A Review of the Student Employment Policy and recommendations and presentation to management

I found the presentation on the Recruitment Process very interesting. I did research by conducting interviews with all the recruiters as well as my own personal observations in order to formulate the key points and struggles that Recruiters are faced with when dealing with hiring managers.
I enjoyed the projects as they offered a lot of interaction with others and the ability to contribute something in order to improve the recruitment processes.

Behavioural Description Interviews

"The best prophet of the future is the past."

March Recap

March was a busy month recruiting. I spent a lot of time interviewing, from occupational to administrative, professional and technical as well as doing peer compensation comparison, generating offers and communicating with departments and candidates.

One issue has come to light, the question being: We might have many applicants, but are we passing up the best candidates because of a lengthy and timely recruitment process? What are the issues, what can we do to be competitive and get out 1st choice? The fact of the matter is recruitment depends a lot on the people involved and whether recruiting is a priority to them. Very rarely does the recruitment process only involve the recruiter and the candidates. Involving other people and scheduling additional people can take time. If it is a matter of processes and procedures that lengthen the time to hire, are they really ensuring what they are meant to do or are they counter-productive in accomplishing the corporate goals and objectives? If they are prohibiting accomplishing the corporate goals and objectives, why do we have them. From time to time, it is necessary to do an overhaul review of our systems and processes to ensure they are congruent with our mission.

Another issue that has come to mind, We track a lot of information and data, how are we using this data to design and improve our processes and procedures? If we have high turnover among a certain job, is the answer to continually recruit for that job? Or is simply recruiting more a bandaid for a larger problem? Is the solution recruitment or is it to look at retention, job design, etc or a combination of it all.

"A problem will never be resolved until it is faced."

"Far & away the best prize that life offers is the chance to work hard at work worth doing. " Theodore Roosevelt. -How is your job contributing to making the world a better place?