I coached a former colleague that was looking for a new job so he was approaching companies. In this way, I had an opportunity to observe the situation in a manufacturing company that also has its in-house product development and R&D. The colleague prepared an interesting mail. He described some…

Thank you for your interest in the ( position ) at ( company) in (country). Unfortunately, we will not be moving forward with your application, but we appreciate your time and interest in (company). Regards, (Company) Many of you were looking for a new job, and many got rejected. It…

There are many articles describing the "mistakes" organizations make. As there is no fundamental agreement on what Agile is, they come to different conclusions. I think some of these are not mistakes, just a bit of misunderstanding. For example 1) The desire to be agile - is exactly another way…

I have had a similar experience. I started to organize seminars/training for HR people and management Agile Recruiter* to eliminate some of these. In fact, for the past 20 years, nothing has changed in HR beyond increasingly heavy automation. When I was CEO of a small company, I eliminated most…

This quote by Steve Jobs, the founder of Apple, is probably not the most famous one. But people, at least in IT, have come across it. I wonder whether this is also true for people in recruiting and HR. So if you are a recruiter, have you ever come across…

I have found very educative the article “I Will Reject Your Resume If I See These 4 Things” by Hope on why organizations are having difficulties with hiring new people. An HR manager in it describes her motives to reject CVs. The list is incomplete, but one can notice how…

Indeed there are many things in hiring that are actually broken. The entire system did not change a little in the past 20+ years. And now, there is a trend to automate those dysfunctional recruitment processes, which makes them even more dysfunctional. When looking for a job in the past…

Recently, I have talked with managers in the organization that uses some of the agile techniques. They were looking for somebody who will supervise and manage their Agile adoption. I was unsure after reading their ad whether to respond or not but decided to talk to them anyway to learn…

Since the word Agile became probably the most common buzzword of these days, not surprisingly, every organization has at least one ongoing agile initiative. I have visited recently a branch of a multinational company, that is, in the same way, undergoing such transformation. “We are a bit special here, so…