“Recruiters are getting fired because they’re stupid. I know a lawyer who is currently working with 2 recruiters who have been fired due to their supposed privacy being interrupted by their supposed friends grabbing a screen shot of their supposed private Facebook / protected tweets and publishing this in public. So much for supposed privacy (that Print Screen button is the devil!). I am sure the “it’s not fair” mantra is prevalent in those homes right now, and who knows they may be reinstated if the tribunal finds that they were unfairly dismissed…but their careers have been interrupted, people have got hurt and all because they were stupid (or perhaps just a little rash and uneducated about how their “private” lives aren’t really private?)”

If you want to know more about this issue, read the article “Do Recruiters Have the Right to Privacy Online? Cojones!”

« Demandeurs d’emploi, jeunes diplômés ou en réorientation professionnelle ? Vous cherchez le travail de vos rêves ? Vous désirez plus que tout convaincre votre futur employeur ? Alors préparez-vous, votre vie est sur le point de changer ! » C’est ainsi que la RTBF avait présenté « Je veux ce Job ! », sa nouvelle émission sur l’emploi en association avec l’Office régional bruxellois de l’Emploi Actiris et la société de production Ebuco. Cette nouvelle émission était censée « vous aider à trouver LE job idéal et ce, en seulement une semaine ».

Comment ?
« Dans chaque émission, les candidats devront relever un défi exceptionnel pour séduire et convaincre un futur employeur (…) Ce qui est primordial, c’est la motivation ».

Pourquoi une telle émission ?
« Donner une impulsion positive à la recherche d’emploi qui s’avère de plus en plus compliquée.  Envoyer un CV est souvent loin d’être suffisant pour se faire engager et il faut parfois employer les moyens les plus étonnants pour intéresser un chef d’entreprise et trouver le travail de ses rêves ».

Fin du programme ?
Lancé le 24 juin 2013, la production de ce programme a été suspendue. Des salves de critiques dans les réseaux sociaux et venant de professionnels ont eu raison de ce projet. C’est non seulement le contenu du message lancé pour l’appel à candidats, mais également l’utilisation par Actiris de la base de données des demandeurs d’emploi de la capitale belge pour diffuser l’appel qui ont été critiqués. Le principal grief :  considérer la recherche d’emploi comme un jeu.

Lire l’article “Je veux ce joooooob!”, provisoirement suspendu

Do you know what UK  companies do to attract young graduates? Some come up  with a few downright strange recruitment campaigns. Discover the weirdest student recruitments campaigns.

• Number 1 is KPMG with blue morphmen
• Number 2 is Deloitte with a magician
• Number 3 Linklaters with head-spinning rides

Read the article “Morphsuits, magicians and minigolf: The 10 weirdest student recruitment campaigns”
View Deloitte’s Video “Now you see them, now you don’t”

At the 1st Annual HR Conference organised on Friday, June 28, in Luxembourg, a panel of 8 speakers presented interesting subjects related to HR in Luxembourg. After our presentation about Social Media & Recruitment,  Mr Pol Wirtz of PolWirtz Search presented a highly topical subject about retaining employees in a crisis. He reminded Luxembourg companies that “Your people are your human resource and should be treated as such”, adding at the end of his presentation that  “Having engaged employees at all levels allows companies to outclass their competitors by up to 147% in terms of earning per share and to achieve growth of up to 90% greater than nearest rival.”

Read the full article written by Margaret Ferns on wort.lu “Your best people are you best asset, especially in a crisis”

Interesting and funny question from HR expert Heiko Fischer  “Ever wondered why the Crew of the Enterprise did not need HR?” His answer: “Because this crew had mastery, autonomy and purpose and their mission was too unpredictable to be controlled centrally. In Star Trek HR is no longer a Function, instead HR became competencies of Resourceful Humans.” And here we come to the point:  he explained why we have to think more in terms of Resourceful Humans and not Human Resources. “Mixing proven entrepreneurial focus on purpose and contribution based value creation with an agile mindset and a lean startup methodoly, gives HR a powerful method to escape the perpetual hamsterwheel. With the Way of Resourceful Humans, the HR Function becomes the driver and pioneer for an updated, democratic model of Capitalism: Democratic Entrepreneurship“,he said.

Read more in his article “Kill HR! From Human Resources to Resourceful Humans”