March, 2011 archive
Recruitment Ethics: Ethics In Hiring, Staffing and Recruitment 0
Ethics in the field of hiring, staffing and recruitment is based on a combination of things and depends on who is actually involved in the hiring process.
Certainly the job searcher, hiring manager and recruiter are just three possible people involved in a hiring decision.
As a recruiter, I try my best to gauge the truthfulness of comments by both job searchers and hiring managers and they presumably are gauging my truthfulness as well.
Commonly, job searchers often lie about various aspects of their resume ie. their salary, why they left their last job, their job responsibilities, their educational achievements, etc.
Hiring managers might lie about why they are looking to hire a new person ie. they might lie about why the previous person left the job they are trying to fill (if the last person who held the job was fired for something embarrassing like having an office affair or something like that, do you think the hiring manager will tell you the truth about why the person was fired? Me neither). Similarly a hiring manager probably won’t tell you that the previous person quit the job because they were bored or because they thought their manager was a jerk either.
A recruiter needs to find the truth and often needs to read between the lines of comments that are made to them by either the job searcher or the hiring manger.
Similarly some recruiters aren’t always capable of telling the truth 100% of the time either. Recruiters often have a reputation not much better than a used car saleman – no offense to used car salesmen – and sometimes it’s not difficult to see why.
Whether you’re a job searcher looking for a job, a hiring manager looking to fill a job, or a recruiter looking for a job searcher to fill a job, the truth tends to come out one way or the other.
As a recruiter, I have a hard time working with people I can’t trust and I’m usually a pretty good judge of character. I tell the truth when working with job searchers and hiring managers alike and I expect them to do the same.
There are plenty of job searchers and hiring managers – and recruiters – out there and life is just too short to waste time with people who aren’t trustworthy.
The Services of A Facilities Management Consultancy 0
At first glance it may not seem like a business requires a lot of work for it to operate smoothly. However you may be surprised to know that there is a whole sector of business which is solely present for the running and operation of business facilities.
This may be a shock to many people as most aren’t aware these companies and services exist. The work is often assumed to be carried out by the people who work in and use the building, however this is not always the case as normally people working in the building will just want to focus on the work of the business and not worry about running the building facilities.
There are a number of things a facilities management consultancy will have to be responsible for when looking after a building these can be all types of things such as these, general building maintenance, building gas and electricity, sometimes security of the building, becoming more efficient, toilet maintenance and much more.
A Facilities Management Company will normally assign a facilities management consultant to a particular building, the consultant will work together with the occupiers of the building to try and maximise building efficiency for the company or business. They would normally assess the situation of the building in question and whether or not it has any profitable changes to make, then they would continue from there and implement these ideas into the building maintenance.
It is good to search for a company that will provide you with the support and assistance you may need along the way. You can find a number of companies on the internet who will offer you services however it is important to try and find a company who will be able to suit your needs and be able to work to your requirements. After all you may be working with these people for a number of years.