Category: Ethics

  • What do we KNOW about candidates?

    "The problem with internet quotes is that you can't always depend on their accuracy" Abraham Lincoln, 1864 Or maybe another subtitle should be Pre-Verified Resumes versus Online Deception Services Every month...

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  • My grandmother used to say, "We're going to Hell in a Handbasket"

    We have blogged on ethics in the past.  Our topics have usually been about an isolated incident or a discussion on a point-of-view relating to search.  These incidents of what most people consider ethical lapses seem to be on the rise.  Let's look at a...

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  • Are we getting the truth?

    If I am not on the phone while in the car (insert judgment here if you must - at least it's Bluetooth), I listen to talk shows.  I do not care (necessarily) about the topic; I just find talk shows interesting - and the diversity of topics...

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  • Conflict of Interest or Good Business Model?

    Ethics has been a topic of this Blog at least nine times in the past.  Let's make it an even 10. An interesting debate in the industry. Earlier this month, one of the world's largest retained (executive only) search firms bought a very large assessment...

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  • Ethics: Confidentiality and Threats

    Two diverse topics - but under one heading. These are true 'situations' that have come to our attention in just the past two weeks. Both came from senior level HR people. Their stories (with no names, of course) follow. Confidentiality: ...

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  • More on Ethics - Areas for Concern!

    The search person says to the HR person:  I want to lead a discussion on Ethics in the Search Field. The HR person responds:  Well that won't take long! Sad, but all too true - and these...

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  • Ethics in Recruiting

    December 1st 2009 - our first Blog posting - and the topic was Ethics in the Search Field.  This continues to be a topic of interest - and one that continues to surprise HR professionals when it sneaks up on them.  It is...

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  • Retained Search: Ethics and Yield!

    Two very different topics - just two of the many that came out in a recent Human Resources Executive Forum presentation entitled Center of Excellence Practices for Corporate Executive Staffing.  The presenter, Joe McCool, is considered one of the leading...

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  • An index that reached a new high!

    We all get multiple e-mails everyday . . . . . some we sign up for, some are random. I read them in batches as a time management tactic . . . . . they seem to come in endlessly. Candidate and client e-mails get priority; e-mail sources to which I subscribe get read when...

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  • Tombstone

    Why would the word Tombstone be in an Ethics blog entry? The word Tombstone is a common custom with some retained search firms. In practice, it means sending an announcement to all of the firm's clients...

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