HR on the Prowl..

 Here I am sitting at the kitchen table debating the future of my now 1/e eaten bag of chips. Does everyone stress eat like I do? Do you think there are many other HR managers that spend the evenings stressing over the days task. Ya know what Kansas is great but it might be time for some changes. I just did a quick search for HR director positions in the Great State of NY. Being someone who is born and raised in the wine country I was excited to see what might be waiting for me. I found there are so many sites out there trying to get your information just like those travel sites.. He fill this survey our and a headhunter will be in contact. Or sign in with your google. (So we have all your info) and we will get you in the right job. IHIREHR and INDEED were two of the sites I tried to check for jobs on. Unfortunately I wasn't able to find anything without giving them everything short of my left kidney (I tried the right). I was debating making a fake account but remembered I recently reading an article about two individuals who lied to gain access to something and well i decided not to. I did however find a job posting for an HR area Director on Salary.com. The posting was fairly generic duties listed were clear and concise but for someone looking to be a director they didn't seem very through. Now this was a "free" site so one could imagine the concerns with the freedom of applicants. The Sites that require authentication and or a subscription service just to get into. Now I did have some luck with ZipRecruiter. You can conduct a basic search and filter results. You will see the company and a basic salary range 120k-150K for a HR manager in New York City at first that sounded like a lot of money but when you think cost of living that's like making 50K here in Kansas.. So hard pass on that I'm good with staying here. 

This has really got me thinking. As I continue to grow in my trade I will need some new hires. I like the layout of ZipRecruiter as It gives the application enough information to see a sliver of what we have to offer but requires some leg work to get to see the rest. It keeps the window shopping trolls from filling up the inbox with nonsense applications. My Job posting would start with a written discretions of the company setting the stage getting the applicants engaged. I would lay out the Mission Vision and Goals and outline how this job plays a key role in that. Onto the Duties I would lay them out based on priority and percentage of job time in that role. I would talked vacation and benefits followed by a salary that identified as open to discussion. 

As I learned as a recruiter if you take a job for the Money you will find yourself quickly dissatisfied with everything else. If you take a job because of everything else the job has to offer you will be satisfied with how much money you make. I wont be opposed to paying above fair market value but I don't want to throw it out there. 

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