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Author: Diana Meisenhelter

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Lessons Learned from the Other Side Part 1: – My experiences as a TA leader, now a candidate

  • January 27, 2020
  • Diana Meisenhelter
  • candidate experience, Diana Meisenhelter
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I’ve missed posting my insight on talent acquisition.  I’m back with “lessons learned from the other side.”  My first post has to be about the Candidate Experience.  For the first time in a very long time, I find myself in…

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Auf Wiedersehen – Until We See Each Other Again!

  • February 27, 2012
  • Diana Meisenhelter
  • Diana Meisenhelter
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Hello Friends!  This will be my last blog entry for a while, however I have been asked to continue to contribute to this blog in the future.  After almost eight years of a successful consulting practice with Riviera Advisors, I…

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You Know… What’s Her Name? Remembering Names For Recruiters.

  • January 23, 2012
  • Diana Meisenhelter
  • Diana Meisenhelter, Recruiter Development, Riviera Advisors
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Recently I was cleaning out my computer files for the New Year.  As I reviewed the over thousands of contacts and emails, I thought to myself… "Do I really know all these people?".  I started going through the contacts and…

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Weird Interviewing Experiences- Wayne Finger, Schlumberger

  • January 17, 2012
  • Diana Meisenhelter
  • Diana Meisenhelter, Interviewing
  • 0 Comments

From our periodic and ongoing video series, Weird Interviewing Experiences, comes this latest video from Wayne Finger, North American Recruiting & University Relations Manager for Schlumberger (one of the world's largest oil & gas engineering and technical services companies). In…

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Lets Talk More About The Service-Industry Recruiter And Their Cool Companies, Too

  • December 19, 2011
  • Diana Meisenhelter
  • Diana Meisenhelter, Employer Branding, Recruiting Trends
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There is always a lot of talk about the sexy recruiting being done in Engineering, R&D and highly technical industries.  There even more attention on the "hip and cool" recruiters who's  job it is to find those " in demand" candidates. …

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Functional Resumes May Not Be the Answer

  • November 22, 2011
  • Diana Meisenhelter
  • Diana Meisenhelter, Interviewing, Outplacement
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Yesterday a friend forwarded me a resume for an HR professional. It presented the job seeker’s story in a functional resume format, providing a long list of bulleted skills and accomplishments without tying each of them to a particular employer.…

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Recruiters Never Meet Anyone By Accident, Chance Or Coincidence

  • September 26, 2011
  • Diana Meisenhelter
  • Consultative Skills, Diana Meisenhelter, Recruiter Development
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The other day, I arrived at the airport just in time to get on an earlier flight home.  That never happens to me anymore.  Ah, the good old days when we used to have flights every hour on the hour…

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Making a Life, Making a Living in Recruiting

  • July 21, 2011
  • Diana Meisenhelter
  • Consultative Skills, Diana Meisenhelter, Human Resources Generalist, Recruiter Development, Recruiter Roles
  • 0 Comments

We need good recruiters.  We will always need good recruiters, even better... great recruiters.  We will need good recruiters during the tough times, the good times, and at all times.  Without good recruiters, we don’t find the top talent that…

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Unemployed Need Not Apply – Do The Right Thing

  • June 29, 2011
  • Diana Meisenhelter
  • Diana Meisenhelter, Diversity, HR Policies
  • 0 Comments

With the announcement of the Wal-Mart class action suit this week, I started thinking about our profession and how “the law” still dictates so much of what we do.  I’d hope by now, we’d be past being required by law…

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Weird Interviewing Experiences – Jim Schnyder, PepsiCo

  • June 6, 2011
  • Diana Meisenhelter
  • Diana Meisenhelter, Interviewing
  • 0 Comments

Here is a great quick videocast from PepsiCo's Talent Acquisition Sourcing Leader Jim Schnyder. Jim typically starts his interview by asking all candidates one question: "so tell me about yourself", which in this situation turned into a mini-therapy session for…

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