Pity City
HR Collection PlaylistApril 21, 202300:38:08

Pity City

Another germ makes its way thru the Boudreau household. Meanwhile, shares in Lysol products are a sure investment for anyone with school age children!


In The News:


  • Another CEO scolds staff on a town hall to stop their pity party if they don't get a bonus, while her bonus swells to $1.29MM. How dare you think of your own families well being!?! Now get back to work


  • Mega merger in Canada with 2 telecom giants merging with the promise to create jobs that no one wants; 3000 call centre staff to take your complaint about cable TV.


  • LinkedIn goes legit by offering a free service to verify you are a real person and not another fake profile trying to sell you SEO services.


Tip of the Week


  • Talk your top candidate out of taking the job. Drop the hype and give all the gory details of what’s not to love about working at your company.


Recruiting Insights


  • Indeed walks back their plan to muscle customers into PPA and PPAS. 


  • Full circle, the first quarter of 2023 is very similar to 2019. A positive sign if you over look inflation.


  • Tech companies are throwing money at PhDs in the AI space. They could be cutting themselves off of future talent.


  • Advertising benefit for low paying job is slowing while retirement benefits are hot in the high paying roles