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JAMES PAPIANO

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Human Resources

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Senior HR leader collaborating with other leaders to develop strategy, maximize organizational effectiveness, drive profitability through people systems; and integrate business strategy with Human Resources operations.

WEB: The HR-PIXEL

May 8, 2012

JAMES PAPIANO and 13 other people answered this question

What can we do as business people to help reduce the poverty in the United States?

What I like about this question, and many of the responses is that writers are underscoring the fact that before workers are workers they are human beings... to help address poverty, I like short-term, mid-term, and long-term approaches feathered together. Yes, governments, institutions of higher ... more

Human Resources

March 22, 2012

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March 21, 2012

JAMES PAPIANO answered this question at this roundtable

Redefining Candidate Experience [3/20 @ 4 pm]

What are the benefits of creating a stellar engagement program; and the downfalls if you don't?

Engagement is not unlike an org's position on compensation. Do we want to be leading, lagging or in the middle of our sector? The ROI will be different for each org.
That said, one risk of not going after engagement aggressively is that that the ... more

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Candidate Experience

March 16, 2012

JAMES PAPIANO recommends this answer by Bob Gately

When it comes to "warring for other companies talent' how does social help or exacerbate the talent war?

Catherine, if employers hired for competence and talent, then they would not need to hire other employers' talent. Employers that do not know how to hire for talent rely on other employers hiring successes. more

Human Resources

Jan. 23, 2012

JAMES PAPIANO and 9 other people answered this question

What are some of the helpful tools for managing a remote team?

I like the collaborative platforms, and the IM, as mentioned above for project management, and real-time comms. But I also like to underscore autonomy, trust, results, and get a deeper view into what is taking up the capacity of my team members.
One tool I ... more

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Information Technology

Jan. 22, 2012

JAMES PAPIANO recommends this answer by Samraj Peter

What are 3 pieces of advice or traits to help a manager become a leader?

Some touched it but may I distill it to one most important thing? We do not become a leader and then people follow us. Subordinates may work for the boss but that does not make them followers or the boss, the leader. We become a ... more

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Management Training

Jan. 20, 2012

JAMES PAPIANO and 5 other people answered this question

Is a strong personal brand a benefit or a drawback for job candidates?

The main benefit of a strong personal brand in candidates: They know who they are and what they want.
This makes evaluation easier for the employer and for the candidate. This is a god thing even if the word, "brand" is not a great choice ... more

Human Resources

Personal Branding

Jan. 18, 2012

JAMES PAPIANO and 6 other people answered this question

Are HR qualifications essential for getting ahead in HR in 2012?

My observation is that in the end, it has more to do with type and style of an individual than it does with the stage of career. Of course, there is some sorting that happens as people determine what works for their own career. But ... more

Jan. 5, 2012

JAMES PAPIANO recommends this answer by Charlie Judy

What "hard truths" must HR pros learn to accept?

I loved Tim's post and love that you posed this question to the Focus Community. Another Hard Truth: The HR Function has a Serious Identity Problem. We have to stop trying to be all things to all people and start focusing on those things that ... more

General Management

Human Resources

Nov. 11, 2011

JAMES PAPIANO and 18 other people answered this question

POLL: Do you read job seekers' cover letters?

B. I will usually read a letter if resume (and candidate) make it through my initial filter. As others have said, the letter can tell me more about a candidate both in what is said, and how well it is done.
The proposition for professionals ... more

Human Resources

Nov. 11, 2011

JAMES PAPIANO recommends this answer by Kimberly Roden

What do you think about when a job candidate tells you they quit without having a new job lined up?

There are so many variables when this happens and I've come across this several times.
My approach is to simply ask why they would leave a position without having a job lined up. I don't press it unless there are flags all over the place ... more

Human Resources

Oct. 18, 2011

JAMES PAPIANO and 9 other people answered this question

How does the role of a supervisor increase or decrease employee engagement?

Much has been written on this... suffice it to say that supervisors create a large part of the work environment, and environment trumps will. So no matter how determined an individual may be, her boss has a disproportionate effect on her success just by influencing ... more

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