Hiring Practices

Interesting article on hiring by Charlene Li: http://www.linkedin.com/today/post/article/20130924095551-33767-how-i-hire-figuring-out-fit-and-the-exit-strategy

Think is more of a publicity stunt for both companies, but the content is still good.  Three items:

Culture

Skills

Purpose

and the exit strategy. 

Search Quotes

"[Enterprise] Search is different because it's embedded implicitly in every process, but it’s not called out by business analysts." Martin White, Managing Director of Intranet Focus, and Chair of Enterprise Search Europe Conference

"...people have never seen it [Enterprise Search] working well, so they have no idea what good search looks like." Martin White, Managing Director of Intranet Focus, and Chair of Enterprise Search Europe Conference 

ROI vs ROI - Return on Information vs Return on Investment

From: BAInsight (2013). The State of Search in the Enterprise.  Retrevied 2013-09-24 From: http://bainsight.sites.hubspot.com/enterprise_search?utm_source=hs_email&utm_medium=email&utm_content=10373541&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-85HjYwLtHy1zI89h6DphBld3gYNXtNNj-TuSWSTN1Z54M3zS9wLAbeTsJkGWRDSPs9dMdcGbuNm6MGR8prQIKdONNoHQ&_hsmi=10373541

Practicing at work

http://management.fortune.cnn.com/2012/11/13/why-everyone-should-practice-at-work/

Laura Vanderkam lists points on why practicing at work is beneficial and suggests some high level areas to practice:

1. Identify skills worth improving:
practicing "anything that happens live that you can't do it over again if it doesn't go the way you want it to. We practice difficult conversations all the time."
2. Create (and name) drills
Athletes do two main kinds of practice: scrimmage and drills. Scrimmages mimic game conditions, and seem like the obvious way to practice. If you're teaching someone how to run a meeting, for instance, wouldn't you have them run a mock meeting?
3. Make practice a daily thing
4. Hire people who want to practice

Constructive Criticism - receiving

http://lifehacker.com/5957850/how-to-take-constructive-criticism-like-a-champ

Nicole Lindsay lists key points to receiving feedback:

1. Stop Your First Reaction
2. Remember the Benefit of Getting Feedback
3. Listen for Understanding
4. Say Thank You
5. Ask Questions to Deconstruct the Feedback
6. Request Time to Follow Up

Viral Marketing

Seems the 'in' crowd on social media has the same (or more) influence as in high school:
http://blog.netsciwestpoint.org/2012/05/30/online-social-networks-can-be-tipped-by-as-little-as-0-8-of-their-population/

Who is right for the job

Compact, informative, and useful article from Forbes on hiring and being hired:
http://www.forbes.com/sites/georgebradt/2011/04/27/top-executive-recruiters-agree-there-are-only-three-key-job-interview-questions/

1.  Can you do the job?  http://www.primegenesis.com/blog/2011/04/can-you-do-the-job-strengths/ 
2.  Will you love the job?  http://www.primegenesis.com/blog/2011/04/will-you-love-the-job-motivation/ 
3.  Can we tolerate working with you? http://www.primegenesis.com/blog/2011/04/can-we-tolerate-working-with-you-fit/

Less Multitasking

References to Stanford study (link doesn't work) and Sanjeev Gupta providing savings from project work:
http://management.fortune.cnn.com/2012/01/06/this-year-resolve-to-do-less-multitasking