“It’s always, ‘When is the McRib coming back?’ and never, ‘How are you doing, person who runs the McDonald’s account?”

https://www.hcamag.com/ca/specialization/mental-health/fun-friday-mcdonalds-twitter-thread-is-a-lesson-in-empathy/238229

Presidential candidates weren't the only thing going on politically in California. Nope, Proposition 24—the California Privacy Rights Act of 2020 (CPRA) passed muster and goes into effect January of 2023 but has some look backs to 2020. 

Pay Attention because this impacts everyone. 

SHRM Article

https://www.shrm.org/resourcesandtools/legal-and-compliance/state-and-local-updates/pages/businesses-nationwide-face-new-privacy-rules-after-california-vote.aspx?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+shrm%2Fhrnews+%28SHRM+Online+HR+News%29

Recruitment NEWZ for Nov. 6th, 2020

AGEism

Mark Read, CEO of the $17 billion corporation WPP, was asked about the balance of TV and digital skills in his organization. His response: "We have a very broad range of skills, and if you look at our people - the average age of someone who works at WPP is less than 30 - they don't hark back to the 1980s, luckily."

https://www.moreaboutadvertising.com/2020/08/ageism-row-wpp-ceo-mark-read-apologises-on-twitter/

KROGER launches a D&I initiative:

https://www.recruitingnewsnetwork.com/posts/kroger-unrolls-ambitious-diversity-inclusion-effort

Employment Numbers:

Grant Thornton Chief Economist Diane Swonk said they expect to see private sector payrolls rise by 430,000 in October.

https://www.grantthornton.com/library/articles/advisory/2020/Economic-Analysis/Real-Time-Analysis/employment-primer-110220

I was asked about my age on an employment application recently. I was told it was for Diversity and Inclusion reasons. Good intention but it made me feel as if I was being "excluded" especially when I got turned down for not being a good "fit".

The road to hell is paved with good intentions.

At every step of the process, making sure you’re focusing on the skills and qualifications required for the role will help prevent ageism or discrimination as a whole (even if you didn’t realize it was there). 

The Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967 (ADEA) protects certain applicants and employees 40 years of age and older from discrimination on the basis of age in hiring, promotion, discharge, compensation, or terms, conditions or privileges of employment.

https://www.dol.gov/general/topic/discrimination/agedisc#:~:text=The%20Age%20Discrimination%20in%20Employment,conditions%20or%20privileges%20of%20employment.

Aaaaannnnd I'm back. Yes I was on an extended hiatus from September until now and decided I needed to get back to it and bring a new look to the old Pod.

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I'm pissed. Commenting this morning on the fact that there are plenty of people in charge of hiring that are continuing to ask some of the dumbest interview questions on the planet. Stop asking crap questions !

I also talk about my favorite interview question. 

Going back a little over a year ago in September of 2019 pulling out something I'm still huge on which is remove the friction and get as close to your audience as possible.

From July of 2019 an episode of me riffing on social media recruitment tactics and strategy. Enjoy.

From the vault. Another episode from October of 2019 on Mobile Apps.

From the archives I'm pulling out an episode that generated some of my highest downloads on the Hashtag Recruiting Podcast. This one digs into how NOT to sell your candidates.