The recruiter becomes the recruited

By Lance Haun • Jan 17th, 2008 • Category: Finding Your Job, Recruiting in the 21st Century

Your HR Guy is for hire?!

In what should be an interesting turn of events for this blog, I am searching for a new job and you will likely hear more feedback about the recruiting process than usual. Part of the reason I am guessing some of you will hear about it is because job seeking sucks. But as I have advised my readers, that won’t get me down because that is how the game is played.

(Do I sound convincing yet?)

As far as career transitions go, this is about as good as it can go. I love the company I am leaving, the company loves me back and doesn’t want me to go but outside circumstances are forcing us apart like a corporate version of Romeo and Juliet (minus the double suicide). Those circumstances are a fabulous job my wife got…250 miles away. The last six months involved me telecommuting but HR is one of those things where something gets lost in the distance. Ultimately, they need an HR guy (or gal) on-premise and I really want to work with someone besides my cat. So while I help in transition, I also have the pleasure of seeking a new position.

The best part about this is applying some of the things I didn’t know when I first started job seeking a long while ago. For one, I have started by reaching out to my network instead of just mindlessly sending out a resume to every HR job in sight. I’ve already received a few leads along those lines. The next thing I am doing in conjunction with reaching out is…well, this. I am blogging about it. I know I have readers in Portland, OR and others who may be familiar with the area as well and I would love your tips and leads on anything HR/recruiting in Portland! Networking events and similar types of functions are also appreciated.

You can e-mail me at lance (at) yourhrguy (dot) com or you can check me out on LinkedIn (which more than a few of you are already linked up with me).

And your e-mails are being answered, I promise. They are just a little…slow this week.

Lance Haun is the principle blogger for YourHRGuy.com. He is a 26 year old Human Resources Generalist practicing in the field for the past five years. His professional interests include recruitment, team building, training and development, employee relations and restraining himself from beating the crap out of bad managers and employees. He is a proud product of the Washington State University School of Business. In his spare time, he likes to recreate outdoors in the beautiful Northwest US with his flawless wife and tell stories about his co-workers with friends over a beer after work. Your HR Guy is a regular blogger on Vault.com as well as being featured on Wall Street Journal's Career Journal and MSNBC.com
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9 Responses »

  1. Jim Durbin on January 17th, 2008 at 2:07 pm:

    Good luck Lance,

    If I or any of my LinkedIN contacts can be of help, please feel free to contact me.

  2. hrwench on January 17th, 2008 at 2:52 pm:

    Please tell your cat that I will be sending him/her my resume for the soon to be vacant position he/she has available. Please thank him/her for his/her consideration.

  3. Marvin Walberg on January 18th, 2008 at 4:02 am:

    Good searching, and you might read “Getting Hired” from time to time.

    Marvin

  4. Damon on January 18th, 2008 at 12:00 pm:

    Hope they don’t think your a ‘job hopper’.

  5. Your HR Guy on January 18th, 2008 at 12:09 pm:

    I’m not terribly worried about that. Of course, I am not as strict on job hopping as some people are (like the guest blogger that wrote that post). My job history is on LinkedIn so they can make their own judgment.

  6. Jen, writer MembershipMillionaire.com on January 21st, 2008 at 3:43 am:

    This is an interesting turn of events for our HR guy… How does it feel to be on the other side of the fence? Was it easier for you to apply since you know how it feels like to be the one deciding? Knowing more than a few tricks to the trade, I have no doubt things went smoothly for you!

  7. Jennifer on January 24th, 2008 at 1:28 pm:

    One of our companies, Milgard Windows, is hiring HR Manager position in Tualitin.

  8. Dan on January 26th, 2008 at 11:12 am:

    Lance -
    I’ve recently started a blog on leadership and leadership development called “Great Leadership”: http://greatleadershipbydan.blogspot.com/.
    I’ve been a practitioner in the field of leadership development for over 20 years. I’m currently the Manager of Leadership and Management Development at a Fortune 500 company (and a “Best Place to Work” winner).
    I just wrote a post as a tribute to HR bloggers and included your site on my list. Stop by and check it out.

    Dan

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