Tim Sackett

Tim Sackett, MS, SPHR is executive vice president of HRU Technical Resources, a contingent staffing firm in Lansing, MI. Tim has 20 years of HR and talent background split evenly between corporate HR gigs among the Fortune 500 and the HR vendor community ? so he gets it from both sides of the desk. A frequent contributor to the talent blog Fistful of Talent, Tim also speaks at many HR conferences and events. Contact him here.

HR and Travel Agents: Both Undervalued, Both Misunderstood

Tim SackettSeptember 10, 2013

Quick, what is your first thought when you think of travel agents? Mine? The 1970?s and 1980?s, women working in strip malls, with sunny vacation posters … Read more

The Chronic Low Performer – How Do They Manage to Stick Around?

Tim SackettAugust 27, 2013

Do you guys want to know a little secret? You know how I like hanging out with smokers, because they have all the cool inside information before anyone … Read more

The 3 Kinds of Workplace Diversity You Need to Be Productive

Tim SackettAugust 22, 2013

It’s widely held in the HR field that the most productive organizations are the most “diverse.” The problem is that concept is misinterpreted … Read more

See If These Sound Familiar: The Biggest Lies You Always Hear From HR

Tim SackettAugust 16, 2013

In my never ending quest to beat a blog series to death, let’s hope this is my last installment of “Top Lies.” (See How Job Candidates Lie, and the Best … Read more

One of the Very Best Things HR Can Ever Do For Employees

Tim SackettAugust 13, 2013

By random circumstance, I’ve had three of the most boring HR-ish types of conversations in the past month about 401(k)s! Can you imagine me talking about … Read more

Shrinking College Enrollment Makes HR’s Job That Much Harder

Tim SackettAugust 7, 2013

Colleges and universities will have fewer students this fall as enrollments are falling across the board. The reasons? It’s a number of factors – a decline … Read more

Please, Don’t Hate Me! Here Are the Biggest Lies That Recruiters Tell

Tim SackettAugust 1, 2013

So, last week I wrote a little HR blog post called Top Candidate Lies, and it got a rather large reaction. LinkedIn’s What’s Hot picked it up from TLNT … Read more

A Four-Letter Word That We Never, Ever Use in HR

Tim SackettJuly 29, 2013

I’m not sure about your HR experience, but in my HR experience I’ve used every four-letter word known to man – except one. That word is: … Read more

How Job Candidates Lie, and the Best Lies They Always Seem to Tell

Tim SackettJuly 26, 2013

Every Monday morning, I have a meeting with my recruiting team. It’s a great way to kick off the week. We share what we are working on, we talk about … Read more