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.

The 5 Kinds of Hiring Managers HR Really Doesn’t Want to Deal With

Tim SackettApril 1, 2011

Kris Dunn (The HR Capitalist) and I recently led a webinar on The Five Faces Managers See During a Performance Review and it got me thinking about this … Read more

Here’s Why Your Business Should Really be Hiring Right Now

Tim SackettMarch 31, 2011

Business Week asked this question recently and had Dan Finnigan, CEO of Jobvite (one of my favorite CEO’s and a very cool product as well – even if he … Read more

The HR Lottery: Maybe You Have Already Won and Just Don’t Know It

Tim SackettMarch 25, 2011

You know what’s funny (well, I think it’s funny anyway)? I refuse to play the lottery. That means any of the games – Powerball, Mega Millions, SuperLotto, … Read more

Are You Winning the Battle to Attract Young Workers to Your Company?

Tim SackettMarch 22, 2011

Do young workers like your company? And, should you care? Seems like a simple enough question right? In HR we want all workers to love us — young … Read more

Five Simple Ways to Retain Top Talent on a Shoestring Budget

Tim SackettMarch 18, 2011

I love small and medium sized HR shops for a number of reasons, but none more than for the simple fact, smaller sized HR shops have to be creative. My … Read more

Should HR Be the Volunteer Police? Maybe It’s the Secret to Being Strategic

Tim SackettMarch 11, 2011

So, here’s the number – 2.7. It means an employee is 2.7 times more likely to volunteer (for charitable missions) if their boss volunteers as well. … Read more

That Wisconsin Battle? Why Don’t We Just Unionize Everyone Instead?

Tim SackettMarch 4, 2011

Like most HR folks, I’ve been keeping a close eye on Wisconsin’s budget issues and the battle with state employee unions. Here in Michigan, (and really, … Read more

Who’s Better – Big HR or Small HR?

Tim SackettFebruary 25, 2011

This isn’t really a fair question, but someone asked me this recently. What they were trying to get at was this: are HR Pros in very large, Fortune 500 … Read more

The HR Law of Diminishing Returns

Tim SackettFebruary 21, 2011

I was talking to friend recently about an interview process they were going through. I’ll take you through the steps: First contact. Came in the form of a … Read more

Get Busy Living or Get Busy Dying: Life, Hope, and The HR Redemption

Tim SackettFebruary 17, 2011

Editor’s Note: With the Academy Awards fast approaching, TLNT asked some prominent thought leaders to reflect on their favorite movie with a management or … Read more