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 Tech 2015: Who Should I Be Connecting With in Las Vegas?

Tim SackettOctober 20, 2015

By far the question I get asked most often at the HR Tech Conference in Las Vegas is, “Who should I connect with while I’m here?” Both vendors and … Read more

HR Tech 2015: Awesome New HR Startups You Need to Know About

Tim SackettOctober 19, 2015

It’s that time a year again for one of my most favorite HR and talent acquisition conferences – the HR Technology Conference & Exhibition 2015! On the … Read more

Five Clear Signs You Really Shouldn’t Make That Job Offer

Tim SackettOctober 16, 2015

If I have learned anything at all in my HR/recruiting career, it’s that everyone has an opinion on what makes a good hire. If you ask 100 people to give … Read more

The Trick in Managing Hiring Managers Who Just Won’t Hire From a “Pile of One”

Tim SackettOctober 9, 2015

Almost every single week of my life for the last 20 years, I’ve had to deal with an issue that just seems to never go away. It didn’t matter if I was in an … Read more

I Only Want to Hire People Who Have Been Fired – and Have Something to Prove

Tim SackettOctober 6, 2015

I was once fired from a job. I won’t go into the story because we all have a story and we all frame it to sound like a victim. In hindsight, many years … Read more

How Much Do Our Employees REALLY Love Their Job?

Tim SackettOctober 2, 2015

Helen Fisher, Ph.D is a biological anthropologist and chief scientific advisor to the Internet dating site Match.com. Helen’s life work is centered around … Read more

How Google Has Now Brainwashed Us All About Hiring

Tim SackettSeptember 24, 2015

It was just a matter of time before the company that vows to do know evil would eventually take over the function that is the most hated in the world. … Read more

Yes, Everyone in Your Organization Has an Expiration Date

Tim SackettSeptember 22, 2015

We got home from vacation recently and like most families we were foraging through the cupboards and refrigerator to make dinner our first night back home. … Read more

The Amazon Debate: Maybe the Real Problem Is You, Not Them

Tim SackettSeptember 1, 2015

So, the media/opinion machine news cycle has just about run its course on Amazon. The initial story from The New York Times pretty much said that Amazon … Read more

Something to Remember During the Daily Grind: It’s OK to Just Do HR

Tim SackettAugust 26, 2015

If you’re highly active in HR and Talent Acquisition in the social space (read: blogs, websites, pod/video casts, webinars, conferences, Facebook, Twitter, … Read more