After a long weekend it can be difficult to re-motivate yourself for work. I know I’m incredibly lucky to actually love what I do for a living – but not everyone can spend all day reading blogs, chatting to people they like (I call it facilitating introductions!) and organising socials (more info on the next networking event will follow shortly).
So when I spoke to Emma at Sky (you can read about my new Talent Attraction Manager blog buddy here) I asked if and why she couldn’t wait to get back to the office today. Luckily it turns out she too loves her job - mainly for the variety of the role (I’m sure she’d have also mentioned how fabulous Sky is to work for if I’d have given her the chance!).
So for those of you either wanting to understand what your client in HR actually does (whilst seemingly avoiding your calls) – or if you are interested in moving over to HR recruitment; here is Emma’s week ahead.
- Tuesday: meetings about the job section of the Sky website. After two years it needs a re-vamp.
- Wednesday: hosting a group of Said students. A group of half a dozen MBA students will be spending the day meeting with key people in the business. Finding out about branding, advertising, strategy, etc. This is part of their “University relationship strategy” and they host days like this once a month. At present these are for Universities but they are looking at doing them for schools too. It’s a long term strategy as they don’t necessarily expect the students to apply to Sky as their first job - it’s more about long term (subliminal!) messaging.
- Thursday: Meetings with the job boards they have annual contracts with and re-negotiating the contracts. Monthly resourcers meeting with the entire resourcing team – talking about new techniques, strategies and learning from each other.
- Friday: Attending “Social Networking for HR summit”. Hopefully taking enough notes to share with the rest of here. If you are also attending the event keep an eye out for Emma!
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