Stevie Piller's Blog

To discuss my experience with job descriptions, I would first like to say that I don’t have a great deal of experience considering I have only worked entry level jobs since I have not graduated college yet. Although, from my experience with these few jobs I’ve had since starting high school and through college; I…

My brand as a potential employee would be respectful, trustworthy, and put together. I applaud myself for being extremely respectful of any new people I meet, especially potential employers. My strengths include having a welcoming demeanor, being talkative but not overpowering, respecting people for who they are, and being easy to get along with. My…

Thinking back to the last job in which I applied for, the job description did influence my decision to apply for the position in many ways. The job description influenced my decision to apply because it laid out what aspects the job was going to cover, the tasks designated with it, and what the typical…

Scenario: You come across a news article reporting that your favorite company was faced with a public lawsuit in which they were accused of widespread discrimination against individuals from an ethnicity, culture, or belief system you associate with. Response: If my favorite company was faced with a public lawsuit in which they were accused of…

The 3 companies that I chose to write about today that practice HR include: Delta Airlines, Four Seasons Hotels & Resorts, and Hilton. Starting with Delta Airlines, Delta practices HR in many ways; employees have even rated working for Delta a 87% out of 100%. Delta, a global company has 90,019 US employees; 92% of…

To make a counterpoint argument to the claim that was made in the mini-lecture that recruitment and selection is a companies most important function, we have to consider the perspective of the organizations that struggle to implement best practices in employee staffing policy. To answer the question, “why might organizations decide to allocate more resources…

Based on my experience from the perspective of the applicant for the last job in which I applied for, I noticed a few red flags that I wish I would have considered more before taking the job. This job in particular was at Ulta Beauty, during my sophomore year of college, I was needing a…