Human Resources Manager | Empowering Talent | Strategic HR Leader | SHRM-CP | Optimizing Workforce Engagement & Compliance | MBA-Driven Insight
🥖 From Kneading Dough to Landing Roles: The Art of Bread Making and Recruiting 🥖 Every Friday, I dive into the tradition of making challah bread for Shabbat. And while kneading away, I started seeing surprising similarities between baking bread and the job hunt. Hang with me here – it’s all about patience, process, and maybe a little bit of magic. 🌟 Just like baking challah, finding the right candidate or job takes: 1. **The Right Ingredients:** Flour, yeast, and a pinch of salt – or, in recruiting terms, skills, culture fit, and ambition. Whether you’re crafting the perfect loaf or hiring the perfect candidate, every component counts. 2. **Patience in the Proofing Process:** You can’t rush the rise! Good challah, like a solid job offer, takes time. Whether you’re waiting for the right opportunity or the ideal candidate, remember – a rushed process often falls flat. 3. **Kneading Through the Challenges:** It takes a lot of work to create something worthwhile. Whether you're kneading dough or filtering through resumes, persistence is key. Yes, you’ll have sticky hands (or inboxes) sometimes, but the payoff is worth it! 4. **The Perfect Bake Time:** Finally, timing is everything! Just like you wouldn’t pull the challah out of the oven too soon, you shouldn’t rush into a decision in recruiting. When it's done just right, everyone’s satisfied. So here’s to those of us rolling up our sleeves – whether for bread or career goals – because, in both, there’s nothing quite like the reward of something handcrafted, patiently nurtured, and warmly appreciated. 🍞 #recruiting #jobhunting #challahwisdom #FridayVibes #ShabbatShalom
