This is a timely article for job candidates who want to handle the Facebook privacy issue with diplomacy. It originally appeared in The Ladders. Tweet
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Here’s an interesting item from LifeInc.com about those of us who worked yesterday on February 29th. Tweet
How to Spot Innovative Hires
We are always being asked the best way to discern the right candidate from the rest of the pack. Each hiring manager tends to have their favorite questions or interviewing styles. We found this article, which ran recently on Inc.com, … Continue reading
Laboring Over Labor Day – More Than You’ll Ever Need to Know
When I was a kid I dreaded Labor Day because it meant summer was over and the first day of school was just two days away. As an adult, I kind of like it. It represents a day off from work and it still means that school is just two days away. (Sorry, kids.)
So what is Labor Day anyway? We’re betting that most readers don’t even know when or why we celebrate it. Since this blog is devoted to employment and the workforce, we feel a responsibility to shed some light on the subject. Continue reading
It Doesn’t Pay To Be Nice – This Is How Much It Costs
Countless sayings, such as “Nice guys finish last,” remind us that being too “nice” is not the way to get ahead. But is being too ”nice” really all that detrimental?
The simple answer, unfortunately, is “yes,” especially if you’re a guy. Continue reading
OPEN IS THE NEW CLOSE
I don’t know, after 20 plus years selling staffing services and managing sales teams I think my mind is starting to play tricks on me, as it did very recently when thinking about our new business activity. “How much business did we close this month, quarter?” I asked myself and my senior management team and then while waiting for the data I sat back and thought about why we are “closing business” especially in a service oriented industry like ours. Continue reading
Retaining A Workforce That Wants to Quit
This article from the Harvard Business Review offers some good insight on ways to prevent your best talent from making an untimely exit.
In each of the past three months, more employees quit their jobs than were terminated, according to the US Bureau of Labor Statistics. This is good news for the economy but bad for individual businesses: when jobs become more plentiful, the first to exit are often the business’s most ambitious employees — the innovators, the risk-takers, the future leaders. The cost of replacing an employee is estimated at up to 250 percent of annual salary.
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Disappearing Act
In the 1991 movie, “Other People’s Money” Danny Devito’s character offers up a monologue near the end of the film in which he defends capitalism, even at its most brutal. Here’s a brief excerpt: “Fiber optics. New technologies. Obsolescence.? We’re … Continue reading
Are You On Board?
If fifty is the new thirty, then onboarding is the new employee orientation. But unlike the traditional, make-the-new-kid-feel-welcome concept, it takes Talent Management to a new and improved level. At LLoyd, we are always surprised by how much time goes … Continue reading