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Great Link Collection on 99 Business and Management Subjects, Including HR, Under “Leadership” Theme
The Internet and blogosphere have exploded around me like the Big Bang since I started blogging in May 2003.
As I’ve watched the exponential proliferation of information, my concern about one question has grown: Are we all helping improve access to information or are we just clogging the system’s arteries with redundant information of dubious quality?
With [...]
Poker, Anyone? Cultural Fit and The Hiring Process
This post about hiring employees, courtesy of Recruiting Blogswap, is written by Scott Beardsley, co-founder and Vice President of Recruitment Services. Beardsley also writes for the Recruitment Redefined blog.
As a Hiring Manager, don’t be labeled a “gambler” when it comes to hiring employees for your group.
THE FRIENDLY CARD GAME
Imagine that you and a [...]
9 Tips to Beat the Heat and Look Professional: Women
At many offices across the country, today is Casual Friday. If you’re wearing a company polo and a nice pair of khakis, or something even fancier, pat yourself on the back. If you’re wearing a halter top and other people can see your back, read this article twice–unless you’re working from your own [...]
9 Tips to Beat the Heat and Look Professional: Men
On the official first day of summer, we thought you’d like some tips to beat the heat while continuing to dress professionally for work. A late-’90s survey of 500 businesses showed that relaxed workplace dress leads to relaxed manners, relaxed morals, and relaxed productivity. Now less than 10% of Fortune 500 companies allow [...]
Two Ways to “Reverse” Your Job Search
This post, courtesy of Recruiting Blogswap, is written by Kevin Donlin of Guaranteed Resumes.
Sometimes you can achieve a breakthrough by thinking in the opposite direction. Take 7-Up, for example. It became hugely popular in the ’60s by branding itself as the Uncola, while other soft drink companies were competing fruitlessly for the cola market. [...]
Teen Summer Jobs: Rethinking Fast Food Option?
Katie and I have discussed establishing a loose subject-matter rotation for this Blawg, to maintain a nice balance of topics for everyone.
We may yet implement a flexible version of such a concept — but the news cycle definitely gets in the way. As we speed-read through tons of material looking for the best items [...]
Plain Speaking About Really Bad “Fair Pay” Bill
About a month ago, I wrote a post on the gender-pay gap for the Recruiting Blogswap, which was published by CollegeRecruiter.com under the title “The Gender-Pay Gap: How Much Progress from Sixty Cents on the Dollar? Is Legal Reform Needed?”
I said I didn’t think legal reform was needed; just enforcement of existing laws.
Now along comes [...]
Teens May Need to Look Hard for Summer Jobs
To all the parents who’ve been stopping by the blawg lately to read about family responsibilities discrimination: we’ve got some bad news for your teenage children. The Center for Labor Market Studies at Northeastern University has predicted historic low teen employment rates for this summer, despite job growth for older adults.
The Problem
According to the [...]
Are Generation Y’s Parents Too Involved?
As Generation Y heads into the workforce, they’re bringing new employment issues with them. The kids who grew up being told how special they were are entering a low-unemployment job market, allowing them to be picky about choosing an employer. George talked this through in his post What Millenials Want Out of [...]
Great list of job search and interview tips
One of the all-time greatest hits on this blog is a post for job hunters:
“Tell Me About Yourself:” The 25 Toughest Interview Questions (and tips on how to answer them!)
So I thought I’d get a little additional mileage out of it by reposting the link here.
Actually, I just now thought of that clever bit of [...]
What Millennials (Generation Y) Want Out of Work
Your computer can “testify” against you even when it’s in the landfill
I’ve written about electronic evidence before, in a post that will be featured in the upcoming 2007 edition of Blawgworld:
Electronic Evidence: Who Benefits the Most, Employers or Employees?
Now here’s a story that illustrates a major danger being exposed as the electronic evidence tsunami sweeps over the legal landscape:
“Spoliation” of evidence and the possibility [...]
What’s happening with employment opportunities for the “older worker”?
The subject of this post was suggested by Granite Solutions Groupe, a recruiting firm specializing in senior-level managers, analysts, and IT contractors in the financial services and high-tech industries.
As demand for highly qualified financial services and IT workers continues to strain the labor market, more attention is being put on hiring from alternative candidate [...]
George’s 15 minutes of fame — quoted in TIME Magazine on video resumes — with Friday video humor thrown in for good meaure
A few weeks ago, when I was in New York, I stayed at the Hudson Hotel, a cool place near the Time-Warner Building pictured at left (my photo). So did several other scintillating bloggers-blawgers.
Shortly after my return, I got an e-mail from a Time Magazine writer working in that very building, Lisa Takeuchi Cullen. [...]
Five Tips to Jump Start Your Network
If you’ve recently lost your job and you haven’t stayed in touch with your network, here are some strategies to help “reboot” old relationships and make new connections.
Get organized
Get your job search documents,rolodex, outlook contacts, recruiter contacts, etc. in order before you begin making any calls. Job seekers accumulate a lot of stuff…documents, business [...]
