This has been a bad week on the internship front. As The Wall Street Journal reported, high-end magazine publisher Condé Nast — corporate parent of … Read more
Hiring Horrors: 4 Lessons We Can Learn From Scary Movies
With Halloween around the corner, it might be time to admit hiring can be downright scary. You want to find the best people for your company before the … Read more
Court: Company Doesn’t Have to Allow Mass Unscheduled Prayer Breaks
By Eric B. Meyer Today, we’re talking about religious accommodations. In EEOC v. JBS USA, LLC, several Muslim employees at a meatpacking plant argued … Read more
5 Steps to Keep Your Team Focused on Continuous Improvement
“If you’re any good at all, you know you can be better.” — Lindsey Buckingham, American musician Good enough is good enough, right? Perhaps that’s true for … Read more
Is the World Full of Slackers, or Do I Just Suck at Hiring?
It’s easy to make hiring decisions, but it’s significantly harder to make good hiring decisions. Suppose a man named Bob interviews with your company. He … Read more
The Warning Signs of a Highly Disengaged Employee
The world is an unhappy place when you don’t like your job. Job dissatisfaction is the gateway to disengagement, disengagement leads to lowered … Read more
The Latest Outrageous Excuses Employees Give For Calling In Sick
Every year, CareerBuilder does a survey of managers and HR pros asking for the most outrageous excuses workers give when calling in sick. It’s always … Read more
Illinois the Latest State to “Ban the Box” in Hiring Background Checks
The governor of Illinois has kept his promise to enact an administrative order, effectively “banning the box” for state workers. On Oct. 3, 2013, Gov. Pat … Read more
Going to the Dogs: When Do You Have to Allow Animals at Work?
By Carmon M. Harvey These days, dogs are everywhere. They are carried, pushed, toted, and even sometimes walked into almost every building imaginable – … Read more
The Benefits of Big Data in Helping Create a Competitive Advantage
Being surprised is rarely a good thing in business. One of the reasons Big Data has quickly become the darling of business is because its insights help … Read more