A fish rots from the head down, as the saying goes. While the word rot sounds offensive, let’s just say it starts from the top. This week, I was having a … Read more
People Matter — Especially When You Get Set to Hire Your First Employee
By Susan Wilson Solovic People can make or break your business. That includes your professional advisers, suppliers, customers and clients, employees, … Read more
Female Wal-Mart Employees File Another Discrimination Lawsuit
Remember that class action discrimination lawsuit against Wal-Mart — attorneys writing here at TLNT called it “the largest employment … Read more
Recruiter Talk: What We Say, and What We REALLY Mean
Each week I listen and speak with Recruiting Pros who have a language all their own – like most professions – but for me it’s always fun to listen to what … Read more
Occupy Wall Street? You Probably Just Work Hard and Occupy Your Cube
I’ve been trying to come up with a “take” on this whole “Occupy Wall Street” thing, and I really haven’t been able to. I get that people are upset at the … Read more
Corporate Crap and Office Politics: Why You Need to Learn to Fight Both
Corporate crap is all that extra, low-value work and random pressures that interfere with delivering on your job. It’s the stuff that drains your time and … Read more
The Key to a Strong Staffing Function: It’s Having a Strong CEO Behind Them
A couple of weeks ago, I was able to attend Microsoft’s Global Staffing Summit. Now, I’ll tell you that, traditionally, people like me … Read more
Why Employers Need to Help Revive Our Emerging Workforce’s Work Ethic
By Eric Chester Imagine that you are walking alone across a vacant parking lot on a breezy day, when out of the corner of your eye you notice a crumpled-up … Read more
Employee Ideas: A Good Source of Innovation – If Companies Will Listen
Call me jaded, but hearing that companies are now mining their employees for innovative ideas makes me chuckle. That’s not because it’s a funny … Read more
Are Employees Griping About Your Product? Maybe You Should Let Them
So the stars have aligned, you’ve worked weeks on end to release a product, and it finally goes live. You get the press you want, some criticism, and … Read more