Anyone who has been in the hiring game, or even just an active member of America’s workforce for more than a few years, knows this in their heart: job … Read more
Talking to Gen Y: Don’t Let Them Walk Blindly Into the Workplace Minefield
Last Friday, as I walked the streets of New York, my phone rang. On the other end was my Gen Y daughter. The sound of her voice shone brightly through the … Read more
Weekly Wrap: Jobs That Won’t Get Outsourced, and Rock Hard Abs or Work-Life Balance?
You don’t hear as much about outsourcing these days – and that’s a relief for anyone like me who has had the unmitigated joy of getting routed to a United … Read more
Just Shut Up and Listen to What Younger Workers Have to Say
“Daddy, sometimes I want you to just listen and not try and solve everything.” That statement was from my daughter in her junior year of college. Now she … Read more
What Today’s Young Job Seekers Say They Really Want
Editor’s Note: This week, TLNT is counting down the most popular posts of 2010. This is No. 2 in our Top 25. We’ll continue to do this through New Year’s … Read more
Don’t Manage Me Like a Millennial
Editor’s Note: This week, TLNT is counting down the most popular posts of 2010. This is No. 9 in our Top 25. We’ll continue to do this through New Year’s … Read more
A Few Choice Words on Millennials From a Big Time Boomer Executive
As a member of the Baby Boomer generation, I have always been in the minority when it comes to dealing with Millennials in the workplace. To me, managing … Read more
The Great Shrinking Workplace, or Good News if You Love Life in a Cube
I was first exposed to the joys of the cubicle culture when I was working at a San Francisco dotcom during the tech boom of the late 1990s. This was when … Read more
A Thanksgiving Thought: Listen to Your Employees, They Have Answers
Like a lot of you, Thanksgiving is a time for both thanks and family. My family runs the gamut from senior citizens to Boomers, Gen X and Gen Y. My wife … Read more
What Today’s Young Job Seekers Say They Really Want
At last month’s ERE Expo in Hollywood, Florida, Mark Mehler and Gerry Crispin of CareerXroads assembled a panel of four of today’s sharpest young job … Read more