Health-care employment will continue to grow much faster than employment generally, with the number of jobs in home care and other ambulatory settings … Read more
Hiring Wisdom: How to Get Your Employees to Think Like Owners
Why is it so difficult to find and hire people who think like owners? You know, the kind of folks who take responsibility and then take action, who don’t … Read more
Are You Hiring Real Rock Stars, or Just Pop Stars?
It seems like everywhere you look these days, people are aspiring to be rock stars. Can you give a killer slide presentation? Then you’re a PowerPoint rock … Read more
Recruiting 3.0: Today, It’s All About “Making Meaningful Connections”
This is my tweet (see below) from Thursday afternoon after I got a glimpse of this campaign to find a new CTO. Not only that, but the person that is … Read more
Weekly Wrap: Many Employees Feel They Don’t Know ‘What’s Going On’
Surveys, surveys, surveys — wow, do I get sent a lot of research and surveys. That’s not necessarily a bad thing because surveys provide a … Read more
The World Has Changed — So Why Isn’t HR Able to Change With It?
Howard Risher’s recent TLNT article (HR Should Focus on Confirming Its Value, Not on Cost-Per-Hire) touched one of my hot buttons. Not what he said, but … Read more
The Case For Hiring Someone Being Motivated By Money
Depending on who you ask, a candidate telling telling an interviewer they are motivated by money is somewhere between “red flag” and “he said what?!” on … Read more
An Employer Balancing Act: Labor Costs and Wage-Hour Laws
By John E. Thompson Employers’ continued struggles with labor costs have led to additional hourly-rate cuts, salary reductions, furloughs, layoffs, … Read more
It’s Not Employee “Engagement” If It’s Not Freely and Willingly Given
What exactly is “employee engagement?” Most definitions I see somehow reference “discretionary effort.” But my latest favorite definition of employee … Read more
Culture Really Matters, or Yes, We Can Learn a Lot From Watching Southwest
It’s hard to say anything surprising or different about Southwest Airlines. It’s been a wildly successful business for decades, and it operates … Read more