According to Dow Jones Newswires, Facebook will be launching their own jobs board as soon as August. The effort would be the social network’s first serious … Read more
Are These the Most Outrageous Resume Blunders? You Be the Judge
Do old-fashioned resumes still work? There’s an ongoing debate that never seems to end over that topic, but whether they do or whether they … Read more
2013 Salary Increases: Get Ready For Yet Another Year at 3%
If the tepid employment and job creation numbers weren’t depressing enough, here’s another sign of how sluggish the economy really is: … Read more
A Sobering Look at the Impact of Bad Management on the Bottom Line
A consistent source of good advice and cross-industry perspective on company culture, Blanchard Leader Chat is one of my must-read blogs. Last month, for … Read more
Four Factors That Will Help Hold Down Medical Cost Increases in 2013
Pricewaterhousecoopers (PwC) released a study last month that projects another year of low medical cost trends. They project an increase of 7.5 percent, … Read more
What Happens When Work-Life Balance Comes Full Circle?
Did you see what RIM did last week? What’s RIM, you ask? They are the makers of the Blackberry — you know, that phone we use to use before the … Read more
Is This The Final Straw for Forced Ranking of Employee Performance?
This one cannot be blamed on HR but on a current August 2012 Vanity Fair article — How Microsoft Lost Its Mojo — that argues that the … Read more
Some Employers Waiting Until After Elections To Prepare For Health Law
For one in six employers, the U.S. Supreme Court’s health law decision wasn’t enough to convince them to prepare for big changes set to take effect in … Read more
Want to Increase Sales by 5%? Just Improve Your Employee Engagement
Rounding out a weeks’ worth of posts on employee engagement is a brief look at the impact of employee engagement on customer service and – consequently – … Read more
Survey: Over 90% of Companies Will Use Social Media Recruiting This Year
When you look to recruit this year, you’ll almost certainly be looking at social media as one of your methods for getting the word out. That’s what the … Read more