The problem of employee turnover is a conundrum for any organization. One would think that during times of high unemployment, the turnover rate in most organizations would be at an all-time low. The reality is far from that. While there is a lot of variability from one industry to another, if you take all industries […]
How New Hires Can Quickly Adapt To The Office
April 4, 2013 By Leave a Comment
How New Hires Can Quickly Adapt To The Office (via A Hire Calling) The following is a guest post by Kyle O’Brien. With every new changing of the guard with a career, one must get used to becoming a fresh face again. And in a new environment, no less. There’s a ton of information to […]
You Don’t Have To Make Yourself Miserable To Build A Great Company
April 3, 2013 By Leave a Comment
You don’t have to make yourself miserable to build a great company (via Pando Daily) By Andrew Wilkinson On April 3, 2013By most measures, I’m a lazy bastard. I wake up around 1pm and almost always get eight hours of sleep. Most days, I head to the office in the early afternoon and work around […]
ADP National Employment Report: Private Sector Employment Increased by 158,000 Jobs in March
April 3, 2013 By Leave a Comment
ADP National Employment Report: Private Sector Employment Increased by 158,000 Jobs in March (via MarketWire) SOURCE: Automatic Data Processing, Inc. April 03, 2013 08:15 ET ROSELAND, NJ–(Marketwired – Apr 3, 2013) – Private sector employment increased by 158,000 jobs from February to March, according to the March ADP National Employment Report®, which is produced by […]
Job Fairs: How to Prepare and What to Expect
June 15, 2012 By Leave a Comment
June 14, 2012 WorkForce 1 Career Blog By Angie Kamath Having recently staffed a few career fairs, I wanted to share some thoughts about what can make the experience more meaningful for jobseekers. While it is difficult to generalize about all fairs – I do think they offer value to jobseekers around networking, learning which […]
What Is A “9/80″ Pay Plan? – Wage & Hour Laws
May 30, 2012 By 1 Comment
What Is A 9/80 Pay Plan? May 26, 2012 03:04 By John E. Thompson A compressed schedule colloquially called a “9/80″ pay plan seems to be making a comeback. Under this arrangement, the federal Fair Labor Standards Act “workweek” and the schedule for non-exempt employees are set so that the employees work: ♦ Nine days […]
Getting Advice is Easy..But Following It Can be Hard
February 10, 2012 By Leave a Comment
By Angie Kamath This past weekend I had the good fortune to attend a “Career Boot Camp” sponsored by The Ladders for volunteers and trainees of a non-profit job training organization called StreetWise Partners. The panelists discussed a number of issues and I wanted to share some of the ideas that particularly resonated with me as critical for those building […]
What if there are no perfect job candidates?
November 2, 2011 By Leave a Comment
I was just back from giving a farewell speech to a group of professionals at a conference in Salt Lake City (I once served on the board of directors for a large professional association in the recreation industry) when I decided to leave the industry and take a job in a completely new industry. You […]
“Nightmares” in the coffee shop
October 27, 2011 By Leave a Comment
There’s a coffee shop that I frequent when I’m in town, and due to my frequency I’ve become good friends with the manager. Yesterday, we spent a few minutes talking about the interviewing process that she has to “endure” with regularity. “Did you see those interviews?” she asked. “Yes, that last one was really short,” […]
Many job openings lack qualified candidates. Hourly can help.
October 26, 2011 By 1 Comment
Did you know: there are 3.2 million available jobs in the States, but not enough qualified candidates to do many of them? Yes, it’s true. Per the McKinsey Global Institute’s report in June 2011, 6 sectors illustrate the potential for job growth in this decade: business services, construction, health care, leisure and hospitality, manufacturing and […]
