A few years ago when we were starting Hourly.com a great friend (and mentor) gave me a book entitled, “Brilliant Mistakes” by Paul Schoemaker. And while I was at first taken aback by the title, after reading a couple chapters I got the message. That despite all our planning, market research and white board diagramming, […]
10 Keys for Reducing Turnover
April 25, 2013 By Leave a Comment
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 […]
Is Working In An Office Passé? Marissa Mayer’s New Directive
February 26, 2013 By Leave a Comment
Last Friday we all got our first glimpse at an internal memo from the HR Department at Yahoo, first released by Kara Swisher from AllThingsD, that informed all current employees that beginning in June, they must “be present” in one of the Yahoos offices, as opposed to having the flexibility to work remotely. The rational […]
Back From The Break. How To Start 2013 Strong.
January 1, 2013 By Leave a Comment
The holidays, a time for friends, family, endless parties, food, wine, gift buying…gift returning, entertaining board children (& their friends) out from school, not to mention fighting every conceivable bug that had crossed the threshold. Somehow I always find it difficult to call the week off between Christmas and New Year’s a vacation, as there […]
The 100 Best Jobs of 2013 – U.S. News
December 30, 2012 By 1 Comment
Let’s face it….for the past four years the economy and job market has sucked. But with the start of each new year is the hope that this year will be different..that this year that it all comes together, and that we in turn will make great strides to move forward, whether in our personal or […]
Taking A Vacation From The Business
July 16, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Being married to my co-founder, there is not a whole lot of separation of work & our personal lives. If anything with two kids it’s more of a juggling act, especially in the summer, with strategy meetings being held in the kitchen while packing camp lunches, or over a midnight latte. Vacation Time???..not around here…or […]
“Call Me…Maybe”. The Battle Over Electronic Overtime.
July 10, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Once upon a time…not all that long ago, I remember the joy of leaving work on Friday (or for vacation for that matter), and never having to hear from (or communicate with) the office. I’d stay as late as I needed to get the job done, but once it was quitting time, it was “Miller […]
The Reason To Hire Temps
June 29, 2012 By Leave a Comment
This week I came across a great (and well-timed) article by Kevin Kruse that appeared in Forbes entitled “Temps: 3 Reasons to Hire Them Right Now“. It was well timed because for the last few weeks I’ve been out on the road talking up Hourly and trying to explain to the powers that be, the […]
Rise of the “Projeclications” or “Applijects”
May 21, 2012 By Leave a Comment
This week I was sent an interesting blog piece from the Harvard Business Review Network entitled “Projects Are the New Job Interviews” by Michael Schrage. In this piece Michael points to a growing trend among large businesses and corporations to “field test” potential job candidates, before they are awarded/offered the big full-time position. As we all have […]
