10 Careers Gone for Good
More than 25%, or over 2 million, of the jobs that were erased from the economy over the past two years are probably gone for good…
Information Overload Is Fact of Life
The information, available to the average individual at any given point in time, is one hundred thousand times what it was just a few decades ago…
Absenteeism Doctor Offers Rx for Unplanned Lost Work Days
Absenteeism Management is one of the biggest challenges facing HR executives. Few companies know the true cost of absenteeism…
What’s the “Next Big Thing” in the Job Market?
forecasting the fastest growing occupations over 10 years has proven to be an inexact science. Many job seekers who took the advice of career planners have found themselves stuck in…
Tattoos and Piercings Still Get Under Manager’s Skin
Today’s hiring managers tend to be from a generation when tattoos were limited to Marines, bikers, and gypsies. But that still doesn’t stop candidates from getting under the…
High Energy Employees: Prey for Poaching?
A recent study has called at-risk employees the “neglected warriors.”It’s the poaching of these employees that employers need to fear the most…
The Fallout from Freefalling Birth Rates in the Workplace
Birth rates in most developed countries are in a freefall. The United States is on the list of countries that producing enough children to prevent population decline…
How Effective Is Retraining After a Layoff?
While retraining may improve unemployed workers’ long-term prospects, many are struggling to find work in the short term…
White-Collar Jobs: Latest Victims of Recession and Technology
Blue-collar workers aren’t the only casualties of technology and a recession. Many professional jobs in finance, media, and even law and accounting will never be the same…
Critical Job Skills You’ll Need in the Future
The definition of work and, consequently, the definition of a job is changing. The evolution from agrarian and industrial age jobs to service and knowledge work is nearing its completion…