workforce trends
Recommended Reading: Social Recruiting Soars, Apple Grows Jobs
Social Recruiting Propels Employer of Choice Image If your company is not using or is under-utilizing social media, you are missing out on a huge opportunity to reach potential…
Why Employers Can’t Take Chances on Low Skill Employees
You’ve read it before. The future of work is vastly different than the past. And the skills required to perform the jobs of the future are night-and-day…
Recommended Reading List: Tests for Superstars, Man vs Machine, and Linsanity!
My recommended reading list this week includes articles about using employee assessments to find your next superstar, how workers must learn to work with technology not just use it, and…
Pros and Cons of Using Social Media for Sourcing Candidates
Unemployment remains high. Many among those newly employed have been hired on a temporary basis only. There is, it seems, no shortage of candidates applying for available jobs. Human resource…
Re-work of Work Makes Average Worker Obsolete
The concept of work is getting re-worked. All this change establishes a new norm. The skills required to get and keep a job are changing dynamically and continuously. Individuals…
The Wacky and Perplexing World of HR and Personality Testing
The wacky relationship between HR and personality testing is an intriguing one. It’s a perplexing one as well. How perplexing it can be was confirmed in a recently released…
Recommended Reading List – Assessments, Helicopter Parents, Twitter & More
Expanding the Use of Assessments Best-in-class organizations are using assessments not only to understand the skills and traits employees have today, but also their capacity to grow. Read…
Hovering Helicopter Parents Land in Workplace
Helicopter parents are back in the news. Worse, they’re back in the workplace (or maybe they never really went away but since no one was hiring, their hovering didn…
New Job Era Arrives
I’m pleased and honored to share this post from my colleague, friend, and author Edward E. Gordon. You can read more about Ed below. The continuing U.S…
From Dead End Jobs to Cash-Rich Careers
Jobs. Jobs. Jobs. Is there anyone not talking about jobs these days? From politicians to economists, Main Street to Wall Street, creating jobs is THE hot topic. And no discussion…