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Category Archives: Corporate Culture
Is Discrimination Against the Uncool, “Ok”?
Recently the CEO of Abercrombie and Fitch, the trendy clothing retailer aimed at twenty somethings and younger, declared that he had no intention of designing plus sized clothes because overweight teens were not part of the “cool” crowd. In other … Continue reading
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Alleged Talent Shortage Caused by Corporate Selfishness?
Flipping through the recent copy of Human Resource Executive magazine I stumbled upon the results of a recent survey with the headline, “Aggravating the Skills Gap.” An organization recently surveyed 494 employed adults and found that only 35% had received … Continue reading
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Talent Shortage? I Think Not!
According to recent surveys by Manpower group nearly 49% of U.S. organizations are struggling to find employees for their mission critical positions even though the unemployment rate continues to hover near 8%. The three most cited reasons are lack of … Continue reading
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Not Getting Hired or Promoted? Here’s Why.
I’m going to get straight to the point. For this exercise I play the role of the hiring manager and you the reader are either applying for a job or are stumping for a promotion. Here’s why I’m not giving … Continue reading
4 Things Candidates Need to Know before the Big Interview!
As a job candidate, to have more success in landing a job you need to understand what it is the recruiter/hiring manager really wants to know. Recent surveys of recruiters, search professionals and so on suggest that there are only … Continue reading
The Dangers of Hiring a “False Positive” Candidate.
According to a Careerbuilder survey, a bad hire can cost the hiring organization as much as $50K and most of these bad hires are attributed to the hiring manager either making a rushed decision or inadequate talent intelligence. In essence … Continue reading
Manufacturing Employment Declines: The Canary in the Coal Mine for All Employment…Or Not?
I recently wrote a blog post detailing how America’s manufacturing output has continued to trend upward while the manufacturing workforce shrinks. Growing productivity driven by advances in technology has allowed fewer U.S. workers to produce ever greater manufacturing output. Two … Continue reading
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Providing Praise in the Wake of Failure!
In 2008 Lolo Jones was streaking ahead of the competition on her way to a gold medal in the 100M hurdles when a misguided step destroyed her dream. She stumbled on the ninth of ten hurdles and finished 7th. She … Continue reading
Mom and Pop: Is Your Team as Good?
Years ago a business school buddy sent me a cassette tape from a seminar that he had attended. It was a presentation by an Israeli management professor, whose message was that we are all mis-managers. His point was that everyone … Continue reading
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Employee Perks You Might Want to Consider
I recently read an article in Human Resource Executive magazine about a little company based in Los Angeles that provided a 24/7 beer refrigerator to its employees. Are you kidding me? I’ll admit I don’t throw them back like I … Continue reading
Posted in Corporate Culture, Employee Retention, Recruiting
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