Coffee Badging and Control: Why Your RTO Policy Might Be Brewing Trouble

There’s a significant struggle happening in America right now, and it revolves around coffee – specifically, where employees choose to drink it.  While employers prefer...

The Hidden Cost of Inefficient Meetings: How to Boost Productivity and Save Time

Let’s be honest – we all have a complicated relationship with meetings.  Sure, sometimes they’re a welcome break in your day – a chance to...

The True Price Tag: Understanding the Costs of Bad Hires and Open Seats

It’s no secret that retaining and recruiting talent are two of the biggest HR challenges businesses face today, especially with shifting employee expectations and high...

From TikTok to Time Sheets: A Gen Z Quick Start Guide to the 9-to-5

As a Gen Z job seeker, you’re entering a rapidly evolving workforce, yet it still holds onto many traditional norms.  Your generation brings fresh perspectives...

Workforce Trends for Q4 2024: What Businesses Need to Know

As we progress through the second half of 2024, business owners face a changing labor market that requires careful navigation.  With subtle shifts in unemployment...

Neurohacks for Success: Brain-Boosting Habits for Professionals

In today’s fast-paced work environment, stress is a common issue for professionals of all ages.  This stress affects not only your overall well-being but also...

Ace Your Interview: Mastering Tough Questions with Confidence

If you’ve ever felt intimidated by job interviews, especially when dealing with tough questions that test your ability to think on your feet, you’re not...

Navigating Interim Solutions for Workforce Gaps

The May jobs report from the Bureau of Labor Statistics indicates an economic recovery with strong employment figures.  However, employers should note some key trends...

Embracing the Benefits: Returning to a Big City Office After Remote Work

Have you ditched the big city for a smaller town or embraced the work-from-home (WFH) lifestyle without weighing the downsides?  From fewer job opportunities to...

The Unique Value of Human Recruiters in Recruitment

Artificial intelligence (AI) has shaken things up, especially in fields like recruitment.  But even with all its fancy tech, there are some solid reasons why...

Exploring High-Demand Tech Careers: Top Jobs in 2024 and Beyond

Are you contemplating where to focus your tech skills for growth?  Or, perhaps you’re eyeing a career in the tech industry, but news about hiring...

7 Strategies to Ace Your Trial Period and Land Your Dream Job

Congrats on getting a trial at your dream company!  That’s awesome but also a bit nerve-wracking, right?  You want to impress them and get a...

Beyond the Offer Letter: Financial Planning for Family and Future Success

Ready to turn your job into a financial powerhouse? In today’s dynamic job market, finding employment that aligns with your skills and career goals while...

Elevating Employee Well-being: A Monday Mood Makeover

Monday workday blues have been a long-standing challenge, but the rise of Gen Z and TikTok has turned ‘Bare Minimum Monday’s into a viral trend...

Labor Trends Unveiled: A Preview of 2024

As we bid farewell to 2023, many of us wonder what the job market will look like in the early months of 2024.  Unfortunately, we...

Five Compelling Reasons to Kickstart Your Job Search in December

December is often seen as a time to relax and enjoy the holidays, but did you know it can also be an excellent time to...

Career Currency: Investing in Your Niche Strengths

In the dynamic world of business, success is not a matter of chance; it’s an investment in your strengths and talents.  Just as astute investors...

Beyond The Paycheck: Benefits Matter

Job seekers still have opportunities despite market changes and a slowdown in job creation.  Flexible scheduling and innovative benefits are key attractors.  That’s because pandemic-era...

Skills and Strategies for Becoming a High-EQ Leader 

In a world where headlines are frequently dominated by tales of executives, politicians, and community leaders faltering in their responsibilities to both their organizations and...

Mental Health Matters:  Strategies for Workplace Suicide Prevention

A silent struggle often goes unnoticed in workspaces and home offices across America until it’s too late.  That’s why September is Suicide Prevention Month, urging...

How to Have a Smooth Summer-to-Job Transition

Enjoying free time, getting reacquainted with your teenagers, or spending more time in the mountains and beaches – what’s not to love about a lazy...

How to Outshine AI Performance and Keep Your Job

Artificial intelligence (AI) has been front and center in the news lately, especially regarding its potential to transform the job market.   The two most popular...

Practical Tips for Supporting Employee Mental Health

May is Mental Health Awareness Month, and according to Mental Health America, this year’s theme is Look Around, Look Within.  It’s an essential theme for...

Tips for Fixing a Lackluster LinkedIn

LinkedIn, the premier social media networking platform for workers and employers, heightens visibility and helps you connect to businesses looking for specific skills.  Like a...

Will Layoffs Help Fill the Talent Gap?  Back to the Office or Else!  January Labor and Economic Snapshot

The “Great Reshuffle” Continues Reality checks are never pleasant, but thousands of tech workers, some enviably the recipients of sky-high salaries, free lattes, and even...

Self-Reliant Gen Zers Take the Road Less Traveled

Gen Zers are constantly learning.   But not necessarily by earning the traditional college degree.  Through the pandemic years, college enrollments actually dropped 6.6%.  That’s 1,025,600...

Desktop Clutter Driving You Mad?

If the government’s recent document debacle has taught us anything, properly handling and storing critical paperwork is essential!  If we are honest, some of us...

The Hidden Pool of Talent You Should Know About

Savvy hiring managers have long known that the best source of high-level, well-trained employees is employed referrals, not sifting for graduated individuals in the desired...

Can Hiring Gen Z Help Ease a Return to the Office?

In last month’s Partnership Employment blog, Relocating Offices?  Mindful Choices to Support Employee Wellbeing, we focused on ways to get people, especially Baby Boomers and...

Relocating Offices? Mindful Choices to Support Employee Wellbeing

One of the biggest trends of 2021-2022?  Workplace relocation! It’s hardly surprising.  Work-at-home mandates and workers’ long-simmering desires for more flexible or remote work have...

Are Your Finances Recession-Proof?  Here’s What You Can Do Today!

Summer’s not the time to be worrying about things like the economy.  Yet nearly 7 in 10 Americans are fretting about a recession by the end...

How to Effect Loyalty in the New Workforce  

It used to be obvious why employees felt disloyal to their companies.  Autocratic management, insufficient support, and hatchet-style layoffs led to a lack of trust –...

Re-working Today’s Must-Have Employee Benefit

It’s time to get everyone back to work.  But for employees who are among the 34,000,000 who had COVID, returning might look like this: Complete recovery...

Two Smart Hiring Strategies Heading into a Recession

America’s economy is at a strange tipping point where unemployment is low at 3.6%, help wanted ads abound, and talented candidates call the shots.  Yet, simultaneously, rising...

An Easy Formula for Writing Winning Employee Value Proposition Statements 

Have you ever looked at your company website career page and wondered why it wasn’t doing its job attracting quality candidates?  Could it be because your employee...

Three Ways to Get Your Work Mojo Back

Let’s not beat around the bush.  Admit it; you can’t seem to get back your pre-pandemic mojo at work.  The electricity you once felt tackling new projects...

Change Lives.  Be a Recruiter!

Nearly everyone has worked with an agency to find a job at one time or another.  But did you ever think about recruiting as a career?  If...

When Job FOMO Gets Real!

Were you one of the 467,000 who decided they were not going to miss out on a plum job in January?  If so, congratulations on your workplace reentry!  ...

Organizational Learning, Diversified

Diversity – the state of being diverse or having variety.  We know that no formula strengthens a workforce like a variety of cultures and backgrounds with...

Why “Why?” is What Your People Really Want to Know

Companies across America are undergoing structural and strategic upheaval.  From deciding whether it is wise to mandate vaccines or rolling out distributive workforce plans, business...

Ideas to Help Workers Transition from Webisode to Office Mode

With post-COVID recovery comes a new challenge facing some employers:  how to get valued people back at their desks? The problem is not straightforward but multi-layered.  While...

Re-working Today’s Must-Have Employee Benefits

It’s time to get everyone back to work.  But for employees who are among the nearly 34,000,000 who had COVID, returning might look like this: Complete recovery and...

September is Disaster Preparedness Month. How Will Your Business Fare if Disaster Strikes?

FEMA, the Red Cross, and state agencies across the country have not had a moment’s rest this summer.  From forest fires raging up against city...

Building a Career is a Stepping Stone, Not a Bungee Jump

Imagine arriving in New York as a young man from small-town U.S.A. with dreams of becoming the next Wall Street superstar.  What happened next was...

Four Signs That Your Health Could Be Impacting Your Job

The pandemic’s good news is we have learned a lot about how to keep ourselves healthy.  The bad news is we are not doing a very...

How to Retain Employees in the “New Norm.”

A small medical equipment manufacturer had a great deal riding on the completion of their next-gen medical device.  Engineers, technicians, and marketers were stressed and exhausted...

Moms to the Rescue: How to Begin Once It is Time to Return to Work

Are you one of the unsung heroes of the pandemic?  You know, a mom who had to ditch a promising career so your kids would not...

Are You in the Weeds on Marijuana Drug Testing?

What do the new drug testing rules and long-term marijuana users have in common?  Confusion, paranoia, and poor judgments!      Remember when drug and alcohol policies in...

Could these Biden Regulations Help or Hurt Your Small Business’s Bottom Line?

President Joe Biden signed more executive orders (EO) on his first day than the previous three presidents combined, the most ever by his third week. ...

Are Employers Competing with Government Enhanced Benefits

The hardest work in the world is being out of work.   So said Whitney M. Young, the civil rights leader who fought to end...

Start Your New Job with a Clean Financial Slate!

January is a hot month for hiring.  If you are starting a new job, you may feel that excited, jittery sensation imagining how this opportunity...

Don’t Let the Lessons of 2020 Go to Waste: Reflect and Dream!

Let’s face it; 2020 will go down as one of the most challenging years in business history.  But for many companies, it was also a...

Stop, Think, and Plan Before Mandating a Coronavirus Vaccine!

Finally – the long-awaited fix for the devastating COVID-19 is here!  Businesses large and small are breathing a collective sigh of relief with the hope...

This Year, Show Your Gratitude with Words and Small Deeds

This season reminds us to do the things that make our world a kinder and more beautiful place, including expressing our thanks and appreciation to...

The Best Way to Avoid the Consequences of Misclassifying Workers

Tempted to fill a labor gap with a contract worker?  Here’s what you should know before you do: In 2019, California passed Assembly Bill 5...

Whatever Happened to Good Customer Service?

Have you noticed that even-tempered Fred is arguing with callers, and sunny Nancy seems disengaged and snarky in Zoom meetings with clients?   If so, you might...

Mind Care – Ways to Increase Your Resilience and Reduce Your Stress

If there were a ‘Word of the Year’ for 2020, it would likely be “anxiety.”   For over nine months now, Americans have been grieving the...

Tips and Resources to Help Working Parents to Weather COVID Classroom Closures

The one thing we parents can all agree on is how much we will miss the rumble of the school bus as it whisks our...

An Effective Diversity Policy Means Never Having to Say You are Sorry

It hasn’t been a good year for Goodyear.  COVID concerns disrupted operations, second-quarter sales were down 41% from a year ago, and to add insult to...

How to Inspire Serendipity Despite a Remote Workforce

Talking with a friend about the advantages and disadvantages of remote work, I was struck by his observation that what he missed most about working...

Why It Pays to Go Back to Work Now!

While that extra $600 bucks a week in your unemployment check is sweet, you could be mistiming the job market by not jumping back in...

Fishing for Top Talent in the Digital Hiring Pool

With office buildings closed across America and work piling up, the need for experienced remote workers is high.  If you are used to perusing resumes, then...

How to Manage Remote Employees in The New Norm

For some, working away from the office is a new and disorientating phenomenon.  Thrust suddenly into a home work environment can seem as distracting as toiling...

Three Financial Steps That Workers and Small Business Owners Should Take Now to Light the Way Forward

A quote by Richard C. Morais, author of The Hundred-Foot Journey, perfectly sums up the grit and resilience required in these uncertain times of COVID-19:   “There are...

Hitting the Reset Button: Changes in Strategy with your Biggest Asset – People!

As governments figure out how to get people safely back to work, now is the perfect time for idled business owners to hit the reset...

Munchkin Survival Guide: Tips to Get Work Done at Home

Humor is magical and can lighten even the toughest times.  Like trying to work at home with bickering kids!  When one poster in a community forum asked...

Inspiring Acts of Kindness in Uncertain Times

From the Great Depression to 9/11, Americans have united to overcome the nation’s challenges.   Ours is a country of generosity, creativity, and innovation, and it is...

Crisis Leadership: Finding Ways to Cope with Coronavirus

The only certainty about anything today is that coronavirus has created an unholy mess for business owners and workers.  Leaders, unprepared for a pandemic, are forced...

Career Advice: Choose, Don’t Settle

The best advice I ever received from my mentor, a seasoned CEO with decades of corporate storytelling under his belt, was “choose, don’t settle.”  At the...

Is Your Company’s Approach to Sick Leave Pathetic or Empathetic?

Next to death and taxes, nothing is more certain than the spread of cold and flu in American workplaces.  Guilt at leaving workloads with co-workers and...

Hot Topics for HR Managers in 2020

Wishing you a happy, prosperous New Year   ̶  and best wishes with your bedside reading if you are an HR professional!  While this is not a comprehensive...

Effortless Etiquette to Get You Through Your Office Holiday Party

Etiquette is a must-add to your business skills portfolio, especially at office holiday party time.  If you feel a bit stressed by your less-than-formal comportment, take...

Leadership Tip: Cultivate an Attitude of Gratitude

For Dan, the Billing Clerk, who always keeps the coffee brewing, to IT Guy with a ready smile, to your supply chain manager who never...

Ways to Manage Work-Related Anxiety Before It Gets Out of Control!

Most older people who have been in the workplace for a while know about anxiety on the job.  This is not college-style stress: “I know I...

Job-Shopping: Three Ways to Keep Talented Employees From Leaving

The good news for the economy is that lots of people have jobs. And jobs. And jobs.  Mainly younger workers are now job-hopping on average every 2.8 years!  And...

10 Things to Put in Your Desk Before Cold and Flu Season

You may still be basking in the summer sunshine, but as soon as those little germ incubators called children go back to school, it’s time...

Ten Tips to Optimize Your LinkedIn® Profile So Recruiters Can Find You!

What if that perfect job  ̶ you know, the one that launches you to corporate stardom  ̶is out there, but it just can’t find you?    LinkedIn®, the...

July’s Jobs Report Makes Hiring Help More Important Than Ever

If there was ever a time to focus on your recruiting or job-hunting strategies for fall, it’s now! As hiring ramps up and the labor pool...

Vacationing through Mindfulness and Meditation

Are your employees skipping vacation this year, like 25% of their fellow Americans?  Executives may be too busy, and 60% of employees say they can’t afford it...

It’s a Spooky Time: Ghosting in the Workplace

In the dating world, ghosting seems a handy way to facilitate a lucky escape after a cringe-worthy, worst-date ever.  You know you’ve been ghosted when texts go...

Are You Too Old to Work There?

Not hired because you are pregnant?  Not hired because of a disability? Not hired because of your race or sexual orientation? How about not hired because...

Sticky Notes for a Healthy Lifestyle

Have you noticed lately that you aren’t entirely on your game, your attention-span seems sluggish, or you’re burned out by 3 pm?  It could be that...

How to Make Your Pause for Parenthood Look Good on a Resume

Years ago, I took some time off to stay at home with my young boys.  Previously, I had worked in a demanding position in editorial for...

Why You Should Take a Chance on These Three Unconventional Hires

Everyone deserves a fair chance.  That’s the motto of Greyston, a certified B-Corporation whose mission is to “create thriving communities through the practice and promotion of Open HiringTM.”  Since...

Five Tips for Work Wear Polish

Are you stumped every morning about what is appropriate to wear to work?   You could take a chapter from the likes of the late, iconic...

Don’t Break and Bake

I recently hired a young man named Bud, and he worked hard to deserve the name.    On day one, Bud was friendly, enthusiastic, and integrated...

5 Key Hiring and Retention Trends to Watch in 2019

#1 The Fluid Labor Pool With unemployment still at record lows and roughly 7 million jobs available, finding, hiring, and retaining, the best talent is proving to be...

A Great First Impression Starts with a Winning Resume

You never get a second chance to make agreat first impression. That goes for your resume, too.  Even though you know you’ll dazzle the recruiter and hiring...

Reneging on a Job Offer. Good Idea or Bad Idea?

“Thanks for asking me out, but I got a better offer!” In the dating world, putting a person on standby is a reputation killer.  Most of...

Looking Ahead: Trends Coming to a State Near You!

As another year draws to a close, it’s a good idea to reflect on the ways social movements have impacted how we do business, especially...

Can’t We All Get Along?

Why it’s important to combat incivility in the workplace Most of America cringed when SNL’s Pete Davidson said that newly elected Texas Republican Dan Crenshaw...

Sartorial Tips to Get Your Career Off to a Great Start

Although hoodies and harem pants no longer raise eyebrows in some workplaces, there is a lot of confusion today over what is appropriate to wear...

What Employers Need to Know About MA’s New Paid Family and Medical Leave Act

There’s nothing like voter fear to get politicians moving! In an unusual show of bipartisanship, the Mass legislature quickly came together in June and produced...

Employers and Job-Seekers: The Autumn Hiring Harvest Begins, Starting Now!

With Labor Day behind us and the kids back to school, now is the time for companies and potential employees to connect. As hiring managers hurry...

The Limitless Value of Initiative

A consultant, who works out of her home office, used a software security service as part of her internet package.  After upgrading to a fiber...

News Flash for Millennials: You Will Get Old. What Your Future Looks Like, Depends on How You Save Now!

According to a report by the National Institute on Retirement Security, if you are between the ages of 21 and 32, you are probably among...

Don’t Let Labor Shortages Slow Your Growth!

It’s what Americans have been waiting for:   Personal and disposable income is trending up .04 percent in May, allowing people to feel more comfortable...

Get Healthy at Work:  30 Days of Keeping it Simple 

No, wait!  Don’t X this tab! Your blood pressure is probably soaring at the thought of yet another article on “workplace wellness.” I get it...

Speed Up Your Hiring Process to Attract Top Talent

When Ben Franklin said, “Lost time is never found again,” he hadn’t had the pleasure of applying for jobs in 2018! Lengthy hiring processes should...

How Quitting Smoking Can Increase Your Chances of Getting Hired

If you’ve ever needed another reason to quit smoking, it’s this: Depending on your profession and where you live, you might not get hired. Don’t...

Generation Z – The Next-Gen Workforce | Part Two

Tips for Hiring and Engaging Gen Z Workers In last month’s blog, Generation Y and Z.  What’s Different? we explored some generalized contrasts between Gen Y...

Generation Z – The Next-Gen Workforce | Part One

Generation Y and Z.  What’s Different? Just as you were getting the hang of managing Millennials (Gen Y), now you are faced with the complexities...

A Digital Cleanup Can Increase Your Chances of Getting Hired

Arguably, the most fascinating Washington hearings lately have been the Mark Zuckerberg grillings by Congress.  They revealed key takeaways for social media platforms and ISPs...

EMAC could mean Monstrous fines for your business!

If you are a Massachusetts small business with at least six, full or part-time employees whose non-disabled employees are on a state subsidized healthcare plan...

Three Steps to Becoming a Leader Even if You Aren’t in Charge

Everyone wants to oversee something, even if it is only controlling their own environment.  In the workplace, being in charge signifies that you’ve “arrived.”  That...

Constructive Review Or Cyberbullying?

Just like a relationship, disappointment with an employer, brand, or service provider is inevitable.  Hard feelings used to be expressed over a drink and gripe...

New Year’s Career Resolution: Start with You!

Assess your Attitudes, Abilities, and Skills for Success in 2018 So how is it going with the New Year’s resolutions?  Making good progress on that...

In Review: Three Updates to Pay Attention to in 2018

    Looking back over an eventful 2017, we can only assume more of the same, uber-dynamic challenges, but also opportunities for growth in 2018. ...

Economic Trends You Can Tap into in 2018

The beginning of a new year is a fine time to take stock of where you are in your career and whether some changes might...

Holiday Work Parties: Just Forego the Mistletoe

The holiday season is the best time of year to recognize and thank employees for their dedication and hard work.  However, this year’s barrage of...

Conversation with a Reference  

  Congratulations, you’ve made it to the third-tier interviews, and the hiring manager wants to check your professional references.  Have you ever wondered how the...

Five Ways to Ace Your Live Video Interview

  How amazing is visual communication?  Skype, Facetime, WhatsApp, Google Hangouts – these are all awesome until we are accidentally photo bombed by a half-naked...

The New Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell: “What Were You Making at Your Last Job?”

  Marital status, kids, nationality, medical status, age, faith – most hiring managers know that asking job candidates questions about any of these topics violates...

Best Paying Industries for Recent Grads

When you’re fresh out of college and entering the job market, the last thing you want is a job that would force you to live...

Attract Top Talent by Integrating Sustainability into your HR Practices  

If your company is in the process of transforming itself into a sustainability-oriented enterprise, you are not alone.  According to a 2016 GreenBiz report, 51...

Not Getting Hired? Time to Check Your Writing!

  At the risk of being in the hot seat as readers try to discover errors in this blog, it is important to remind job...

What New Team Leaders Should Know First

  Monday is going well, until your boss announces she wants you to head up a new project team.  Memories of college team assignments flood...

When Fire Struck, It was all about EQ

IQ and EQ – intelligence and emotional intelligence – much has been written about these cognitive skills, but when disaster hits, leaders will know just...

Is There Room for Recent Graduates to Negotiate Salary When Accepting Their First Job? 

Schools out, you’ve got that new diploma in hand and you’re ready to start earning some of that sweet cash that you were promised by...

High Impact Workspace Ideas for Productivity and Engagement

Not looking forward to Monday?  According to a 2017 Gallop study, neither are nearly 70% of workers, including 60% of Millennials, who make up 38%...

Summer’s Here – Get Your Team Out of the Office

Summer’s Here – Get Your Team Out of the Office A perfect summer corporate event might consist of staff leaving for an early Friday afternoon...

The Minimum Wage Conundrum

The Minimum Wage Conundrum Jon is excited to hit that $15.00 per hour wage increase at his next employee review.  At a starting wage of...

What are the Most Common Traits of People that Rise to the Top and Get Promoted?

  What are the Most Common Traits of People that Rise to the Top and Get Promoted? Are you hoping to move your career forward...

How Does Caffeine Affect You at Work? 

Are you a coffee addict or soda fanatic who must hit the coffee or vending machines the minute you walk in the door of your...

Arm Yourself Against Cyber Crime

This month, hearings are being held in Washington related to the reported hacking of the U.S. electoral system by Russian operatives.  In addition, every few...

Workplace Safety

The Inland Regional Center in San Bernardino, Excel Industries lawn products company in Kansas, and the WDBJ TV station shooting in Roanoke, Virginia in which...

Understanding Emotional Intelligence. What it is…and do you have it?

Do you have emotional intelligence, more commonly referred to as EI? Emotional intelligence refers to the ability to identify emotions and manage them.  People with...

Organizational Essentials: Cultivate, Sow, Feed and Weed

May is usually the signal to get out in the garden and begin the process of connecting with the earth, cultivating the soil, considering what...

Networking Not Working? Try These 4 New Ways

  Gone are the days where networking consisted of an awkward after-work mixer with nametags and not enough cocktails.  The new networking culture is not...

Spring Cleaning: Detox Your Workplace

Run out of the house, quick latte, grab a donut or a muffin as you pass the break room, hit the desk, nibble on those...

Giving Ex-Offenders their Next Chance

    According to the U.S. Department of Justice, nine million convicted criminals, most non-violent offenders, rotate into and out of various correctional facilities each...

Hiring the Next-Generation Workforce

    Earlier this month, Automation:  Preparing for a Next Generation Workforce outlined some of the advantages and disadvantages of the increased focus and reliance...

Automation: Preparing for a Next-Generation Workforce

As if Americans do not have enough to worry about, government reports and economists say up to 50% of workers should be prepared to be...

Six Ways to Diffuse Disruptive Political Energy in the Workplace

  Despite a long and grueling election year guaranteed to exhaust even the most ardent current events follower, there remains a seemingly inexhaustible force of...

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