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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...
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