2009 June
Using Personality Assessments for Successful Hiring in Seven Job Families
June 29, 2009 0 Comments
It is a well known fact – people are suited to certain jobs and not others! Recall any experiences in your past with sarcastic waitresses or the overly aggressive doorman? Wouldn’t it be great if there was a way to screen out people with the Read More
Can you train yourself to be a (better) creative thinker?
June 24, 2009 0 Comments
Yes! Everyone can be more creative – so says Roger von Oech, author of a great little book called “A Whack on the Side of the Head – How You Can Be More Creative”. Apparently the brain comes in two halves (or hemispheres) (see the Read More
Hiring Talent in a Down Economy – Let the Buyer Beware!
June 23, 2009 0 Comments
Now, more than ever, it is vital for recruiters for find and hire the right talent. With many companies downsizing due to the poor economy it can be a “buyers market” for talent – but let the buyer beware – you may be investing in Read More
Employee Learning Portals – Leveraging Technology for Employee Communication and Training
June 17, 2009 0 Comments
In these tough economic times what keeps managers awake at night? The obvious answer is customer retention or cost reduction – less obvious, however, may be maintaining a motivated, skilled workforce! Motivated, skilled employees maybe your “last best hope” of getting your organization safely to Read More
Career Development as a Marketing Challenge
June 12, 2009 0 Comments
Careers are not what they used to be! Some professions (e.g. medicine, law, and military) still offer a fairly consistent career structure through which people progress over their lifetimes. For most of us, however, the old (and reliable?) career structures are evaporating or are already Read More
Chi Chi Chia! A Review of “Grow your own Leaders”
June 11, 2009 0 Comments
William C. Byham, Audrey B. Smith and Matthew J. Paese have written a power point…er…book detailing how to identify, develop and retain top leadership talent. In their very structured book entitled Grow Your Own Leaders, the authors provide a lesson plan to ch’ ch’ chia Read More
Problems with Providing Candid Feedback To Employees
June 10, 2009 0 Comments
Some managers are naturally gifted in providing timely and accurate performance feedback to their employees – however most are not! Most managers need training to develop feedback skills. In fact, according to a large scale study by McKinsey, about 40% of the feedback given to Read More
New Focus on Legal Issues When Assessing Candidates
June 9, 2009 0 Comments
If you haven’t already heard about the pending Supreme Court case of twenty white firefighters in New Haven, CT, who claim discrimination on the basis of an employment test – you soon will! The case revolves around a test given to approximately forty fire fighters Read More
“Back in the day” vs. “The Power of Now”
June 8, 2009 0 Comments
“Back in the day” is a phrase commonly heard in coffee shops and bars across the country when friends get together to reminisce. But when was this mythical “day”? I have heard twenty-five year-olds use the phrase and can only assume that, for them, it Read More
Key Skills for Career Growth
June 5, 2009 0 Comments
So you are looking at the job market and wondering where you go from here! The only sure thing is that the next seven years will not be like the last seven. So what do you do about developing your career in these turbulent times? Read More
