Today we’re talking about talking (and while I think it’s a worthwhile area of discussion, I can’t help but feel that it’s a perfect satire of the ills of the corporate workplace in general… right in line with haveing meetings to plan meetings and making decisions to make a decision, etc.), and more specifically vocabulary in the workplace. Michael Haberman has done a very good job of sharing the issues facing how our vocabulary shapes our thoughts and [...]
Jason
Apr 222011
Soliciting employee feedback and input should be part of every company’s normal business process. For small businesses, this responsibility may fall directly on the owner, director, or manager, while larger organizations hand this off to the HR department. Regardless of the size of your company, however, eliciting honest and valuable information from employees is extremely difficult, and requires a strategic plan. Here are some tips to help make sure your employees are giving you the [...]
Another great post from HRMToday.com, regarding employment branding. Employers take notice- if your internal employment brand fails to live up to the hype of your external brand, you’ll be creating a breeding ground for disengaged and untrusting employees. Remember, every new hire you make comes to work in your workplace culture as it exists today, so you can’t build your external brand based on how you want your workforce culture to be in the future. The work [...]
While there is some value in attending support groups for unemployed people, those groups are not likely to help connect you with people who can affect your career. In the following article, I’ll discuss the value of joining professional associations and provide tips on how to make these groups work for you. While most people don’t consider this, the structure of social networking websites was built to mirror the way people network in person, particularly [...]
This post: Hiring People Who Can Handle Ambiguity « The Staffing Advisor, does a great job providing simple and effective tips to uncovering an applicants ability to handle ambiguity. While not going into too much detail about the value of these folks, it’s an excellent and quick read. From my vantage point, it seems that our economy is now built and growing on industries and job functions where dealing with ambiguity is an essential characteristic. [...]
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