Yearly Archives: 2009

Radio Resumes: Will Employers Listen?

Several radio stations across the country are offering air time – 30 second spots – to advertise pitch “why you want to hire me.” At first I thought radio resumes was a…

So how do I please four generations at once?

For the first time in American history, employers face the challenge of providing benefits to a work force spanning four generations…

Taking sides in the generation gap | pal-item.com | Palladium-Item

For every generation that grew up and entered the workforce before them, including Generation X, different life events gave birth to sources of inter-generational friction…

Boomers Beware: Don’t Drink the Hater-ade

It’s Baby Boomer managers like Baron who will keep me writing, speaking, and training for years to come. Gen X and Gen Y aren’t the ones with bad…

What to look for in talent assessment tools?

Personality assessments on their own can help you hire effectively, manage employees better and implement better organizational development strategies…

The convergence of the Wired, the Tired, and Technology

an attitude gap betweeen young managers supervising older employees and the lack of computer skills (and a resistance to learn) found in many aging workers…

The dirty little secret: skill shortages

“Having hundreds of well-trained engineers means little if the technology those engineers know best is being phased out…

A “Quantum” leap

One of the greatest rewards of mentoring and coaching is to see the “student become the teacher.” I just had that gratifying experience…

Forget Skilled Workers, Manager Shortage is Looming

people qualified to become managers were opting out, for reasons including increased stress, handling disgruntled employees, increased paperwork, and having to lay off or fire employees…

Survey: Math Skills Translate Into Bigger Pay Checks : NPR

As a follow up to yesterday’s post about math skills opening the door to lucrative careers, only 42 percent of white students were proficient in mathematics on the…