Yearly Archives: 2011

Want a Job? 5 Steps to Personal Branding

No matter what the season or economic stimulus, the unemployed and underemployed worker is struggling to find work.  That’s grim news for many people looking for work or a…

Surprise! The War for Talent Is Heating Up

Despite a stubborn unemployment rate near 9 percent, a new survey reveals a compelling and threatening message for employers who might be feeling a bit complacent and lax in adapting…

New Video: How To Use Social Media for Job Search and Recruitment

For the second straight year, I had the privilege and pleasure of being a panelist at the Harrisburg University Social Media Summit (September 14, 2011). Like last year, the event…

Will the US S&P Downgrade Affect the Job Recruiting Process?

On August 5, 2011, Standard & Poor, a credit rating company, downgraded the United States’ credit rating to AA+, one notch below AAA. This decision was a symbolic blow to…

10 Stats and Facts – Telecommuting and Virtual Work

56% of senior leaders and hiring manager of Fortune 500 companies believe virtual work will increase at their company 61% believe their companies will let more people telecommute over the…

What Happens If We Don’t Need All Those Jobs

Maybe this is a blinding flash of the obvious.  But no job is sacred anymore.  While politicians argue and evangelize about their plan to create jobs or how pathetic the…

12 Stats and Facts – Time Wasted @Work Adds Up

1.  Average hours American worker actually wastes – 2.09 hours per day 2.  Top 5 Time-Wasting Excuses (%) Don’t have enough work to do 33.2% Underpaid…

12 (Staggering) Stats and Facts – Health Care Costs

Many of these statistics are based on health care cost studies published in 2002, 2006, and 2008. While some figures may be dated, these statistics are likely conservative, which makes…

10 Stats and Facts – Job Skill Mismatch

In the coming years, not enough American workers will have the right skills to fill the jobs that will be available. There are too many workers with a high school…

8 Stats and Facts – Jobless Recovery Here to Stay?

It seems that on this Labor Day weekend, the jobless recovery is here to stay. 14 million people remain unemployed. The unemployment rate remains at 9.1%. Politics aside, should…