Yearly Archives: 2015
The Truth, Myth, and Consequences of Skilled Worker Shortages
The combination of an improving but fickle economy, the accelerating integration of advanced automation into our daily life, and a seismic demographic shift in the workforce have all but pushed…
What Would You Do If Your Candidate Refused To…
The war for talent is hot. Last week I wrote about a company who recently lost many of its top sales producers to a competitor. This week a client called…
9 Workforce Trends Worth Knowing
In 1999 I coined the term “Perfect Labor Storm” to describe the multiple factors working in concert to create a critical shortage of workers. At that time the…
More Under Skilled Job Applicants Coming Your Way
The last thing that employers who are seeking skilled workers needs is job hunting advice like this: 4 Steps to Getting Hired When You Aren’t Completely Qualified That is…
Is The MBA and Other Graduate School Degrees Worth It?
(Thanks to Patti Connor for revisiting this topic and writing this guest post.) In recent years, it has become difficult to defend the costs of graduate school degrees, specifically the…
Work Trends in 2015 Are Anything but Routine
The future of work (and life in general) is not what it used to be. Nor is the future what many of us were told it would be. This is…
7 Trends That Will Change the Way You Hire, Manage, and Retain in 2015
“Average is over,” according to Tom Friedman and the pace of change is accelerating. These trends spell both doom and opportunity to the world of human resources. Beneath the cloud…