Recruiting Up, Turnover Down – Will It Continue?
Economists have made no secret of the fact that it will be several years until the United States returns to a healthy unemployment rate of less than six percent. As…
Personal Assistants: No Longer Just Go-fers
Gone are the days when brewing coffee, picking up laundry, and typing memos defined the perfect personal assistant. In order to get ahead in the field of personal assistance today…
Speaking of jobs: The Coming Jobs War
And speaking of jobs… on the same day that Jobs died, I received an invitation to preview a new book, The Coming Jobs War. This isn’t a book…
What’s more troubling: The loss of jobs or the loss of Jobs?
Depending on your frame of reference, asking the question “can the U.S. survive without Jobs?” will elicit a variety of responses. Responses will inevitably be influenced by political affiliation…
5 Things Employers Can Do To Simplify (and Improve) Recruiting
With the national unemployment rate hovering around 9 percent, so many people are looking for work that a resu-mess has been created that floods inboxes and cripples applicant processing…
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…