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Monthly Archives: February 2009

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Fortune’s “Top Companies” Lists: A Sign of the Times?

Last month, Fortune revealed its annual list of the 100 Best Companies to Work For – only this year with the added note, “Even Now” after a dash.

It’s small, I know, but it’s an obvious nod to the fact that Fortune realizes this list might be a little controversial this year – especially considering that, as recent as a few days before revealing the list, its #4 pick, Google, announced 100 layoffs and cuts on contractors and temporary employees. (Although if you must have layoffs, according to The Daily Anchor’s marketing blog, you should do them the Google way) Continue reading

By in Retention, Talent Acquisition

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When Life Hands Your Employees the Winter Blahs, Make…Snow Candy?

The snow is falling outside, and the morale of your employees is falling fast inside the doors of your workplace. It may just be due to those ol’ “winter blahs,” or it may be an aftereffect of recent company layoffs. It may even be a mixture of both — or something else entirely. Continue reading

By in Employee Engagement, Innovation, Insights & Trends, Philanthropy, Retention

10 Expert Tips for Managing During Tough Times

For all you non-Twitter users (or those who have yet to start following either IncMagazine or TheHiringSite), I wanted to share with you this piece Inc. was tweeting about today: “The Ultimate Business Tune-up for Times Like These” is a compilation of advice and anecdotes from 23 successful entrepreneurs. Continue reading

By in Employee Engagement, Retention

Are You Participating in Job Shadow Day?

Job Shadow Day 2009 kicks off today.  According to the National Job Shadow Coalition, Job Shadow is “an academically motivating activity designed to give kids the unique opportunity of an up-close look at the world of work and provide the answer to the commonly asked question, ‘Why do I have to learn this?’”

This is all news to me. Continue reading

By in Employee Engagement, Talent Acquisition

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