Archive for May, 2009
- May 29, 2009
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Latest Job Seeker Trend: Accessorizing
Sorry, Lance Armstrong, but your “Livestrong” bracelets are yesterday’s news.
Earlier this week, my colleagues over at TheWorkBuzz drew my attention to this Chicago Tribune article about the latest job seeker trend: sporting “I need a job” bracelets.
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- Categories: Employee Attraction
- May 28, 2009
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Are Your Workers Among the 30 Percent Burned Out Post-Layoffs?
Do you count yourself as a survivor? No, I’m not talking about your obsession with the Beyoncé video (and you should probably keep that to yourself), but about company layoffs. As a leader, if you are a survivor of a layoff, you have a unique perspective on its effects on the employees who remain — after the employee boxes have been packed up, goodbyes have been exchanged (if that’s even an option) and the dust has settled.
Results of a new CareerBuilder survey of more than 4,400 workers nationwide have revealed that workers who have survived layoffs within their organizations are facing new challenges in the forms of increased workloads and heightened stress.
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- Categories: Economy, Employee Engagement, Employee Retention, Generational Hiring, Leadership Development
- May 26, 2009
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Management Lessons from “American Idol”
Experiencing a little withdrawal now that season eight of “American Idol” has ended? Not that tweeting @RyanSeacrest every half hour isn’t a constructive use of your time…but might I suggest channeling some of that lingering “Idol” fan energy into something a wee bit more productive?
Say, uncovering the hidden employee management lessons Paula, Simon, Randy and Kara unknowingly provided us all season? Yes? Okay, then.
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- Categories: Employee Engagement, Employee Retention
- May 21, 2009
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We’ve Changed! Our New Twitter Name: @cbforemployers
You may have noticed (if you are following us on Twitter, which you of course are, right? Riiiight?) that our Twitter handle changed yesterday from @thehiringsite to @cbforemployers. We sent out some tweets explaining the change, but I’m writing this post just to fill in those of you who didn’t see the change.
We decided to switch to @cbforemployers because we were already covering employer-related issues, and it made sense to change our name and cover even more ground for our followers. By representing CareerBuilder on behalf of employers, we will still discuss news from The Hiring Site–and all employer-related issues/news/topics on behalf of CareerBuilder as well.
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- Categories: Social Media, Technology
- May 19, 2009
- 9 Comments
Vacation Plans? Not This Year, At Least for 35 Percent of Workers
CareerBuilder released its annual vacation survey yesterday, which revealed that, sadly, over a third of American workers don’t plan to take a vacation this year – naming lack of funds and feelings of guilt and anxiety as the reasons for staying home.
(On the upside, they’re sparing themselves the possible disappointment of making it all the way to Wally World only to find that it’s closed….Right?)
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- Categories: Employee Engagement, Survey Results
- May 12, 2009
- 3 Comments
And You Thought Accidentally Hitting “Reply All” Was Your Biggest Worry … Why a Company E-Mail Policy May Be In Order
Does your company have a standardized e-mail policy? If you have to stop and think about it, then it’s probably safe to assume that, if there is one, it’s not strictly enforced. And that could be a problem – especially if your company has had layoffs recently, which can open the door to wrongful termination lawsuits from ex-employees.
That’s the reality an HR professional who wrote into this recent “Ask Annie” column is facing: The company where the manager works is being sued by an ex-employee, whose lawyers are demanding that management turn over its e-mails as part of the discovery investigation, which “has got the whole place in an uproar.”
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- Categories: Economy, Employee Engagement, Employer Advice
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