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Monthly Archives: November 2010

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Want To Re-Engage Your Employees? Make Sure You Do This First…

So here’s the bad news: your employees are feeling a little burned out these days. But here’s the good better other news: it’s not just your employees.  A recent study by international HR consulting firm TowersWatson shows that fewer than 21 percent of employees surveyed described themselves as “highly engaged” at work, down from 31 percent in 2009. Continue reading

By in Employee Engagement, Survey Results

Christmas Present

Fired for Holiday Shopping at Work? It’s Just Another Cyber Monday

In a scandal of Bristol-Palin-on-‘Dancing-with-the-Stars’ proportion, CareerBuilder’s most recent survey reveals that 27 percent of workers plan to spend at least one hour shopping online for holiday gifts during office time on Cyber Monday. More than one in 10 will spend at least two hours. Continue reading

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Weichert CEO Martin J. Reuter

CareerBuilder Leadership Series: Spotlight on Martin Rueter, President of Weichert Real Estate Affiliates, Inc.

In the following excerpt from CareerBuilder’s recent interview with Martin Rueter, President of Weichert Real Estate Affiliates, Inc., Rueter discusses the importance of empowering people to succeed and how a little empathy never hurt anybody.

HOW WOULD YOU DEFINE WEICHERT’S CULTURE, AND WHAT ROLE DO YOU PLAY IN REINFORCING THAT CULTURE? Continue reading

By in CareerBuilder Leadership Series

Job Seekers Are On To You…And More From This Week’s News

While you were busy picking the absolute worst time to cut away from a live television feed, making every bride-to-be in the world slightly less excited now about every detail of her own upcoming wedding, or figuring you’ve cornered the market on everything else online, so why not move to e-mail?…here’s what was happening in the world of workforce management this week… 

Top talent doesn’t come cheap Continue reading…anymore, at least.

By in In Review, Insights & Trends, Week in Review

Beckham the Wonder Dog

Do HR Professionals Flock to Fish? What Your Pet Says About Your Profession

Does the fact that you cringe at the sight of your neighbor’s 20 cats and prefer the company of your trusty Lassie companion mean you’re more likely to have a job as a police officer — or a CEO? Does your love of slithering reptiles mean you spend your days as a salesperson or a social worker? Continue reading

By in Employee Engagement, Survey Results

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Today’s Job Seeker: 10 Things You Should Know

We may never have the technology that enables us to truly read job seekers’ minds (if only Steve Jobs would channel some of his energy into recruitment and human resources, right?), but darn it if we don’t keep trying…The latest attempt comes courtesy of job aggregator SimplyHired, which recently released a survey profiling today’s job seeker – where they go to look for jobs, what they look for in employers, and what they’re willing to negotiate. Continue reading

By in Generational Hiring, Health Care, Insights & Trends, Social Media, Survey Results, Talent Acquisition

Business man shocked at the sight of a computer

The Workplace Technology Gap: What Does it Mean for You and Your Employees?

I recently attended a brunch linner lunch seminar hosted by the Business Marketing Association of Chicago which featured the findings of a study called Talent 3.0:  Solving the Digital Leadership Challenge — A Global Perspective. This seminar was particularly interesting to me, because while it’s common to hear about the importance of employees learning about new technologies to stay relevant in a changing workplace, it’s not as common to hear about how the efforts to do so are actually playing out in the real world. Continue reading

By in Leadership Development, Retention, Talent Acquisition

Facebook Can Get You Fired (But Also Sued)…And More News From This Week

While you were busy scaring the living daylights out of Pat Sajak, wondering if it’s too late to reconsider your honeymoon plans, or getting Star Wars fans everywhere all riled up, here’s what was happening in the world of workforce management this week…

Wall Street is all, “Now THIS is how you celebrate Veterans Day.”
Law firms want more Continue reading than just a pretty report card when it comes to new hires.

By in In Review, Insights & Trends, Week in Review

Undercover Boss

“What Working on ‘Undercover Boss’ Has Taught Me:” An Interview With ‘Boss’ Creator Eli Holzman

While it’s common to see film and television studios convert best-selling books to screen, rarely does it go the other way around. And yet, that’s exactly what Eli Holzman and Stephen Lambert, creators and executive producers of CBS’ hit show “Undercover Boss,” have done, with the release of their new book, Undercover Boss: Inside the TV Phenomenon That is Changing Bosses and Employees Everywhere. Continue reading

By in Building a Best Place to Work, Employee Engagement, Retention, Talent Acquisition

Third of employers are willing to negotiate salaries

Let’s Talk About Paychecks, Baby

Make that paycheck increases…baby.

The fact is, as the job market continues to pick up, your employees (current and prospective) are starting to get antsy for more cash, and it’s entirely possible they’re getting better offers elsewhere.  According to a recent CareerBuilder survey of over 2,400 hiring managers nationwide, about one third of employers are willing to negotiate salary increases for employees in 2011. Continue reading

By in Survey Results

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