Archive for January, 2011

Such is the advice of Garrett Miller, author of the new book Hire On A WHIM: Four Qualities That Make for Great Employees.  As the president and CEO of workplace management company CoTria, Miller frequently coaches companies and gives keynotes on the subject of workplace productivity. Continue reading

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• Posted by: Mary Lorenz on January 31, 2011
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• Categories: Building a Best Place to Work, Interviewing, Selection, Talent Acquisition

While you were busy updating your Amazon.com wish list, confirming what you already suspected about your favorite 2 a.m. dining facility, or in no way whatsoever exploiting your reunion with a long-lost family member,  here’s what was happening in the world of workforce management this week… Continue reading

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• Posted by: Mary Lorenz on January 28, 2011
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• Categories: In Review, Insights & Trends, Week in Review

For the sixth year in a row, Hay Group released the results of its Best Companies for Leadership study, naming General Electric the top company for leadership worldwide.  Proctor & Gamble, Intel, Siemens, Banco Santander, Coca-Cola, McDonald’s, Accenture, Walmart and Southwest rounded out the top 10. Continue reading

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• Posted by: Mary Lorenz on January 26, 2011
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• Categories: Building a Best Place to Work, Leadership Development, Talent Acquisition

It seems like just a year ago we were telling you that 72 percent of workers 60 and older were postponing retirement due to financial reasons. Turns out, it was. Where does the time go?

Who knows, but apparently in that year, the situation for mature workers began to improve. According to this year’s survey, 60 percent of mature workers are postponing retirement because of finances. Hopefully this is a sign that nest eggs are improving in a post-financial meltdown world.

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• Posted by: Anthony Balderrama on January 26, 2011
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• Categories: Survey Results

“Engaged employees are the competitive advantage of today,” Eric Mosley and Derek Irvine argue in their new book, Winning with a Culture of Recognition.  If they’re to be believed, that means bad news for employers: Employee engagement is at its lowest level in 15 years, according to a recent Hewitt survey.  From that standpoint, it’s no wonder the number employers are struggling to hold on to top employees, despite a still-slim job market. Continue reading

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• Posted by: Mary Lorenz on January 24, 2011
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• Categories: Building a Best Place to Work, Talent Acquisition

While you were busy surprising the technology world with the announcement of your resignation, surprising the technology world with the announcement of your temporary leave, or surprising…meh, probably not really anyone with the announcement of your retirement, here’s what was happening in the world of workforce management this week… Continue reading

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• Posted by: Mary Lorenz on January 21, 2011
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• Categories: In Review, Insights & Trends, Week in Review

Yesterday, FORTUNE released its annual list of the Best Companies to Work For.

Simply looking at the profiles FORTUNE provides for each company, which includes such big names as Google, Whole Foods Market and Goldman Sachs, you might be thinking, Well, sure, if my company had an annual revenue of $23.6 billion, we could afford to give our employees on-site dry-cleaning and free gourmet lunches, too.  But it’s important to remember that the perks FORTUNE highlights in its profiles of these companies are just that – perks. Continue reading

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• Posted by: Mary Lorenz on January 21, 2011
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• Categories: Building a Best Place to Work, Employee Engagement, Talent Acquisition

Last week I got the chance to speak with John Wells, writer and director of “The Company Men” for our sister site, TheWorkBuzz.com. The film, which dissects the effects of layoffs on those who experience them, stars Academy Award winners Ben Affleck, Chris Cooper, Kevin Costner and Tommy Lee Jones, and hits theaters today. Continue reading

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• Posted by: Kaitlin Madden on January 21, 2011
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• Categories: Economy

Missing out on the opportunity to catch up on the always-entertaining-for-one-reason-or-another The View, 72 percent of workers go to work when they are sick, according to a new survey released today by CareerBuilder.  Evidently, “presenteeism” and workplace pressures outweigh the desire to see the ridiculous charming banter between Elisabeth Hasselbeck and Whoopi Goldberg, as more than half of those workers (55 percent) say they feel guilty if they call in sick. Continue reading

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• Posted by: Mary Lorenz on January 19, 2011
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• Categories: Benefits, Employee Engagement, Employee Wellness, Survey Results

Add this to the list of terms that have become nothing more than meaningless business jargon: Workplace attire.  After all, when considering the following workplace stories, it’s hard to say what even constitutes appropriate “workplace attire” anymore…

First, there’s Esquire magazine recently naming Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg its ‘Worst Dressed Celebrity. Continue reading

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• Posted by: Mary Lorenz on January 18, 2011
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• Categories: Fun and Games