Archive for February, 2011

While you were busy buying the ingredients for True Grits, Winter’s Boneless Buffalo Wings and 127 Layer Dip, suddenly having a new appreciation for your own parents, and seeing this bit of news coming a mile away, here’s what was happening in the world of workforce management this week… Continue reading

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• Posted by: Mary Lorenz on February 25, 2011
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• Categories: In Review, Insights & Trends, Week in Review

How many alarm clocks would it take to demonstrate the number of times your employees have been late to work — or that you’ve been late yourself? Is it commonplace — or out of place — at your workplace?

A new CareerBuilder survey on worker lateness shows that 15 percent of workers are late to work at least once a week, though that number is down from 16 percent in 2009 and 20 percent in 2008. Continue reading

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• Posted by: Amy Chulik on February 24, 2011
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• Categories: Survey Results

CareerBuilder recently sat down with Sidney R. Brown, Chief Executive Officer of NFI, to discuss his leadership philosophy. In the following excerpt, Brown discusses the importance of having an open-door policy, being flexible and knowing when to ask for help.

WHAT IS YOUR PHILOSOPHY AS IT RELATES TO PEOPLE AND THEIR IMPACT ON YOUR DAILY BUSINESS? Continue reading

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• Posted by: Mary Lorenz on February 23, 2011
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• Categories: CareerBuilder Leadership Series

“One of the things I believe is important to being a true leader is that you connect emotionally to your employees,” says Jim Welch, president and founder of The Growth Leader, Inc.

It should come as no surprise that emotional connections are at the forefront of Welch’s leadership philosophy. Continue reading

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• Posted by: Mary Lorenz on February 22, 2011
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• Categories: Building a Best Place to Work, Employment Branding, Leadership Development, Small Business, Talent Acquisition

We’ve all had a weird transportation experience at one time or another (some of us more than others.) From a guy on a bus jumping up and turning around in his seat to “scare” me with fake bloody teeth, to sitting next to a woman chanting incessantly next to me as the plane took off, to witnessing luggage fights with the flight attendants, I’ve had a few odd experiences myself. But none of them quite compare to the experiences workers in Careerbuilder’s latest travel survey reported.

Let’s not delay (travel joke) — here are survey respondents’ most unusual business travel experiences: Continue Reading…

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• Posted by: Amy Chulik on February 18, 2011
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• Categories: Benefits, Employee Engagement, Employee Wellness, Survey Results

While you were busy welcoming our new computer overlords, sending your deepest sympathies to Cousin Jeffrey or possibly being inspired by Madonna, here’s what was happening in the world of workforce management this week… Continue reading

Full-body scanning is no longer the biggest security checkpoint nuisance.

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• Posted by: Mary Lorenz on February 18, 2011
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• Categories: In Review, Insights & Trends, Week in Review

If you’re like many companies, you, in the spirit of budget-cutting, slowed down employee travel in 2010 — or even halted it altogether. According to a new CareerBuilder survey among more than 2,400 U.S. employers and more than 3,900 U.S. workers, 30 percent of companies say they cut back on business travel last year — and it wasn’t such a good move for many of them. Continue reading

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• Posted by: Amy Chulik on February 16, 2011
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• Categories: Benefits, Economy, Employee Engagement, Employee Wellness, Survey Results

CareerBuilder CEO Matt Ferguson appeared on CNBC Power Lunch late last week to discuss findings from the Young Presidents’ Organization’s Global Pulse CEO Confidence Index, a survey gauging opinions of CEOs on the future of the economy. He also talked about changes in job activity on CareerBuilder’s site and answered questions about job creation for 2011 and which industries and regions are doing the most robust hiring right now. Continue reading

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• Posted by: Amy Chulik on February 15, 2011
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• Categories: Survey Results, Talent Acquisition

While you were busy learning more than you ever thought you would about Egyptian politics, defending your $3 billion or so investment or showing that you’ve clearly learned nothing from the likes of Brett Favre, Kwame Kilpatrick, Mark Foley, etc., here’s what was happening in the world of workforce management this week… Continue reading

There’s a Reason Party City Doesn’t Have an Aisle for This Some companies have taken to throwing farewell parties for laid off employees, but the practice is getting some criticism from career experts who say it’s insensitive.

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• Posted by: Mary Lorenz on February 11, 2011
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• Categories: In Review, Insights & Trends, Week in Review

If you’re asking author, advertising CEO and performance coach Nigel Marsh, the answer would be an enthusiastic (and Aussie-accented) “No.” In Marsh’s TED talk (you can watch the video at bottom of this post), in which he shares his thoughts on work/life balance and asks the oft-raised question, “What does a life well-lived look like?”, he argues that it’s not up to corporations or outside interests to determine employees’ work/life balance — it’s up to the employees themselves. Continue reading

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• Posted by: Amy Chulik on February 11, 2011
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• Categories: Benefits, Employee Engagement, Employee Wellness, Retention