Archive for March, 2011

Guy Kawasaki is the former chief evangelist of Apple, co-founder of the “online magazine rack” Alltop.com, and the best-selling author of The Art of the Start and Reality Check. In the following interview, Guy discusses his most recent book, Enchantment: The Art of Changing Hearts, Minds, and Actions, as well as the key to enchanting your employees – even in the face of bad news - and how you don’t have to keep company with rock stars to enjoy life’s little perks (although it certainly doesn’t hurt). Continue reading

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• Posted by: Mary Lorenz on March 7, 2011
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• Categories: Employee Engagement, Leadership Development, Social Media

While you were busy doing everything short of jumping up and down on Oprah’s couch to prove how well you’re doing, proving everyone who said you were too unfunny/awkward/high to host the Oscars…well, pretty much right, or announcing the reunion that tens of people have been waiting for,here’s what was happening in the world of workforce management this week… Continue reading

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• Posted by: Mary Lorenz on March 4, 2011
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• Categories: In Review, Insights & Trends, Week in Review

Some months, I wish the BLS’ Employment Situation Report had a face, just so I could punch it. (Who’s with me? Anyone?)

February, however, was not one of those months… Continue reading

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• Posted by: Mary Lorenz on March 4, 2011
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• Categories: BLS Reports, Insights & Trends

Behavioral interviewing, for those not familiar, is a method of questioning that requires the respondent to answer with a story of how they handled a specific circumstance. It’s designed to get the candidate to reveal how they responded to a real life work situation so we can understand how they might respond to a similar situation if they were hired. Continue reading

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• Posted by: Guest Contributor: Jennifer Way on March 2, 2011
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• Categories: Interviewing, Selection, Talent Acquisition