Out Now: Episode 415: Registered Apprenticeship Programs in the Clean Energy Sector With Dr. Janell Hills

Ep 57 – Using Strengths Finder in Your Workplace

I’m one of those raving fans of Strengths Finder. My top 5 strengths are: Activator, Input, Strategic, Learner and Ideation. The past year, I’ve really been focused on using Strengths Finder in better understanding my own self, with my team members, clients and family. The use case is huge all of these especially when it […]

2015 Marks the 70th Anniversary of Celebrating October’s National Disability Employment Awareness Month

Perhaps you read that title and thought “what is National Disability Employment Awareness Month?” Every October, the Office of Disability Employment Policy (ODEP) celebrates disability and employment on a larger scale. They highlight business advocates, share success stories and create useful resources all throughout the month of October. This awareness month encourages all disability advocates […]

Paying Attention to Anthropologists May Be Important to HR

Paying Attention to Anthropologists May Be Important to HR   In our HR classes we are taught to engage in environmental scanning as a way of anticipating areas that may hold some importance. To many people this means paying attention to business news, perhaps some economic news, what is happening with demographics and employment law […]

It’s Complicated: Why Employee Engagement Isn’t Easy

At a time when the job market is tight and companies are scrambling to recruit – focused on retaining and developing their current business talent – employee engagement and happiness is not as complicated as it seems. You might be one of those of cynics or maybe you just believe that all good things don’t […]

What is Candidate Acceptance Remorse in Hiring?

We have all been through it. We see something we want (or think we want), a house, a tv, a trendy leather jacket, whatever, and after very little true internal debate we make the purchase, buy that desired item, likely on impulse. After all, if we don’t do it right then, we might miss out! […]

Manner Monday: Which Drink Is Mine?

“I went to a fundraiser luncheon the other day. Our table was way too crowded. No one could tell where their place setting started and where their neighbors began.  I ended up without a water glass. Can you give me some tips on how to decipher things the next time this happens?” – Beth This […]