401(k) Benefits Are the Red Headed Step Child of Your Total Rewards Program
Last night as I was sitting here doing my taxes I was pondering employee benefit plans and programs including the 401(k). I know, I’m weird like that. It’s one of those things that I do. Often forgotten by younger employees, it is an important benefit that serves your workforce in the long term. At the heart […]
How to Create a Job Search Strategy
There is more to landing a new job than simply searching online and applying. In fact, leveraging only that approach may find you endlessly seeking. Finding a new job should be approached with as much forethought and strategic planning as any project you would tackle at work, or in your personal life. How to Create […]
4 Bad Habits to Kick or Control during your job search
We all have something we should work on in our lives but some people bring more bad habits to their job search that hamper their ability to move forward or succeed in the job hunt. True Story: How to make a really bad first impression I am one of the few professional résumé writers who […]
Why You Want to Hire SWANs
Before working at GEICO, I was employed by a Bethesda, Maryland-based association that served the finance profession. While there, I wore several hats: compensation analyst, employee relations, HR training and recruiter. Of all the aspects that I was responsible for, I loved recruiting best! The association was made up of a lean team of 60 […]
If at First You Don’t Succeed, Try, Try, Try Again
At a recent TedxTeen in NYC, Chelsea Clinton talked about the importance of trying. “There’s a lot of pressure to be first,” she said. “The first to break a record, invent something new. And we’re grateful for that pressure. It makes life more interesting! But the impact of innovation is when other people pay attention… […]
An Interview with Dwane Lay: Author of "Lean HR"
HR Managers Looking To Improve Their HR Processes I had the recent good fortune to interview a soon to be famous author – Dwane Lay. His book covers a fascinating topic for HR Managers looking to improve their HR processes. It is available on Amazon, but its a couple of bucks cheaper if you buy […]
