4 Ways to Interview Better In a Candidate-Driven Job Market
The blogosphere is wrought full of great content on interview prep, but there is a heavy bias (understandably I suppose) to preparing the interviewee. What about the interviewer? In an environment where rapid movement and high attrition is becoming the norm, where expertise is a commodity and employees can quickly ramp on new skills in […]
Defining My Own Future and Legacy
Lately I’ve been looking back on my career from corporate HR to blogger to analyst and wondering what the next 5-10 years has in store for me. Up until recently, I haven’t always been in the driver’s seat of my career, and instead have gone done whatever roads have opened for me. You could say that for […]
Will Obama’s Job Search Be Harder Than Yours?
Have you ever felt like your work experience was so specialized or your job title so high level that they were holding you back from exploring new opportunities? It’s not an illusion. Highly specialized work experience (like military service) can be hard to spin for hiring managers in different fields. Education has the same boon/bane […]
What Do the Visa Rule Changes Mean?
On January 18, 2017, USCIS published a new ruling designed to clarify DHS policies and “enable US employers to retain high-skilled workers.” An initial goal of the ruling is to codify DHS regulations with longstanding DHS policies and practices with the aim of improving employee portability and enhancing the employers’ ability to hire and retain […]
What Is Micro-Clanning at Work?
You may have noticed a trend that has been developing over the last couple of years: people are banding together in small groups of common interests. The anxiety that many people are feeling in today’s world have them seeking comfort zones and groups to lesson this anxiety. This is a trend that Faith Popcorn, futurist […]
15 Social Media Stats to Share with Your Senior Business Leader
Let’s get real about Social Media for a minute, shall we? I’m always a little surprised when I walk into a senior leadership meeting with a company or client, and the lack of understanding and information that happens when we discuss the topic of social media in the workplace. Only Small Percentages of Senior Leaders […]
