In 2015’s Bridge of Spies, an apt and conscientious lawyer, James Donovan, played by Tom Hanks, unpopularly and with personal risk defends a Soviet spy named Rudolf Abel, who is on trial for espionage and facing a death sentence. Politics and work! Donovan asks Abel, played by Mark Rylance, several times in different ways if he’s worried. It’s Abel’s response to worry, ... Read Full Article
Improving Communication In Your Workplace Team
When most teams within an organization discuss communications, we tend to focus on communication with our customers or for recruiters and HR, that's communication with our candidates. While this is essential for successful sales as well as recruitment and hiring strategies, effective communication is essential for organizations and their teams. So, how can you ensure good ... Read Full Article
Make More! is Mindless Factory Work for Your Thumbs
Gamification, the application of game elements to non-game tasks and activities has spread from marketing trend, to education, to our daily lives at home and at work. App developers have made a game of learning, getting healthy, answering our emails and even watering our plants. Gamification is everywhere — including HR. So why not look at the other side of things, the ... Read Full Article
Sustainability and How to Get Creative with Your Workplace Wellness Program
I'm working with a cool HR tech startup currently in beta that focuses on workplace wellness and sustainability. If you are interested in learning more, please leave a comment or email me at jessica(at)blogging4jobs(dot)com. Having successfully survived and navigated your company's annual benefits enrollment process, I know you as an HR and business leader, deserve more ... Read Full Article
5 Benefits of Promoting Employee Participation
Increasing employee participation is a big challenge faced many managers and human resource professionals. After all, feedback and suggestions are essential aspects of making useful changes that benefit all participants. However, sometimes it can seem as though encouraging employees to get involved beyond doing their job is like pulling teeth. Oftentimes it isn’t that ... Read Full Article
Creative Genius Employees Are a Leader’s Worst Nightmare But Drive Amazing Business Results
In the war for talent, adding creatives to your teams can provide you with a competitive advantage. Creatives can be game changers. They are organizational linchpins, unicorns and the purple squirrels of not just your business but possibly the entire industry. They have special skills and abilities that make them unique. And maybe just maybe you've taken the plunge and added a ... Read Full Article
Five Ways to Use Snapchat Spectacles Around Your Workplace
A week before the Thanksgiving holiday, it was 7:00 AM and I was in my car making the trip to Dallas from my home in Oklahoma City. It's a three hour trip one way. I was in route to a meeting when I got a frantic text from my friend asking how far I was from the Blue Whale in Catoosa, Oklahoma. Apparently, the Snapchat bot was there dispensing the company's newest wearable ... Read Full Article
3 Types of Job Hunters Who Can’t Find Work
You’re kicking off a new job hunt, and you’ve sent out a fresh resume. And...radio silence. Did something go wrong? Unfortunately, you may have overlooked one detail. There are three types of job seekers whose resumes are more likely to tank even if they’ve put the best skills on their resume for that job. And you may be one of them without knowing it. Some ... Read Full Article
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