Taking Control Of Your Own Career Starts with a Development Plan
We spend an awful lot of time frozen and waiting when it comes to our own development plans. Maybe we are feeling stuck in our current position at our organization, or we are frustrated that we haven’t been promoted as quickly as we were expecting. Oftentimes a boss or supervisor has promised us action that […]
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 […]
