Archive for July 2009
This week’s most clicked
The 5 most-clicked links in SmartBrief on Work Force this past week: 10 ways to appear more confident 10 tips to help introverts win at work Surprise! Workers like unexpected rewards Beyond business goals: Caring for your people Promote your problem-solving skills in an interview Photo credit, iStock
Today’s bonus tracks: Find the right team for you
It’s a truism that job interviews should be as much about finding the right employer as selling your own qualifications. But workers are often confused about what that means in practical terms. In today’s first link, Scot Herrick shares a few questions to help you find out. Picking the right team for you Secure attachment, [...]
Today’s bonus tracks: How necessary is “nice?”
Over at Punk Rock HR today, Laurie throws out a thought-provoking question about the role “likability” should play in a hiring decision. “How can you hire a nice person but avoid the trappings of sexism, racism, and other illegal behaviors? Can you hire someone who isn’t the strongest candidate but is 100% nicer than best [...]
Layoffs hurt everyone
SmartPulse — our weekly reader poll in Smartbrief on Workforce — tracks feedback from leading managers and HR practitioners. We run the poll question each Wednesday in our e-newsletter and feature analysis from SmartBrief on Workforce Senior Editor Mary Ellen Slayter on this blog. Last week’s poll question: In a layoff, who is usually more [...]
3 ways to leverage social media to land your dream job
Today’s guest post is by Shama Hyder, president of Web marketing firm Click to Client. OK, so you’ve heard that social media sites such as Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn can be great resources to tap into as part of your job search, as millions of people — and companies — are accessing them daily. However, [...]
10 tips to help introverts win at work
Today’s post is by Jennifer Kahnweiler, author of “The Introverted Leader: Building on Your Quiet Strength.” Even in today’s noisy business world, introverts can still learn to build on their quiet strength and succeed. The goal is not changing your personality or natural work style, but embracing and expanding who you are. Here are 10 [...]
Today’s bonus tracks: Wacky performance reviews
Businessweek’s Management IQ team recently put a call out via Twitter for the nuttiest things that people had ever heard in a performance review, and they uncovered a few gems. My favorite: ”‘You’d be 1 of my best engineers if you were 6’ tall w/black hair & a wart on ur nose.’ (Petite blond didn’t [...]
You’re organized … how?
Today’s guest post is from Jay Galbraith, president of Galbraith Management Consultants and affiliated research scientist at the Center for Effective Organizations at the University of Southern California. His clients have included P&G, Toyota and Nokia. With bailouts and layoffs defining much of today’s global economy, businesses are increasingly under the microscope – dissecting spending, [...]
