“Engagement” is one of the big buzzwords in management right now. How to define it, how to encourage it and how to predict which prospective hires are going to have it in spades. But David Zinger outlines the many ways we’re getting it all wrong.
- 22 ways to go wrong with employee engagement
- Surely you didn’t think layoffs were fair
- Is HR up to its task with social media?
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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 Lance Haun, vice president of outreach for MeritBuilder, the main guy over at YourHRGuy.com and a member of the SmartBrief on Workforce Advisory Board. on this blog.
Last week’s poll question: How important do you think it is to be likable at work?
- Somewhat important 49%
- Very important 46%
- It doesn’t matter either way 4%
- It’s actually a hindrance 1%
“The response was overwhelming: Being likable at work is important. Nobody likes to share their space with a jerk and considering the overwhelming response, one has to wonder if being likable helps your career. At the least, it will help reduce barriers as you move forward in your career.” — Lance Haun (read more…)
In good times and bad, the mantra for successful job seeking is network, network, network. But what if you feel like you’ve exhausted your contacts and still turned up nothing? Careerealism pulls together a strategy for getting your networking efforts back on track.
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Today’s guest post is by Lance Haun, vice president of outreach for MeritBuilder, the main guy over at YourHRGuy.com and a member of the SmartBrief on Workforce Advisory Board. He’s been in the human resources space for almost seven years and (unfortunately) has experience with both sides of the recession.
When I first entered corporate HR, we were in a boom period. Do you remember that? I barely can. I remember hearing about the crisis of the coming labor shortage and how we would be on our knees begging and pleading for people nearing retirement to stay, convincing Gen Xers to stay with meaningless promotions and scooping up as many Gen Yers as we possibly could.
Those were the good old days. That is, if you were a person looking for work.
With unemployment pushing 10%, perhaps employers are taking a breather. They can worry less about people leaving and when they do, they aren’t sweating that, either. (read more…)
The 5 most-clicked links in SmartBrief on Workforce this past week:
- Study finds 20 most re-tweetable words
- 3 ways to handle a pessimistic team member
- How to survive a bad boss
- 4 ingredients of great job descriptions
- Study: Working fewer hours can boost productivity
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