Archive for September 2009
Today’s bonus tracks: Employee engagement tricks that don’t work
“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 [...]
Why you want people to like you
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 [...]
Today’s bonus tracks: When your networking falls short
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. Unions reach out to young people When your network has failed you [...]
3 reasons employees will leave your company after the recession
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 [...]
This week’s most clicked
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 Photo credit, iStock
Brooke blogs “The Office”: Formality vs. friendship
As usual, they crammed quite a lot of action into “The Office” this week: Michael is overwhelmed by the extra work brought on by the absorption of the Buffalo branch. Darryl files a workers’ compensation claim for a broken ankle, and Dwight launches an investigation that could have spawned a ridiculous number of lawsuits. Jim [...]
Today’s bonus tracks: What working women want
Most lists of the best companies for working mothers tend to focus on perks like flexible scheduling and lactation rooms. But after examining the executive ranks of those companies, Eve Tahmincioglu argues that they’ve got it all backwards. “What I found was pretty pathetic. Women leaders are few and far between at these so-called ‘best’ [...]
Feeling stuck
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: Have you ever worked in a dead-end [...]
