Posts Tagged ‘LinkedIn’
This week’s most clicked
How to tell when you should start hiring, the reason great leaders know how to accept help from others and a peek into the life of a Somali pirate. It’s all in this past week’s top five most-clicked links in SmartBrief on Leadership: 3 leadership lessons from “The King’s Speech” 3 ways to tell if [...]
Today’s bonus tracks: Don’t get spooked by Halloween
Human Resources departments shouldn’t feel the need to make a big fuss over Halloween, writes Laurie Ruettimann. Workers shouldn’t expect HR to plan the party and HR shouldn’t feel compelled to set costume guidelines for people who want to dress up. ” If someone comes to work looking like a sexy goth cheerleader or a [...]
Breaking bread, not budgets
Last week’s SmartBrief on Workforce poll question was Who’s picking up the check these days? We’re all going Dutch – 37% We don’t even have time for business lunches anymore – 37% I am – 20% The other guy – 6% The weak economy has most of us watching our expenses more closely, including business [...]
Turn people down without ticking them off
Hiring managers are busy. That’s a fact. If they returned every single phone call, e-mail and letter they received from job seekers, they wouldn’t have time to do anything else. I’ve told this to every single job seeker who has ever complained to me about the imbalance in communications in the hiring process. BUT. That [...]
