Today’s guest post is by Jason Seiden, author of the award-winning “How to Self-Destruct: Making the Least of What’s Left of Your Career,” and “Super Staying Power: What You Need to Become Valuable and Resilient at Work.”

Younger generations are growing up less able to cope with uncertainty and ambiguity than older ones. This isn’t [...]

Continue Reading »

Derrick Barton, chief talent officer for the Center for Talent Retention, is among the dozens of great presenters at next week’s ERE Fall Expo in Hollywood, Fla, which is our featured event this month. SmartBrief on Workforce Senior Editor Mary Ellen Slayter recently spoke with Derrick about what it takes to keep a multigenerational workforce [...]

Continue Reading »

In their new book, “Y in the Workplace: Managing the ‘Me First’ Generation,” by Nicole Lipkin and April Perrymore explore the psychological influences that shape Gen Y’s attitude and approach toward work, and give companies insight and advice on how to coach, manage and retain Gen Y workers. Lipkin and Perrymore recently spoke with SmartBrief’s [...]

Continue Reading »

Today’s post is from Joe Caruso, publisher of SmartBrief’s health care group, who is attending the Society for Human Resource Management’s Staffing Management Conference this week in Las Vegas.
The second day of SHRM’s recruitment conference was up to the challenge posed by its venue, the world’s largest Hilton. The agenda included 32 detailed sessions ranging [...]

Continue Reading »

The 5 most-clicked links in SmartBrief on Workforce this past week:

How Twitter can cost you a job
Manage like Dilbert?
In defense of doodling
12 reasons old management won’t fly with “Generation F”
5 tips for networking events

Image credit, iStock

Continue Reading »

Does anyone really know? Is the current crop of young workers really all that different from the generations that preceded them? Some business strategists, notably Don Tapscott, say they are and warn that managers ignore these broad cultural shifts at their peril. Others, like Bruce Tulgan, are fearful that we’re coddling the youngsters.
But these lines [...]

Continue Reading »

Many managers have long wished they could chuck the formal performance review, but until very recently, no alternatives to the replace that clunky, corporate institution seemed viable. However, a number of employers have begun dropping the annual sit-down in favor of more frequent, less-formal meetings. Fulfilling the needs of Gen Y workers for continuous feedback [...]

Continue Reading »