The recession has certainly been hard on the people who have lost their jobs, but it’s also taken its toll on those left behind. As staff sizes shrink, employees are under more pressure than ever to do more work in less time. So the ability to say no at strategic times is crucial.
The numbers of temp jobs have been showing relatively healthy gains during the employment market’s very sluggish recovery. And many experts see the increase in temporary employment as a good sign that the recovery will continue–companies often hire temp workers as a way to increase production or development without the financial obligation that full-time employees
When you’re looking for a new job, having an organized plan of attack is one key way to stay ahead of the competition. Brad Attig offers his tips on how to organize your job-hunting tasks for each day of the workweek:
It’s a competitive job market out there–the unemployment rate is still unpleasantly close to 10 percent, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, and you can bet that the seasonal employment pool will be well stocked with qualified candidates during this year’s holidays. Here’s how can you set yourself apart from other applicants.
In just a few short weeks, the holiday season will be in full swing–so now is a great time to pick up seasonal work. Here are some tips on how to plan effectively and where to look for holiday jobs:
Whether you’re a recent graduate who recently accepted your first “real” job or a seasoned professional, walking into a new workplace for the first time can be very stressful. Keeping track of new people, processes, policies, and priorities is taxing.
Here are some ways to avoid ‘quick quits’ and strengthen retention efforts.
By rooting through different databases, data mining connects the dots of candidate and employee data to speed up recruiting and improve sourcing.
Job postings often miss the mark because employers pay too little attention to the way they’re written. When that happens, high-quality candidates may not respond.
Staffing metrics have evolved from rough estimates on absenteeism to complex studies that evaluate every aspect of human-capital measurement. Along the way, the issue of what to measure has become as important as the old issue of how to measure.
One problem for foreign-based companies in the U. S. is that managers from the home country may not realize that comments completely acceptable abroad are evidence of discrimination here. The most recent company to learn that lesson was Mitsubishi Electronics America.
Can they force managers to take a pay cut? My husband is a meat manager in a meat packing plant in Ohio. His employer has asked him to take a $3000.00/yr. pay cut. There have been layoffs throught the plant for the hourly workers, and now they are asking the managers to take a
The concept of career entrepreneurship is that each of us is responsible for our own careers. Midlife career transition is the time to become an entrepreneur, to “own” your career, creating it with vision and imagination and managing it by using your talents and skills to their greatest advantage. That might mean taking on a
Unemployment causes havoc in the family and tests its bonds more than almost any other crisis. When you’re jobless, other members of the family may unknowingly make you feel unwanted and on the outside looking in. They may give you silent stares, causing you to feel you’ve lost control and that the “pecking order” has
When did you last read such headlines as “340 People Newly Hired This Month!” “15,000 New Jobs Filled Last Quarter” or anything remotely resembling them in your local newspaper? Wouldn’t it be refreshing if you read an article mentioning how your state government was planning to hire 20,000 people next month?
“Diversity represents a company’s fundamental attitude that it not only respects and values the individuality of its employees but also understands how to tap the potentially significant contributions inherent in diversity.”1 Alexandra Groess Allianz Group’s International Diversity Project
What’s your greatest weakness? This query has been an enduring weapon in the hiring manager’s arsenal, but most people still have trouble with the dilemma it poses: answer too frankly, and you’ll torpedo your prospects. Give a canned answer and you’ll seem phony, or worse, evasive (“My greatest weakness is that I’m a perfectionist and
Just as important as what to do, what to say, and how to act in an interview is what not to do, what not to say, etc. Here are some tips to help you avoid that fumble.
Enjoying a national footprint is only feasible with strong and well-managed offices throughout the UK. Roll-outs need to be integrated into a strategic plan to ensure business growth is sustainable. From ‘best’ players and roll-out teams, to employee motivation and retention, each key ingredient plays a part in the successful growth and expansion of your
What is an e-auction? Essentially it is a paperless auction where everything from the advertisement, shortlisting of suppliers and the tendering process takes place online.