If you are seriously considering a candidate for your open position, do not overlook the importance of checking with their past employers and talking to their references. This should be a prerequisite to making a job offer. The harsh truth is: A significant percentage of applicants lie on their resumes. In one recent survey, 56 [...]
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It’s great when you move up in your job: You’ve moved up a rung on your personal career ladder, you’ve got a little more responsibility, a salary increase, and obviously the higher-ups feel you can do it. But what happens when that means you rank higher than your work colleagues? How do you manage relationships [...]
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Workplace illness affects virtually every employee. Each year, 98 percent of U.S. workers are affected by minor illness. The good news is: The right knowledge and some simple but effective measures can reduce the probability of infection from colds and flus in your workplace by about 80 percent. Be in the Know Knowledge is power [...]
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Part of your job involves doing it, well, correctly. So what happens when you make an enormous mistake, one that makes you simultaneously want to scream in frustration and hide so nobody will ever find you? Rest assured that you will likely make a big mistake at least once in your work career. Now that [...]
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Every manager wants dedicated employees – people who always say “yes,” take work home with them, and eat lunch right at their desk. But dedication…
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Want a successful 2017? Then you need to make sure you have a successful strategic plan set up for that success. Of course, you likely have objectives and goals you want to meet and ideas of how to get it all done, but specific strategy (after all, the word strategy did come from the military [...]
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What do you do if the employee who showed so much promise during their interview turns into something else entirely? On the job, they are lazy and unmotivated. They may even drag others down with them – and they will most likely have a negative effect on morale, productivity or profitability. Yikes! Granted, there will [...]
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There will always be dishonest people in society and in the workforce. But you can minimize your chances of hiring them to work at your company by integrating ethics and honesty into every step of your employment process. Dishonest employees can cause irreparable damage to a company, its people, its bottom line and its reputation. [...]
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As a manager, if you had to evaluate yourself, what could you improve or change? Where could you act more effectively with regard to your employees and your company overall? It helps if you examine your own skills every once in awhile; even the best managers want to see how they can do better. So now [...]
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Today’s most talented professionals have their choice of job opportunities, with employers vying for their attention and services. You need innovative ways to sell potential hires on the unique benefits of joining your team – before your competition beats you to them. Develop a Winning Candidate Experience Your candidate experience should be no different than [...]
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February 20, 2017
