The Watercooler

The Watercooler Blog is full of workplace tips and trends related to employee retention, engagement, interviewing and more. The Watercooler is frequently refilled, so gather ‘round often.

How Much of Your Past Should You Include on Your Resume?

There’s no single “one-size-fits-all” resume. The key is to present yourself as the right candidate for the job. Include relevant information that best positions you for success and makes you stand out among the competition. The most effective resume is the one that gets you hired. It takes an employer approximately six seconds to make [...]

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Developing Relationships with Your Coworkers When on a Short-Term Assignment

A temporary assignment presents certain challenges in terms of fitting in with peers and colleagues. Developing relationships requires the same interpersonal skills regardless of whether it is a long-term or short-term context; however, understanding your role as a temporary employee can help you to avoid stepping on toes or having overly ambitious expectations.The obvious common [...]

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How to Make Your Workplace Healthier

What Motivates Your Team?

Just about everyone wants to do interesting work, earn a decent salary and feel they’ve contributed to something bigger than themselves. But truly motivating your employees takes more than a regular paycheck and the occasional pat on the back. What’s required is a well-defined strategy that tailors compensation, rewards and motivational drivers to each individual’s [...]

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Start Hiring for the Future

Loyal employees are at the heart of successful companies. When people feel fulfilled in their jobs, they go above and beyond to help their organizations – and they tend to stay with them for the long term.How can you find long-serving talent that supports your ongoing mission and vision? The key lies in avoiding a [...]

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Rethink Your Hiring: Candidate Try-outs

When evaluating their hiring strategy, Automattic, the company behind WordPress, realized that a person’s effectiveness is best assessed through practical, on-the-job evaluation. Therefore, the company hosted “try-outs” for candidates where the person would be paid to work on a real project for a period of time – several weeks in many cases. This strategy proved [...]

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