Cyber Monday is evolving into Cyber Week, a week-long buying frenzy for holiday shoppers looking for irresistible bargains. Human resources professionals, however, see Cyber Monday and Cyber Week as a threat to workplace productivity.
The Difference Between Dreamers and Doers
In many ways, setting goals is similar to dreaming of success – goals are desired outcomes. But achieving goals (and with them, success) is infinitely harder and more complex.
What ‘soft skills’ do you need to become a successful financial advisor?
In actual fact, it is a job role which requires numerous ‘soft skills’ as well; some of which you may already possess, and some of which you may need to work on. Here, we take a look at five of them.
What Does Hiring Employees and Approving Mortgages Have in Common?
Talent Analytics CEO Greta Roberts explains what hiring & credit risk have in common.
Top Five Myths About the Drug-Free Workplace Act
Headlines screamed across the country when Colorado became the first state to recognize the Constitutional right to use marijuana for any reason by adults ages 21 and older.
Halloween in the workplace: five legal issues to scare employers
…five issues for employers related to Halloween in the workplace, covering everything from Pagan celebrations to fancy dress.
Perspective-taking as a leadership practice
Leadership Agility, the book I co-authored, synthesizes and builds upon the findings of all these trailblazers, adding additional insights from 5 years of fresh new studies of leaders I did while writing the book.
New Names And More Networking Than Ever At HR Tech Conference
2015 Shaping Up To Provide Lots Of Innovations And Networking The HR Tech Conference and Expo is just a week away and we at the Gazette are getting very excited. This year’s conference is shaping up to be bigger and better than ever. The Annual HR Technology Expo will, once again, be the world’s largest HR technology […]
How to respond to an inappropriate request for acess to personal social media
The Employer’s Issue: “You can’t ask that.” Fourteen states have passed legislation that “prohibits an employer from requesting or requiring an employee or applicant to disclose a user name or password for a personal social media account.” Employment lawyers and social media consultants have spent the last year hammering home the message, “You can’t ask […]
The employee lifecycle
The employee life cycle continues to shorten with each generation. The current expected tenure for junior roles is 18 months to 3 years. For intermediate roles the average tenure is 3-5 years, and for VP or C-Level executives the average tenure is only 3 years. It is important for job seekers and hiring managers to […]