by Caroline | Apr 3, 2013 | Company Culture, Compensation and Benefits, Hiring, Management, People Evaluation, Recruiting, teamwork, Training
Let’s just get it out in the open: There are a lot of reasons why older IT workers have trouble finding jobs. And It’s not just because younger people discriminate against them or because older IT workers refuse to adapt to the current environment, although both of...
by Caroline | Mar 20, 2013 | Company Culture, Hiring, HRCompliance, Labor Law, People Evaluation, Recruiting
The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has given employers a heads-up about what its focus is going to be from 2013- 2016. The agency’s Strategic Enforcement Plan focuses on six main initiatives: Eliminating Barriers in Recruitment and Hiring Protecting...
by Caroline | Mar 13, 2013 | Company Culture, teamwork, Telecommuting, company culture, management
The recent announcement that Yahoo is calling in all of its telecommuters highlights the fact that all kinds of romantic mythology has , developed around the practice. One view holds telecommuting as the panacea whereby companies save money on office space, people...
by Caroline | Mar 6, 2013 | Company Culture, Management, Training
Really, there are so many things to say about Marissa Mayer’s insistence that Yahoo employees start coming to the office every day instead of telecommuting. There’s the question of whether she’s setting working mothers back 30 years. And whether she’s going to finally...
by Caroline | Feb 20, 2013 | Company Culture, Hiring, Management, Training
One thing many managers may not appreciate about being a manager is the necessity of having icky conversations. What is an icky conversation? It might be telling the associate, driving with you to the sales call, that his breath could stop a rhinoceros in full charge....
by Caroline | Feb 14, 2013 | Assessments, Company Culture, Hiring, Recruiting
This week I’m reflecting about meeting “the perfect person.” In this case, the perfect employee. The fact is, if people were as picky about their dates as they are about who they hire, most people would be single. People who use dating websites are generally open to...
