Gross Openings and Closings In the fourth quarter of 2017, the number of establishment openings increased by 4,000, to a total of 244,000 establishments. These new establishments accounted for 849,000 jobs, an increase of 12,000 jobs from the previous quarter. Data for establishment closings are available through the first quarter of 2017, when 660,000 jobs […]
TIP TUESDAY: Top questions you should ask during an interview
{excerpted from a column by Mary Lee Gannon for The Ladders} Job interviews are laced with questions that give interviewers the opportunity to get to know A) if you will be an asset to the company and B) if you will fit into the company culture. As a prospective hire, use the interview as an […]
TIP TUESDAY: 5-Step Strategy for Inspiring Personal Accountability
{excerpted from an article at Inc. magazine online} Shifting a company culture from parent-child to everyone held accountable for success requires leaders seeing the potential in all people and treating them with dignity and respect. Here is a five-step strategy to generate a culture of high accountability. Educate and communicate to your most valued employees […]
TIP TUESDAY: A New Employee’s First Day
An effective onboarding process ensures that new hires will feel welcome and prepared to take on their job, and understand the requirements of the position and performance expectations. Successful onboarding will also contribute to the likelihood that your new employee will become a long-time employee! The checklist below can help you outline your employee onboarding […]
WEDNESDAY WORKFACT: 8 Scientific Facts That Will Completely Change How You Work
{from The Muse online} There’s a lot of career advice out there, so you may be wondering: Is all of this stuff just anecdotal, or is there some cold, hard, Bill Nye-approved science out there to back any of this up? Lucky for you, we’ve scoured the internet for scientific facts about the workplace that […]
TIP TUESDAY: Mentoring Employees to Develop Skills and Leadership
{by Greg Smith, excerpted from Business Know-How online} An effective mentoring program will help your best employees grow and become leaders within your company. Here are ten guidelines for creating an effective mentoring program for your business. mentoring program How do you retain and prepare your best talent to lead? Mentoring programs are one of […]
WORKFACTS WEDNESDAY: The War for Talent Will Rage On
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TIP TUESDAY: Improving the Workplace for Working Parents
By Jason Mau, Attorney, Greener Burke Shoemaker Oberrecht P.A. for HR Daily Advisor online Acknowledging Challenges to Working Parents Gathering data from many credible national sources, a recent study focused on three main issues that are very important to working mothers (and fathers): child care, career opportunities, and work-life balance. Child care took into account […]
WEDNESDAY WORKFACT: How Do U.S. Salaries Compare to Other Countries’?
{from Mental Floss online} When you look at how much money people make around the world, salaries can only show part of the picture. In practically every country, workers give up a chunk of their paycheck to the government. So after taxes, which citizens get to hold onto the biggest slice of their pie? These […]
TIP TUESDAY: Linkedin Offers Unique Marketing Tools
{excerpted from an article by Jim Kendall from his blog and which originally appeared in the Daily Herald newspaper} LinkedIn launched, officially, in May 2003. A month later, the network had 4,500 members. Third quarter last year (2016, if your calendar is slow), LI had 467 million members worldwide; in the United States, LinkedIn membership […]