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Browse thoughtful views and opinions about staffing and business topics from our perspective.
Unplug. It’s good for the soul… and for business
If I see another person answering a text while in mid-conversation, I’m seriously going to… Okay, let’s start over with a more constructive approach. Statistically speaking, more than half of you are reading this on some sort of mobile device, so I don’t have to tell...
Millennials in the workplace: Harnessing their unique skills to make your company more successful.
There’s a Sumerian tablet that dates back to the 3rd century B.C. that documents a man’s complaints about the next generation – they’re lazy, imperious and they expect too much. This probably sounds familiar. Recent studies show that well over half of employers have...
The Importance of Employee Experience and Productivity
Creating a positive employee experience increases productivity throughout your company. Because the staff has choices for where they are employed, they want to perform work they enjoy for an organization that values their contributions. When employees love what they...
Storytelling as a Strategy for Business
No matter what your job, you likely spend a good amount of time trying to persuade people of certain things. Whether you're a CEO trying to get your employees to really engage with your mission statement, a sales person trying to get clients to buy your products or in...
Pen & Paper
Remember how much you loved back to school supply shopping - pristine notebooks, new pens (I like a medium tip blue uniball), highlighters. It’s time to revive the tradition. I’m no Luddite – technological advances have made many things in our work lives and personal...
Clearer Business Writing
Whether or not you think of yourself as a writer, you probably do a lot of writing at work: emails to co-workers, memos to your boss, reports for the office. Being a good writer not only helps you communicate more clearly and effectively, but can help you stand out as...
10 Tech Tools all Job Seekers Should Have
Once upon a time, the biggest tech problem for job seekers was a lack of options. After we exhausted our typewriter, word processor and fax machine, the availability of innovative tools pretty much dried up. Today’s job seeker is faced with the opposite predicament....
Is your networking holding you back?
What if there was a way to network more efficiently instead of just more? We network all of the time - with our colleagues, our friends and acquaintances, at professional events and while we know it’s necessary, it can be exhausting. But there are ways to do it...
Presenting Your Best Self on a Phone Interview
The phone interview has become more common as the first step in screening potential employees before bringing them in for a face-to-face interview. On the one hand, you might be thinking; “it’s easy, I can wear pajamas and do it on the couch.” In some ways, though,...