Want to take off work one afternoon and go fishing or to the movies? Don’t feel like getting up at 6a to make the commute to the office?
ROWE or Results-Only Work Environment is a performance-based, results-focused culture whereby the organization focuses on productivity, retention and the bottom line by allowing employees to work when and where […]

Are you drowning in a sea of emails? Do you have meetings to discuss prior meetings? Is “teamwork” your mantra? Unfortunately, over-communication – sometimes referred to as the “chaotic noise” — has become a very real problem for many workers.
According to participants in an on-line survey, the average manager said they received 57 emails per […]

Summer is on us once again. And along with the warm weather comes a flurry of young workers seeking to make a few extras dollars during their break.
So when a recent California reader asked about hiring minors for summer work, I thought it might be a good idea to remind everyone what you need to […]

According to a new book out by Jennifer Deal, Retiring the Generation Gap: How Employees Young and Old Can Find Common Ground, after seven years of research the idea that there is an on-going conflict between generations at work – boomers, Xers, Yers – is poppycock.
Apparently what it comes down to is that we all […]

A recent article in Workforce Magazine painted a rather bleak picture of our future workforce by stating that today’s high school graduates lack the qualities and skills that employers seek in new hires.
However, based on the report “Are they Really Ready to Work?”, the lack of talent is not just among high schoolers, who appear […]

Credible Activist, When I read these words, I really liked them and thought they clearly expressed the role I wanted to take as a human resources professional: someone who is listened to, respected and admired as well as someone who takes chances and moves projects and ideas forward.
It’s not enough to be one or the […]

Hiring and retaining the right people requires designing an integrated recruiting function which links your processes both before and after hiring. Since we’ve already looked at the before portion, let’s look at what to do once you have a new employee on board.
The new employee now requires the tools necessary to be successful in his/her […]