With so many options out there for questions to ask potential candidates, here are some questions to ask to prevent you from hiring a fake. According, to the Society of Human Resources Management, 53% of job applicants fabricate personal information....
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Company Culture
By Keely T.
The article Why Company Culture Matters More to Employee Than Pay, by Richard Pearson discusses that money used to be the main motivator for people to work hard. However, now with Generation Y stepping into the limelight, money is...
Do Results-Only Workplaces Really Work?
Summary By Keely T.
The Article Do Results-Only Workplaces Really Work by Abby Perkins discusses the use of ROWE, a management strategy designed to increase productivity. The program gives employees the freedom to work on their own terms, their own time, and measures...
Enter for a Chance to Win a Copy of Humans Versus Human Resources
Enter for a chance to win a free Kindle version of Human Versus Human Resources by completing this brief survey! http://tiny.cc/kindlehrbook We will randomly draw 3 lucky winners using the names from the completed surveys on 2/17/2015. For more info...
Spiritual Brain Surgery
I performed a brain surgery this morning. It was painful. It was meaningful. And the after effects have been tremendous. I erased memories. I removed thoughts. I dreamed new dreams. And most importantly, I gave myself a reboot. Tonight after...
The Impact of Bringing Major League Baseball to Albany and Upstate New York
We have what Jim Collins called a "Big Hairy Audacious Goal" of bringing Major League Baseball to Albany. I envision bringing the Tampa Bay Rays here someway, somehow and creating the Tech Valley Nanos (or maybe the Upstate New York...
Workplace Distractions.. I Galindo
There are many things that can take away the attention of employees. How can we attempt to avoid these things so production does not hinder or fall behind. Well what type of distraction are we talking about? The first example...
The Dangers of Retroactive Anger In The Workplace
Retroactive anger is any anger that results from reviewing something after the fact and not being upset about it in a timely fashion. If you are going to give feedback to someone, make it timely. Making a vague statement like...
Creative Communication in the Workplace-By Shelby Hjort-Michel
According to a very recent study by the Santa Fe Group, nearly 83% of employers rely primarily on e-mail as a means of assignment communication in their organizations. With the ever increasing importance of employee retention, this could raise serious...
Your Profile Picture: By I. Galindo
Do you use social networking sites? Do you have a profile on LinkedIn? Many employers use these sites to source candidates for employment. Did you know some spend more time looking at the picture used than they do looking at...