
How much personal health information should employers have about employees or job candidates?

Someone wrote: “I know you want to put the candidate in the control of their career, but make sure you tell candidates how to be a responsible driver.” It’s a great point. Just because you control your career doesn’t mean that you can make everyone else bend to your will. It doesn’t matter how good ... - Read full post

I would like to take a break from talking about brand talent and how to put you in control of your career. We’ll get back to our regular programming later. But I feel like I have been talking at you, not with you. I am hoping that you will be kind enough to accept the ... - Read full post

Liz Ryan brought up a good point last week – corporate recruiting doesn’t often work the way it should. Reactions to corporate recruiting tend to range from “amazingly bad” to a “soul-sucking, dehumanizing experience from hell.” Everyone agrees that things could be done a lot better. But you can make it better.

Have you ever been to a movie premier? Great nightclub? Concert? Then you have experienced the “velvet rope.” It’s the barrier that separates the people who are watching the event as spectators from the people who are a part of the ‘in’ crowd. In the world of work you are often a spectator or a ... - Read full post

The world of work is changing: from how companies operate to how companies find employees, nothing is the same as it was just 10 years ago. For a long time, it was expected that you would view your job as nothing more than a means to an end. Employers gave you money, you gave them ... - Read full post

It is well known that corporate America is looking to reduce costs to stay competitive in the global market. This cost focus will result in an even larger number of jobs being offshored and automated, including high-end white collar and technical jobs. It is an economic certainty. The days of having your job be the ... - Read full post