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Humor Could Be the Secret Ingredient to On-Boarding
Are you funny? It could help you successfully on-board into a new job — or, at least help you fit in as part of a company’s culture. According to a new survey from specialized staffing firm Accountemps, nearly 80 percent of chief financial office…
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Integration and Analytics Are Good, But What About Mobile?
There was a little flurry of vendor activity this week in the HCM market, but one that likely flew under the radar of many HR folks is the most intriguing. First up, Peoplefluent, the child of the now two-year-old merger of PeopleClick and Authori…
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People Processes Can Provide an Investor Upgrade
Financially high-performing firms have executives in partnership with their talent development professionals.
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Change: Fear Not! We Do It Every Day
Change – the word alone conjures up negative emotions. Whether in your personal life or in business, change can be one of the hardest challenges we face, yet we do it every day. Knowingly and unknowingly, our daily interactions with people change our…
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Follow the Job Seeker
You can’t recruit the best talent if you don’t know the profile and habits of today’s job seeker.
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Report: Job Boards Still Best to Source Candidates
While social media use as a means to collect and hire top talent remains hot and trendy in the recruitment world, job boards still top the list as the best place to find candidates. Talent generation services firm Talent Technology Corp. found tha…
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The State of the Union: A Lesson in Strategic Storytelling
Last night President Barack Obama gave the annual State of the Union address, and I couldn’t help but notice some of the parallels his speech drew from an article I wrote that went live early Tuesday morning on the power stories have to retain top ta…
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Don’t Be Stupid, Says Harvard, Be Happy
When the Harvard Business Review (HBR) and Talent Management post articles on happiness at work within days of one another, there is no way I am keeping my mouth shut, even if I did promise to go a whole quarter without writing a “happiness” article….












