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By author and consultant Liz Jazwiec Just My E-Pinion For many, the workplace is where kindness goes to die. But author and consultant Liz Jazwiec says it just shouldn’t be that way. She suggests using Valentine’s Day as an excuse to infuse some kindness into your day job. And she says you just might l-o-v-e […]
Yesterday’s post looked at the top two priorities identified in LinkedIn’s “2018 Workplace Learning Report” –training for soft skills and global training. In this post, we’ll look at the third and fourth: delivering insights on internal skill gaps and tracking skill development. (And we’ll cover the fifth and sixth tomorrow.) Learning and development (L&D) are increasingly […]
Interviewers take note: It’s best to check who you are sending your text message to before actually sending the message. One interviewer learned the hard way after the interviewee received a text that was intended for the manager.
A new survey finds a discrepancy between employers’ and employees’ attitudes toward “upskilling,” defined as attending workshops, completing online courses, receiving consultation from a specialist, participating in personal coaching sessions or pursuing further education.
Continuing yesterday’s post, here are six additional action items you’ll want to contemplate doing if you want to develop a more diverse workforce and workplace at your organization.
Imagine your local library. Does it remind you of a place that makes use of computer security innovations? Now consider that most modern libraries contain computers that are used for any number of things every day by the public. This service comes with some very serious security concerns. Luckily, we had an opportunity to ask […]
Wow! It could only happen in Washington, D.C. I’m talking about the dismissal and, ultimately, attempted rehiring of Shirley Sherrod. You’ve likely heard the story by now, but it goes something like this. Last week on Monday, conservative commentator Andrew Breitbart blogged about a speech given by Sherrod, a mid-level Department of Agriculture employee. He […]
According to the 2017 CareerBuilder Candidate Experience Study, nearly four in five (78%) candidates say the overall candidate experience they receive is an indicator of how a company values its people. But when does the “experience” start? Is it when a candidate first applies for an open position? Or, is it after the candidate has […]
In a previous post, we discussed that although many organizations’ sales departments are often aggressive in their training efforts, the fact that salespeople are generally not held accountable for applying the skills they learn acts as a barrier to training retention.
The federal Family and Medical Leave Act (and its state counterpart, the California Family Rights Act) imposes a variety of restrictions on how an employer can handle an employee’s medical leave, including a requirement that employers accept an employee’s healthcare provider’s certification about his or her fitness to return to work.