What skills do I have that match what employers need and where they don’t match how to I turn them into personal assets? Too many of the unemployed do not have the skills that employers now say they need. What happen to “on the job training”? To internships? Apprenticeships? How can employers bring on board motivated workers who need some additional training to meet the demands of the jobs for which they are hired? Today too many employers, out-of…
Category Archives: Selection and Hiring
Do You Know Who You Work For?
December 15, 2011
When asked, most people will reply to that question with “I work for XYZ Corporation.” In reality you work for a person, a boss. CNN Money regularly publishes the list of the best companies to work for in the country such as Zappos, REI, Google, and Wegmans Food Markets. Okay, can you assume that you are automatically going to be satisfied and fulfilled with your work–that the people around you and your boss will support who you…
What does the future look like in business for all of us? Barbara Beck gives a thorough examination of gaps, the workplace, now and the future. Link here.
Making the Sale
November 22, 2011
I had an opening at a firm that I had to fill. So I advertised the position. Scads of applicants. The resume sort resulted in many “no ways” a larger number of “so-sos” and a small number of “real prospects.” After interviewing the “real prospects,” it was clear all of them could do the job as well as fit into our organization. But there was one candidate who, on her way out of my office, turned to me and said “I know there are other…