A company is only as good as the talent it hires. For businesses that want to bring in the most skilled and prestigious individuals, recruiting employee on the web is one option that should be considered. Although no recruiting software or recruitment method is foolproof or guaranteed to bring in the best employees, recruiting on […]

Have you ever been interested in (or tried to fill) a job that sounded really interesting… until you found out who the employer was? What about a so-so job that wasn’t appealing at all until you found out that it was at a really cool company?
This perception of a company as an interesting, oppressive, […]

Imagine a company that had all the financial resources and most technologically advanced equipment, but no employees to get anything done. When thought of this way, its easy to understand why workers are the most valuable asset a business has. Because of this a good human resources department can make or break a company.
There are […]

With a so many options, it can be difficult for one to decide which applicant tracking software is right for their company. Although available features and usability are extremely important, if the program is out of one’s budget then no amount of bells and whistles will likely to justify the expense. Knowing what one should […]

As a general rule, I advocate taking the high road when resigning, even if it’s a soul-sucking job where you’re treated poorly all day, every day. With all the raving I’ve been doing about loyalty and employers who expect more of it than they give, however, I thought I’d share Violent Acres’s take on the […]

Dear Clients,
I swear, I’m not making it up. Honest. There really is an interactive media labor shortage.
Love,
Tiff

I wanted to revisit the topic of loyalty in the workplace. A few days ago, I posted an extended discussion of how loyalty between a company and its employees is fiction. While I stand behind everything I said, I think I gave the impression that I was taking companies to task for not […]

Jason Alba’s got another winner with: YOU’RE FIRED! Will you do us a favor and sign this before you go?
The title kind of says it all, actually, but I did want to touch a bit about a throwaway line from his first paragraph, because I think it’s an important point that deserves more attention (and […]

Jim Durbin has a great post up about the way putting your life online changes expectations between employers and employees.
I pondered posting a comment to Jim’s site, but my thoughts on it got kind of complicated so I decided it deserved a blog post of its own. I think there are several key points […]

Via Insourced, a new story in Business Week about Best Buy’s culture reorganization: Smashing The Clock. I’ve written about this before, and every new article I read about it just fascinates me more. My favorite ROWE “commandment” is the one that meetings are optional. My experience is that unnecessary meetings are one […]