Who Needs In Person Networking? You do!
Aren’t the social media wonderful? With LinkedIn you should never have to attend a boring association meeting and eat ill-treated chicken again. You won’t have to email resumes. You will be...
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Having gotten discouraged by serial rejections or too many second place finishes, you’ve decided to pack it in and take a lower-level job. Even though two HR folk have told you that you’re an...
View ArticleGenerational Workplace Characteristics: Take-Aways for Managers
Here’s a chart you may want to factor into your year-end thinking — especially if you feel plagued by the cross-generational workplace rather than gratified. Part of smart talent management has to be...
View ArticleCreate the Best Office Holiday Party Ever
Everyone knows that an out of control holiday party can inform the company grapevine for the next 365 days. Worse is the office holiday party that nobody attends despite great effort and cost. Neither...
View ArticleMillennials’ Devices: Indicator for Obsolescence of Boomer Job Hunters?
Don’t think of this list of Millennials’ devices as possible gifts for young relatives. As a Boomer (born 1946-1959) of my acquaintance pointed out, “This is what the competition is buying.” Maybe...
View ArticleGenerational Lifestyle Characteristics and 3 Take-Aways For Managers
Here’s a chart of generational lifestyle characteristics that you may find interesting when you are thinking about your employees’ priorities. If there is more than a ten-year age gap between you and...
View ArticleDon’t Be Fooled: The Organizational Culture Could Kill You
When you walked through the office you got the creeps — and you hadn’t been interviewed for the job yet! Being fair-minded you decided to give the company the benefit of the doubt. In another two...
View ArticleGenerational Communications Styles and 3 Take-Aways for Managers
We’ve always known about generational differences in what people say versus what they mean. Here are some take-aways for managers struggling to deliver a consistent message to a diverse group....
View ArticleMillennials Digital Activities: Are They Alone?
Millennials digital activities make for an interesting chart because most people over 40 wouldn’t have the same profile at all. Have you updated your social media profiles lately? If you had to...
View ArticleOnboarding Millennials: The First Day
There are lots of so-called facts about millennials out there but most of it isn’t applicable to real life — unless you’re running a website. What if you’re hiring the young as employees? What can...
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