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Recruiting and Retention

Performance Metrics: Beyond the Numbers

March 9, 2010

Peter Drucker once said, “What gets measured, gets managed.”  It’s very true.  Tracking the numbers is essential to running your business.  But it’s also important to not just calculate numbers. You need to have a good understanding of what they mean.
I’ve always enjoyed math and accounting, so I’ve never really shied away from formulas.  But [...]

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Crappy Swag and Other Happenings

March 8, 2010

Couple of exciting things happened recently that I wanted to share:
First, I was honored by the National Association of Women Business Owners (NAWBO) with their media award.  This is really cool.  When I think of media, I think of television/radio/newspaper.  To be recognized as a blogger in the media category, well…I think it’s very forward [...]

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OP-ED: The Key Is Job Creation

February 16, 2010

In his recent State of the Union address, President Obama said the administration was going to focus on creating jobs and getting people back to work.  It’s about time.  Really.  We’ve all known for a painfully long time it will take getting people back to work to kick this recession in the butt.  Employed people [...]

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Substitute for Experience

February 15, 2010

Is there a substitute for experience?
Seriously, is there?  I’m interested in your thoughts.

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Optimizing Talent in the New Workforce

January 28, 2010

I’ve been thinking a lot lately about talent management in terms of the new workforce.  We all know at some point, the economy is going to rebound.  When that happens, the current speculation centers around whether companies will go back to their old ways and just start hiring people or will the new workforce be [...]

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Free Your Mind

January 27, 2010

One of the things I really enjoy about weekends is reading the newspaper.  I get my news online during the week.  But, on weekends, I relax with my coffee and the print newspaper.  This weekend, I read a couple of articles I found very disturbing.
The first was titled “Shades of bigotry: Experts see a rise [...]

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Competitive Intelligence On Your Job

January 25, 2010

This weekend my local newspaper reported that a record number of Floridians were unemployed.  The article went on to talk about how local businesses might not be seeing economic recovery – in fact, another wave of layoffs could be coming in the very near future.  Grim news indeed.
In addition, we’ve all heard the talk that [...]

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