Can We Not Discriminate Against Bad Habits?
A recent Gallup poll of Americans showed that 56% of smokers believe they are at least occasionally discriminated against in public or employment life with 13% of them claiming that they are...
View ArticleOpioids Are Ravaging the Workplace!
Opioids such as Fentanyl, Percocet and Hydrocodone, are prescription pain relievers presently prescribed at an alarming rate. These drugs aren’t injected through a dirty syringe or snorted from a...
View Article7 Deadly Sins of Video Interviewing
Are you ready for your video interview? If you have not been invited to take one, chances are you soon will be. More and more companies are integrating the technology into their hiring process at a...
View ArticleWorkplace Incivility Is At An All Time High
According to Christine Porath, Associate Professor at Georgetown’s McDonough School of Business, 25% of employees surveyed in 1998 reported being treated rudely at work at least once a week. That...
View ArticleAre There “Men’s” Jobs and “Women’s Jobs”?
The US Department of Labor recently criticized Google suggesting that the tech giant was routinely underpaying its female employees. Eileen Naughton, Google’s VP of people operations, refuted this...
View ArticleInternational Women’s Day: How Far Do Women Have to Go In the Workplace?
The world celebrated International Women’s Day on March 8th. In addition to celebrating all the various achievements of women, this day serves to raise awareness regarding the lack of gender equality....
View ArticleVideo Interviewing…An Abomination or Enabler?
I read recently an article on Forbes.com entitled, “A New Recruiting Abomination: One-Way Video Interviews” by Liz Ryan, founder of Human Workplace. Obviously as the title suggests, she is not...
View ArticleWhy Empathy Needs to Make a Comeback!
A recent study of 15,000 leaders from 300+ organizations across eighteen countries by Development Dimensions International revealed that the conversational skill that has the highest impact on overall...
View ArticleWhy Are Women Leaving the Workforce?
The labor force participation rate for women grew greatly between 1975 and 2000 to a point where 59.9% of women 16 and older were participating. During the ten years that followed, the rate fell by...
View ArticleFour Fears of Video Interviewing.
As the client relationship manager for a video interviewing provider, I have spoken with many candidates over the years prior to their interviews. Most candidates are un-fazed they have been asked by...
View ArticleThe Benefits of Hirings Veterans!
Each year as many as 360,000 military men and women join the civilian workforce. Programs such as the Veteran Jobs Mission and the White House Joining Forces have helped reduce high unemployment...
View ArticleAmerica’s Unemployed Youth Are Not Healthy. Here’s Why!
A Startling Statistic About the Health of Unemployed Youth in the U.S.“Thriving” well-being is defined by Gallup and Healthways as possessing consistently good health and enough energy to get things...
View ArticleWhat is A.I. and How Will It Affect Your Job?
Earlier this year I wrote about the coming robot storm and the studies that suggest many jobs now held by humans will soon be executed by robots. Yesterday the Guardian published an article by Stephen...
View ArticleMillennials: Statistics About Them You Need to Know For Retention
Millennials, those born between 1980 and 1996, make up a majority of the workforce and by 2020 will comprise nearly half of all workers. Millennials, as with previous generations before them, have...
View ArticleVideo Interviewing: What To Expect As a User.
You have heard all about video interviewing and its potential benefits to your hiring process. You may have read blog posts and reviewed the websites of several vendors trying to get a better sense of...
View ArticleWould You Bench One of Your Employees for Unbecoming Conduct?
Many companies have employee code of conduct and work rule policies in place to ensure not only that operations go smoothly but also to ensure the interests and safety of its employees and the...
View ArticleThe Dark Side Of Positive Candidate Attributes
What, if anything, could a hiring manager say negatively about a job candidate that was exceptionally achieving? How about a candidate exhibiting high levels of conscientiousness or sociability?...
View ArticleEmployee Turnover: It’s Not Always As Bad As You Think
In business most professionals understand that employee turnover is bad while employee retention is good. Perhaps because in the corporate world success is measured in dollars gained vs. dollars lost...
View ArticleEconomy Great! Americans Angry! What Gives?
The U.S. is one of the richest countries in the world per capita, ranking 5th out of 133, yet according to the 2016 Social Progress Index, America ranks only 19th in terms of converting that economic...
View ArticleInterview4 Video Interviewing Reduces Customer Turnover Six Percentage Points
Calling Interview4 video interviewing “a life changer”, a large retailer finds the service not only reduces turnover, but also saves time and money by allowing the screening of more candidates in the...
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