• Correct These 9 Social Media Disasters Right Now

    Assuming you care about your personal branding efforts, you should know that everything you do online is subject to scrutiny.Today, recruiters look at every candidate's social media presence when making decisions about who should advance and who should not. In part, they're looking to see how creative and impressive candidates are on social media — but they're also looking for bad behaviors that disqualify job seekers from ...
  • Does Your Recruiting Budget Take These 4 Expenses Into Account?

    Every organization has its challenges, but recruiting shouldn't be one of them — and it doesn't have to be.It may seem impossible to plan for the future when it comes to hiring, but you can avoid many problems — and more easily solve that ones that do arise — if you just go into the process with the right budget....
  • Looking for a New Career? Recruiting May Be Just What You Need

    You've been working in the same professional field all your adult life — and now you're starting to wonder if this is really the career for you.Sure, in your earlier days, you found it quite rewarding. You were making a living and doing something you cared about, something that challenged you, something that filled you with a sense of purpose.But now it's 5, 10, 15, or 20 years later, and the passion just isn't there anymore. You feel you may have peaked in this ...
  • Smoke It, Don't Sear It: How to Create and Preserve a Genuine Culture

    Business bloggers glorify company cultures without any consideration of their origins. Anyone can point at Netflix, Zappos, or other cultural icons and say, "Do that." But how do you build a genuine culture if you're justing copying someone else's? You don't.Cultural imitation has a terrible track record (e.g., the whole 20th century). Cultures are specific to geography, historical events, political regimes, and institutions that we inherit rather than ...
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  • Are Your Managers Stifling Innovative Ideas?

    The other day, Braveheart was running on some cable channel or another, and I watched the last ten minutes or so. At the end of the movie, Mel Gibson's character screams out the word "freedom" as he is being tortured and summarily executed.Less dramatically — but important to your bottom line — somewhere in your company, one of your managers could be the executioner in this scenario, and freedom of thought is dying on the table while gasping for air....
  • Your Social Media Tattoo: What You Post Can Affect Your Job Prospects

    Have you ever considered getting a tattoo or had a child ask about getting one? If so, you know it can be a tough decision.Getting a tattoo is a very personal choice. Tattoos are permanent. They often have personal meanings that tie back to one's beliefs or experiences. They can be socially controversial, and you have to think carefully about where you will place the tattoo.I was recently asked about

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