Professional Networking in the Age of COVID-19 As business professionals, we all know the importance of networking and how it can be pivotable to our career success. Taking the time out of our busy schedules to attend a luncheon, seminar, conference, or happy hour is...
Your New Retention Strategy – Checking in on Hearts and Brains Have the first months of the year been difficult with new normal of turnover and opportunity? The last months of the year are spent building our budgets and identifying the purple squirrel recruit that...
The Shifting Hiring Landscape and Its Impact on Small Business As we slowly move toward a new “normal” it’s interesting to take a look at how hiring trends are impacting small businesses. After all, there were over 30 million small businesses in the United States,...
Leadership 101: Lesson 2 – Understand Your Job Expectations Congratulations. You’ve been promoted to Manager. Do you even know what in the world that means? As noted in Leadership 101: Lesson 1, people often get promoted to leadership roles, like Manager,...
Entry Level Jobs Can’t Compete with Unemployment – Or Can They? Despite a still-high unemployment rate of 8.4 percent as of August 2020, many businesses are finding it difficult to fill entry-level positions. One thought as to why is that businesses are...
Here’s Why You Can’t Afford to Ignore Talent Development Has 2019 been a “breakout year” for your business in terms of talent development? No? Maybe it should be. The 2019 Workplace Learning Report by LinkedIn called 2019 the breakout year for talent...