Five Tips on Interview Body Language
There's already enough to worry about before an exciting interview - the right clothes, the right questions, the right responses... What about the right body language? If you've seen Fox's Lie to Me, you already understand that body language and facial expressions matter a lot. On the show, they solve murders and kidnappings. For you, they can help you nail an interview and get a...
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Healthcare Recruiting Technology Stays Healthy
Healthcare and medical recruitment is an area that requires great specialization. Additionally, the US is expected to experience a tremendous shortage of qualified healthcare and medical professionals in the coming years. Specialized healthcare staffing technology, as would be expected, is also in high demand. Known largely for its talent management solutions focused on the healthcare...
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Internet Recruitment Training Provider AIRS Launches New Technical Recruiting Course
AIRS, known for their award winning sourcing technology and recruitment training solutions, recently announced the launch of a new Internet based training class entitled, "Effective Sourcing for Engineering and IT Experts." The four hour course is designed to provide significant insight into the technical aspects of Engineering and IT roles, enabling technical recruiters to be able to source...
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One out of Three Employees Expect to Leave Their Job, New Survey Suggests
A new survey report launched by Lumesse, entitled Inspiring Talent 2011 - suggests that all is not well in the workplace. In a recent press release from the company, survey results revealed that 29% of workers expect to leave their company within 5 years. Additionally, four out of five employees felt that their skills were not fully utilized, while nearly half of those surveyed felt their...
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Green Jobs Grow Through Green Construction Expansion
Green construction is proving to be an increasingly attractive profession. The Bureau of Labor Statistics recently reported that the industry has seen rapid job growth over the past few years as interest in long term sustainability and environmental protection becomes more prevalent. LEED construction standards and other specialized processes are forcing innovation and growth of green...
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Executive Poverty
"You can't always get what you want, and if you try sometime, you find you get what you need."—Mick Jagger, in "You Can't Always Get What You Want" The splash of Slurpee fairy-tale colors in this photo taken at the July 31, 2011 Vancouver Gay Pride Parade catches the eye first, but then there's the BC Hospital Employees' Union banner: "Work should lift you out of poverty, not...
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Tell Me About Yourself: Tips To Answer this Tough Interview Question
At least once, every job seeker dreads the seemingly innocuous interview question, "So, tell me about yourself." A standard in the interviewer's arsenal, this open-ended classic can be scary. However, just like any other interview question, if you are prepared and practice, it can be a no-brainer. Start with your name: A no-brainer, many job seekers panic right off the bat by incorrectly...
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5 Ways You're Wrecking Your Career
No career is bulletproof. It doesn't matter if you're the boss or the intern, it's easy to fall off the right track and jeopardize your position by making poor decisions. You might be here one day, gone the next. It happens all the time. But there are good reasons why it happens. Fortunately for all of us, career breakers come on slow and have little to do with day-to-day accountability....
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OSHA Announces Improved Whistleblower Protection Program
The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Health and Safety Administration (OSHA) recently made significant changes to the continuously improving Whistleblower Protection Program. The enhancements are designed to strengthen the system by reducing oversights and inefficiencies. "The whistleblower provision laws enacted by Congress prohibit employers from retaliating against employees who...
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Performance Management System ReviewSNAP Announces New Features
ReviewSNAP, a division of parent company Applied Training Systems - recently announced increased functionality for their acclaimed web based performance management system.The new features will focus on benefits-based performance management, with a release slated for the fourth quarter of 2011. ReviewSNAP's completely automated system already supplies multifaceted performance reviews and 360...
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Private Industry Compensation Costs on the Rise
Compensation costs for private industry employees are going up. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the compensation costs for private industry workers rose 2.1 percent over a 12 month period, ending June 2011. When compared to the compensation costs measured after a 12 month period in 2010, the cost rose only 1.9 percent. The graph below looks at private industry workers by...
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Are Almost Half of Employees Burned out?
A new CareerBuilder survey suggests that employers are currently casting doubts on the effectiveness of their workforce. The productivity survey found that nearly half of employers (45%) think that their workers are currently burned out on their jobs. The survey also looked at seasonal effectiveness and concluded that 26% of employers say their employees are less productive in the summertime....
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