Job Recruitment - Networking Still the Reality
Thursday, February 22nd, 2007So, who do you know?
More workers landed their current job through networking than by any other means.
According to a new Hudson survey a full 73% of managers say their company considers internal candidates to fill a job opening before looking at anyone else. Specifically, 40% of managers say that internal promotions are the best [...]
Myths of Career Counseling
Friday, August 4th, 2006Career Counseling Myths
Most people get useful career counseling in high school and college.WRONG! In a survey of 17,000 corporate employees, less than ½ of 1% say they received any useful help in deciding their careers while in school.
Career decisions should ideally be based on solely on our skills (what we’re “good at”).WRONG! People get degrees [...]
How to Implement Organizational Change
Tuesday, August 16th, 2005So if change is inevitable, do you have the right crew for the journey? As has been repeated often, you need to “get the right people on the bus and in the right seats” – and the wrong people off the bus.
Unfortunately, deciding who gets off too often relies on hunches, emotions, scattered opinions, and [...]
Entrepeneurs and Strategic Planning
Friday, May 13th, 2005One of the most critical times in the development of a business is that final moment the entrepreneur chooses to go to the next level – to build an organization. Many of the energies that were so beneficial initially – pioneering, big-picture, risk-taker, forging ahead no matter the obstacles, doing anything and everything it takes [...]












