More employers are considering using social media platforms such as Facebook to check references and to gain a better sense of their potential employees.
But there’s been an interesting trend to checking the Facebook pages of potential candidates that some employers are exploring based on media reports. Companies are asking job applicants to actually provide their Facebook password.
Workplace bullying seems to be a growing trend. There are scores of extremely informative, but sobering articles on the topic:
Just in case you missed the buzz, The Affordable Care Act of 2010, also known as Obamacare represents is an overhaul of the American Healthcare system. Some highlights include:
Internships are a wonderful way for students to learn and apply the education received in an undergraduate or graduate field of study to a real-life work environment.
But for many companies, unpaid interns are a source of free labor during a time of ever-shrinking budgets and downsizing.
Most employers understand that high employee morale is important. When your employees are happy, your staff aren’t the only one’s who reap the benefits. Businesses realize benefits in terms of increased productivity, and employee satisfaction which more often than not can affect your company’s bottom line.
Many employees think that doing a good job at a particular task or series of tasks is all that it should take to prove to their manager that they are ready for and deserving of career advancement opportunities.
Here’s a great article from the folks at Business News Daily which offers some wonderful insights on workforce trends that employees need to be aware of. It’s always important to stay abreast of workplace trends that can affect your employment and your career advancement goals.
Here’s an article from the archives that employers in the process of interviewing and hiring will find helpful. Behavioral interviewing if you’re not familiar with it is one of the best ways to ensure that you really understand whether the person that you’re interviewing has the experience that you need for your opening.
The main goals for corporate management must include increasing employee engagement and creating total rewards packages that employees value. By connecting with employees as valued human beings, company profitability increases.
I read an interesting report today from the talent, health, and retirement and investments consultants at Mercer which said American employees, when given the choice, prefer benefits that offer immediate gratification over ones that could offer much greater value in the long term.
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