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Scientists Urge Execs to Be Choosy about Choices: The Find: The ability to make good decisions is key to management and rests on a brain function called "executive function," but psychologists warn that this decision making function is far more easily depleted than once thought. The Source: A fascinating article in Scientific American....; Tags: Workforce Management, Human Resources, Management, Recruitment & Selection, Tools & Techniques, Executive Function, Cookie, Decision, Decision-making, Job, Jessica Stillman; Blog posts 2008-07-25
Top 5 Recession-Proof Jobs: The Find: The economic news may be moving from bad to dreadful, but at least some folks don't have to worry; one recruitment company has identified the top five recession-proof jobs. The Source: A study from Washington, DC based recruitment company, Jobfox. The Takeaway:...; Tags: Jessica Stillman, Workforce Management, Finance, Human Resources, Sales, Financial Services, Sales Force Management, Sales Strategy, Recruitment & Selection, Job, Operational Accounting, Sector; Blog posts 2008-07-16
Changing Jobs is a Challenge, Even for Executives: The Find: One-third of executives who transfer to a new company and one in five business leaders who change jobs within the same company are not successful -- even after two years on the job. The Source: The new "Executive Transitions" study by The Institute of...; Tags: Job, Hire, Recruitment & Selection, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Jessica Stillman; Blog posts 2008-06-12
Psych Tests to Keep Your Turnover Low: The Find: Forget environmental factors, job hopping is largely dependent on the personality of employees. The Source: Research from the Summer 2008 issue of Personnel Psychology cited in the HR Tests blog. The Takeaway: On BNET recently, the topic of whether you should hire...; Tags: Jessica Stillman, Workforce Management, Human Resources, Recruitment & Selection, Job, Turnover; Blog posts 2008-06-04
A Field Guide to Managing Hourly Workers: The Find: Hourly workers make up 60 percent of the U.S. labor force, yet little effort is spent on improving their productivity -- despite research that suggests that you can do so. The Source: A study by the Workforce Institute. The Takeaway: Besides...; Tags: Workplace Institute, Recruitment & Selection, Worker, Job, Workforce Management, Human Resources, Jessica Stillman; Blog posts 2008-05-16

UK Survey: Pregnancy Discrimination Is the Status Quo: The Find: More than 75 percent of UK managers would not hire a woman if they suspect she will become pregnant within six months of taking the job. The Source: A recent survey by UK-based Employment Law Advisory Services ELAS mentioned in the Harvard Business Review Conversation...; Tags: Jessica Stillman, Human Resources, Recruitment & Selection, U.K., Woman, Job, Workforce Management, Hiring; Blog posts 2008-05-01
Managers' Survey: Interviewees Flunking Etiquette 101: The Find: 59 percent of hiring managers say that job candidates' manners have deteriorated in recent years. The Source: A recent survey from Vault. The Takeaway: With a plethora of sources of advice for interviewees, it...; Tags: Workforce Management, Jessica Stillman, Human Resources, Recruitment & Selection, Hiring Manager, Survey, Interviewee, Hiring, Job; Blog posts 2008-04-23
Happiness Leads To Productivity? Not So, Says Psychologist: You can always count on the folks over at the Freakonomics blog to shake up the conventional thinking, and today they've done it again. Everyone knows that if employees are happy they'll also be productive, right? Hence all the corporate efforts to improve morale. But new research suggests the truth...; Tags: Jessica Stillman, Workforce Management, Human Resources, Recruitment & Selection, Freakonomics, Self-esteem, Job Satisfaction, Job; Blog posts 2007-12-10
New Approaches to Sleuthing Out Applicants' Personalities: A team's success or failure can be the result of lack of technical know-how or poorly planned or executed strategy, but it can also be the result of team members not getting along. Sometimes the biggest difference between two companies is their collective personalities or culture. Yahoo!...; Tags: Jessica Stillman, Workforce Management, Human Resources, Management, Recruitment & Selection, Team Management, Companies Reception Area, Candidate, Team, Job; Blog posts 2007-11-07
The Joys of Being (Occasionally) Wrong: Most people hate being wrong. It might be an obvious truth, but sometimes it's these commonsense ideas, these truths that seem so self-evident that we accept them without question, which turn out to be holding us back. Seth Godin, author of best-selling marketing books "Small is the...; Tags: Seth Godin, Scenario, Job, Recruitment & Selection, Leadership, Strategy, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Management, Jessica Stillman; Blog posts 2007-10-19
Lay-Offs Spread to "Healthy" Sectors: We try to keep you up to date with major economic indicators and the collective wisdom of economists, even if the news isn't very good. Today the 24/7 Wall Street blog, which offers solid analysis of the markets, points out the unsettling reality that layoffs are spreading from the sectors...; Tags: Jessica Stillman, Workforce Management, Human Resources, Recruitment & Selection, Mortgage Bankers Association, Internet Advertising, Fixed Income, Job; Blog posts 2007-10-17
Interview Advice from.... the Police?: Despite the occasional impulse to press charges against a colleague for criminal negligence or stupidity or the passing desire to dust for fingerprints to finally explain who keeps taking your snacks out of the company fridge we generally hope that the world of law enforcement and the world of business...; Tags: Jessica Stillman, Workforce Management, Human Resources, Recruitment & Selection, Officer, Job; Blog posts 2007-10-17
Jobs to Avoid in the 21st Century: As the economy continues to change from goods-based to service-based, some professions are going be winners and some losers. Of course, there's the obvious. The number of manufacturing jobs is likely to continue to fall. You're a textile worker? Maybe consider re-training. But according to Forbes survey of the worst...; Tags: Jessica Stillman, Workforce Management, Human Resources, Recruitment & Selection, Job; Blog posts 2007-10-10
Who's the Creative Class? Nearly Everyone, New Study Reveals: With the economy shifting towards information and technology of all sorts, a company's ability to attract and retain creative people is key to its success. (It's been argued that it's key to the vitality of cities as well.) There's only one small snag. Research out today from the Fairfax County...; Tags: Jessica Stillman, Workforce Management, Human Resources, Recruitment & Selection, Employee, Job; Blog posts 2007-09-21
Bad News from Labor Dept: What Does It Mean?: New employment numbers are out from the Labor Department today, and it's not good news. The economy lost 4,000 jobs in August -- that's the first loss in four years and significantly worse than economists expected. The unemployment rate is steady at 4.6%. The markets are a different matter, however,...; Tags: Human Resources, Workforce Management, Finance, Jessica Stillman, Job, Financial Accounting, Recruitment & Selection, Economist, Financial; Blog posts 2007-09-07
What's the Future of Work?: People have been speculating about the future of work since the first farmer showed up with a pointy stick to plant a seed. Still, the recent changes in technology allowing for globalization and telecommuting, have left many workers feeling like the pace of change is accelerating. This month Business...; Tags: Internet, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Jessica Stillman, Recruitment & Selection, Worker, Business Week, Job, Podcasts; Blog posts 2007-08-10
6 Interview Red Flags That Say "Run Away!": The Find: It's natural to feel elated when you make it through a first interview and are invited back for a second, but don't lose your head and miss these six danger signs that the job may not be for you. The Source: The BusinessWeek Managing blog....; Tags: Job, Interview, Manager, Recruitment & Selection, Social Security, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Government, Jessica Stillman; Blog posts 2008-08-12
Experienced Workers Bring Old Issues to New Jobs: The Find: Hiring managers often pay a premium for experienced workers, but new research reveals that what passes for valuable experience, may actually amount to problematic baggage; training fresh recruits may be the better investment. The Source: "Hiring from Outside the Company: How New People Can Bring...; Tags: Hiring, Job, Worker, Recruitment & Selection, Insurance, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Business Operations, Corporate Insurance, Jessica Stillman; Blog posts 2008-09-04
70% of Graduates Leave Their First Job Within Two Years: The Find: A new study offers empirical support for the notion that Gen Y are a bunch of job hoppers: 70 percent of recent graduates failed to finish two years in their first job and 60 percent of young employees are currently looking for a new job. ...; Tags: Job, Generation Y, Recruitment & Selection, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Jessica Stillman; Blog posts 2008-09-05