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How High Gas Prices Might Help Your Work Situation: You've probably noticed what I've noticed: Soaring gas prices are finally, finally, causing people to change their behavior. Take me, for example. I now share my 44-mile commute into Boston with a co-worker, something I thought I would never do. So people are ready to change. How...; Tags: Workforce Management, Benefits, Human Resources, Recruitment & Selection, Telecommuting, Employer, Sean Silverthorne; Blog posts 2008-07-31
Alcohol in the Workplace: Readers Weigh-In: It appears our workplace boozing post touched a few hot buttons, especially those of BNET reader, Acrebel, who is dead set against allowing any alcohol in the workplace, and who lays out a pretty tight case against it: I am utterly opposed to alcohol in the workplace, for...; Tags: Drinkers, Recruitment & Selection, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Michael Mattis, Workplace, Alcohol; Blog posts 2008-07-29
Sutton: Calculate Your "Total Cost of Jerks": The Find: If you really want to motivate yourself and your company to root out jerks and their productivity and creativity sucking behavior, one business guru suggest you calculate your TCJ: total cost of jerks. The Source: An article entitled "Building the Civilized Workplace" by No Asshole...; Tags: Jerk, Bob Sutton, Recruitment & Selection, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Jessica Stillman; Blog posts 2008-07-28
Productivity and the Three-Martini Lunch: Watch the AMC series "Mad Men," and you'd think that workplace boozing was key to productivity. Well, the three-martini lunch may be a thing of the past, but boozing and work still go hand-in-hand in many office cultures. From the company holiday party, to the monthly beer-bash,...; Tags: Workplace, Beverage, Alcohol, Marin Institute, Recruitment & Selection, Food & Beverage, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Manufacturing, Michael Mattis; Blog posts 2008-07-25
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

LinkedIn: The Business Antidote to Facebook?: Expanding on yesterday's blog on the diminishing ROI for business users of Facebook, Harvard Business Online blogger John SvioklaÂ checks in with a positive look at its main competitor for business users, LinkedIn. His take: LinkedIn delivers tremendous reach to business professionals for a relatively small investment....; Tags: Sean Silverthorne, Human Resources, Internet, Finance, Facebook, LinkedIn, John Sviokla, Roi/Tco, Blogging, Strategic Planning, Recruitment & Selection, Workforce Management, Management, Managerial Accounting, Strategy; Blog posts 2008-07-25
The Building Blocks of Quotable Quotes: If you want to make sure the information you are trying to get across is picked up, you need to make sure it is interesting. Too often, business information is full of fluff words and jargon that makes it impossible for other people to care. But what...; Tags: Workforce Management, Jon Greer, Human Resources, Recruitment & Selection, Product; Blog posts 2008-07-24
Should We Embrace a Four-Day Workweek?: As the price of fuel continues to skyrocket, there's a workplace trend afoot to shortening workweeks to save energy. In Utah, administrative offices will be closed on Fridays while hours will be extended Monday through Thursday.Â Birmingham, Ala. implemented a truncated schedule for city employees on July 1, and officials...; Tags: Workplace, Robert LaJeunesse, Recruitment & Selection, Workforce Management, Human Resources, CC Holland; Blog posts 2008-07-23
How Panel Interviews Can Make Hiring Easier: Are you hiring? If you are, chances are you've been spending a good chunk of your time sitting in one-on-one interviews with a multitude of candidates, many or most who won't make it past this initial grilling. But there's a way you can increase your interview efficiency and improve your...; Tags: Hiring, Candidate, Panel Interview, Recruitment & Selection, Human Resources, Workforce Management, CC Holland; Blog posts 2008-07-22
Is My Job 'Offshorable'? You Might be Surprised: In a much debated research paper last year, Princeton economist Alan S. Blinder concluded that up to 38 million jobs, or 29 percent, of US jobs are potentially offshorable within the next couple of decades -- that is, capable of being outsourced to workers in other countries. ...; Tags: Outsourcing & Subcontracting, Sean Silverthorne, Business Operations, Workforce Management, It Operations, Human Resources, Outsourcing, Offshoring, Blinder, Recruitment & Selection, Worker, Job; Blog posts 2008-07-22
U.S. Outsourcing Brains, Insourcing Management: Seems like it's Cosmopolitan Day here at BNET. Over at the Corner Office, Peter Galuszka notes that U.S. companies are, in increasing numbers, tapping executives and board members from abroad, notably China and India (Or, as the kids are calling it, Chindia.) Meanwhile, BNET1's...; Tags: Canada, Board, Workforce Management, Michael Mattis, Human Resources, Corporate Law, Business Operations, Recruitment & Selection, Government, Corporate Governance; Blog posts 2008-07-22
Putting the Service-Profit Chain to Work: What drives growth and profitability in a service business? Highly satisfied customers. And to keep those customers profitable, you need to manage all the aspects of your operation that affect customer satisfaction--what the authors call the...; Tags: Thomas O. Jones, Human Resources, Payroll Solutions, Marketing, Workforce Management, Recruitment & Selection, Product Marketing, Customer Loyalty, Reichheld, Service Quality, Employee Satisfaction, Customer, James L. Heskett, Jr., Gary W. Loveman, In Brief, Leonard A. Schlesinger, W. Earl Sasser, Harvard Business Review; Articles 2008-07-18
The Top 10 Catalysts for Great Ideas: Idea Champions recently conducted a poll to discover which catalysts spurred its clients' brightest ideas. While many of them involved solitary activities or reflection, two of the top five -- brainstorming with others and collaborating with a partner -- reveal the power of team ideation in sparking creativity. A third...; Tags: Workforce Management, CC Holland, Management, Recruitment & Selection, Team Management, Idea, Team, Teamwork, Human Resources, Catalyst, Cisco Catalyst; Blog posts 2008-07-17
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
Five Essential Productivity Apps for Your iPhone 3G: If you'llÂ tear yourself away from Bejeweled 2 for just a minute, you can actually put your new or updated iPhone to productive use. Here are five App Store gems -- four of which are free -- you'll definitely want to check out. (Note that all links require iTunes.) ...; Tags: Workforce Management, Human Resources, 3G, Recruitment & Selection, App, Jott, Job, Apple iPhone, Cellular Phones, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Rick Broida; Blog posts 2008-07-15
4 Ways to Improve Your Workplace Relations: Former White House spokesman Tony SnowÂ succumbed last weekend to colon cancer, but his legacy of effective interpersonal interactions lives on, says Kris Dunn. Dunn says Snow inspired four lessons that can help people improve their professional approaches. 1. Be willing to put your...; Tags: CC Holland, Human Resources, Recruitment & Selection, Dunn, White House, Workplace, Job, Workforce Management; Blog posts 2008-07-15
Six Ways to Stay Productive When You're Unemployed: Out of work? You're probably going a bit out of your mind. Whether you left on your own or found a pink-slip in your inbox, it can be really difficult to cope with your "job-transition" phase. Personal-development site Organize IT offers six tactics for keeping your sanity while you're unemployed,...; Tags: Habit, Recruitment & Selection, Leadership, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Management, Rick Broida; Blog posts 2008-07-14
Do Bizarre Interview Questions Serve a Purpose?: When you're talking to a job candidate, do you ask what superpowers he'd like to have? No? Then obviously you're missing out on the newly anointed best practice of asking ridiculous questions in the name of thorough interviewing. It's not a new trend (Microsoft's been known for...; Tags: Job, Question, Candidate, Recruitment & Selection, Food & Beverage, Workforce Management, Human Resources, Manufacturing, CC Holland; Blog posts 2008-07-14
Study: U.S. Exporting Fair Hiring Practices: The Find: American firms have been found to follow U.S. anti-discrimination laws even when hiring in countries without regulations against bias in hiring, spreading American ideas of fair hiring practices across the world. The Source: A new study of gender and age discrimination co-written by a University...; Tags: Hiring, Gender, Recruitment & Selection, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Jessica Stillman; Blog posts 2008-07-11
Change Is Easier Than You Think: In a fun and mind-turning essay, Michael T. Kanazawa argues People Don't Hate Change, They Hate How You're Trying To Change Them It starts out with a cold slap in the face: "According to a summary of over 40 research studies on change, the success rate of...; Tags: Michael Fitzgerald, Workforce Management, Management, Human Resources, Strategy, Recruitment & Selection, Company Management, Michael T. Kanazawa, Change, Essay; Blog posts 2008-07-10