More than a living

That seat in which you’re sitting right now? It’s not going to be the same one you’re sitting in the day you retire.
I’m not a betting man, but I feel that’s a pretty safe bet.
You see, jobs aren’t permanent. They haven’t been for a long, long time. And yet, we all get caught up in […]

Toby and I have had our recent rants on job titles and their ever increasing irrelevance. We’re a cranky lot. We like to criticize a great deal. And I’ll let you in on a little something. Keep this a secret, but… we may be a little picky. Shh. I’m only telling you because I like […]

And according to Techcrunch, the job-hunting sites are keeping true to the effort by sucking, as well.
Okay, the fact that job sites are largely ineffective isn’t really news. But the head-scratcher here was that these things have been around for 10 years.
10 years!
Doing exactly the same thing–by and large–that newspapers have been doing for decades […]

Cameron Moll of Authentic Boredom was taking a look at the recent job listings on his site. And he’s provided some analysis of his review.
My favorite? The second bullet under the analysis. Specifically:
In today’s job market, I question the usefulness of such vague titles as “Web Designer” and “Web Developer”. While that may be the […]

According to the Houston Chronicle–or as the hip kids like to call it “The Chron”–half of your stellar employees may be looking for a new gig.
No. I’m serious.
Forty-seven percent of your most productive, most creative, most valuable workers are mailing out resumes, going on job interviews, even contemplating other offers.
I know. Take a second to […]

If I could say it better than Kathy Sierra, I would, but I can’t. (If I could draw cool pictures like Kathy, I would, too.)
If all managers like you, are you safer than if some think you’re amazing while others think you’re the poster child for Bad Hiring Decisions?
No one is safe. We’re all expendable. […]

As usual, the pig got me thinking again.
In this entry, Jack is talking about customer happiness and loyalty, but it got me to thinking about employee happiness and loyalty.
Try reading the quote he cites from Fred Reichheld, “the preeminent authority on customer loyalty”:
Don’t get yourself in a dither about customer loyalty. Studies find that while […]

Dumb Little Man isn’t so dumb. Take a look at the 50+ Ways a Manager can get Employees to Quit. Other than likely having a few more to add to the list, my only change would be the title of the post.
You see, in my mind, this is a list of more than 50 ways […]

I can’t really conceive of a results-only work environment. This sounds like a fixed-bid, sub-contractor kind of gig, where expectations are easily spelled out, and results easily evaluated. (And evaluation of the results seems like the real challenge.)
This hasn’t held Best Buy back from taking the plunge. In a Workforce Management article “Throwing out […]

Labor revolution has taken us from transformational to transactional and now to tacit work. Personal brands matter most when what you buy is intellectual property. You aren’t going to make your name based solely on the hours you work, or the volume of paper you shuffle in a day. You need to strut your hard-won […]