Employment Trends

Are Your Employees’ Hours Quality Time or Quantity Time?

By Tim Berry - Dec 5, 2007 - 5 Comments

Remember the debate about quantity time vs. quality time? It was a popular topic a few years ago, but back then it was about parenting. I think we should consider applying that same concept to the workplace in business. As an employer, do you want people staying late working? Is that productivity? … Read More

Entrepreneurs, Does Retirement Fit Into Your Plans?

By David Bohl - Nov 19, 2007 - 11 Comments

Approximately 78 million Americans comprise the Baby Boomer demographic. If you are one of the many born after World War II, then you were likely brought up as I was ... believing that you had to make sacrifices to get ahead and earn a respectable living. Our generation was taught from a tender … Read More

Freelancers: New Blog and Community Resources at Elance

By Anita Campbell - Nov 13, 2007 - 14 Comments

Elance recently launched a variety of community resources at their website, including a company blog and forums. Elance is the online marketplace where small businesses can hire Web designers, writers, admins and other freelancers to staff projects. Or, if you are a freelancer yourself, it is … Read More

20-Something Business Trends: The High School Graduate

By Graham Lutz - Oct 23, 2007 - 33 Comments

By Graham Lutz I didn't go to college ... well, I did for a bit but then I fired all my teachers and got married and started some businesses. During that time frame, I got more bad looks, condescending talks, and college vs. high school stats than I could ever imagine. Most of them from my … Read More

Business Awards Can Attract and Retain Employee Talent

By Anita Campbell - Sep 24, 2007 - 2 Comments

GotVMail.com is a business that has been racking up awards and recognitions right and left. For instance, recently they were named a "Rising Star" in Deloitte & Touche's Technology Fast 50. Earlier this year they were named to the Inc 500. The company also won a 2006 Best Technology award … Read More

Entrepreneurs Need Both Facebook and LinkedIn

By Anita Campbell - Jul 26, 2007 - 43 Comments

For several years I have been using LinkedIn and getting good value from it. For anyone who is not familiar with LinkedIn, it's a useful site where you can create a professional profile of yourself, almost like an online resume. These days, few of us get a job for life. Instead, you have to take … Read More

If Hiring Slows How do You Boost Morale?

By Anita Campbell - Mar 14, 2007 - 1 Comment

Manpower issued its Manpower Employment Outlook Survey yesterday (March 13, 2007) concluding that employers plan to tone down hiring activity during the second quarter of 2007: "A look at the last three quarters of survey data suggests that employers are shifting into neutral when it comes to … Read More

Small Business Employment Trends for 2007

By John Mariotti - Jan 23, 2007 - 7 Comments

Editor's Note: One of the areas that keeps evolving and changing is the workplace -- how we earn a living. Our guest expert, John Mariotti, has been observing and tracking changes in the workplace and what it means. In this guest article he comments on the implications for small business employment … Read More

Flash Movie: Career Choices

By Anita Campbell - Jan 8, 2007 - 4 Comments

Anna Johnson has sent me a link to another of her fun Flash movies to watch. This one's called Career Choices. I'm not sure if the point is you should find a career that you are temperamentally suited for, or if the point is not to let yourself get stereotyped. Either way, it's a lot of fun to … Read More

Job Candidates With Body Art: Hire Or Not?

By Jack Yoest - Oct 10, 2006 - 11 Comments

The US Army is getting more recruits with tattoos. And so are you. One third of the population 18 to 29 has a tattoo. Your Business Blogger is outside this age range and our five-kid penta-posse has not yet demanded needles with ink. But this is an exploding trend that will affect small … Read More

Small Business Super Star Hiring Hassle

By Jack Yoest - Sep 12, 2006 - 8 Comments

Microsoft can hire anyone (or anything) it wants. The business giant has one real point measurement for hiring. IQ There may be a lesson here for the small business owner. Your Business Blogger has interviewed, hired and managed (computer) coders, sales reps...and government … Read More

Job Interviews: When To Lie

By Jack Yoest - Sep 5, 2006 - 3 Comments

He that covers his sins shall not prosper. Ancient Jewish Proverb. There seems to be a disturbing trend that all business owners are facing: job candidates who lie. Mitch, The Window Manager, one of the best business blogs in the business, had a reader in a job interview with a dilemma: How … Read More