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Last week’s The Wall Street Journal article on Quiet Quitting and Quiet Firing includes observations from me on this popular topic. The very next day, Friday, I was interviewed by Fox26 Houston to provide advice to employees who find themselves being a…
Read More It’s foolish to punish quiet quitters in this small-growth economy.
At least half of the workforce is quiet quitting, according to a report published last week by Gallup. Weeks before, The Wall Street Journal reported on the viral spread of the topic on social media, especially TikTok, by Gen Z…
US inflation is at 9.1 percent, the highest level in over 40 years. While wage increases are also at their highest level in four decades — 4.8 percent according to a new Pearl Meyers survey — they are not high enough…
Read More Three Strategies to Help Employees Fight Inflation
People started questioning whether email was dying in the mid-2010s with the rise of channel discussions such as Yammer. In 2018, Inc. Magazine declared that “Email is already dead” because Gen-Z won’t bother with email and the rest of us…
Today on #MemorialDay, we honor all the men and women who sacrificed life and limb for our nation. Please remember to recruit veterans. Have a safe and enjoyable day.
Finding candidates is difficult now. Once you’ve scheduled an interview, don’t weaken the chances of hiring the ideal candidate by making these four classic interview mistakes. Job candidates now have choices, and you want to be No. 1 on their…
Read More Are you making these four classic interview mistakes?
Are you the type of leader that loves to provide positive feedback? Or, are you the type who prefers to tell people what they did wrong? Long-standing research shows that the leaders who provide positive feedback more often than negative,…
Read More How better feedback will help employees — and CEOs
The ongoing labor shortage has forced organizations to start thinking differently about how they are finding individuals with specialized skillsets. Join us on November 3rd as Victor Assad explains the importance of upskilling and reskilling your workforce so you can reduce turn-over…
Read More The ROI of Upskilling and Reskilling Your Workforce
The US tight labor market is requiring companies across several industries to raise pay to attract new, experienced workers. This strategy creates pay compression for existing workers — meaning, they are now underpaid — and leaves them deeply dissatisfied. To…
A recruiter told me last week that job ghosting has started up again, even after her company moved its pay levels to market competitive levels. The prediction I made to her is that by August, the US will have more…
Read More Is your employer brand ready for a labor shortage in 2021?
