Posts Tagged: realstreet staffing
Becoming a Problem Finder
Recent business research has focused not on problem solving skills but on problem finding skills. Having problem finding skills means finding problems before they become major hindrances to a business. How does one become a problem finder? It’s about more than just a set of skills, but a whole different outlook, one that takes curiosity Read more »
How Keeping a Work Diary Will Help Your Career
Keeping a diary is ordinarily not something we associate with a work strategy, but recording daily thoughts and events can actually help in providing focus to what we are doing, in giving us more patience, in providing ideas to help with planning, and in helping with personal growth. At first, keeping a diary may seem Read more »
What a Chamber Orchestra Can Teach Us About Leadership and Career Satisfaction
In the world of classical music, orchestra musicians are notoriously unhappy – with a job satisfaction lower than that of a prison guard. While at the same time, the people at the top of the job satisfaction ladder are chamber orchestra musicians. It is this dichotomy that has important lessons for everyone on how to Read more »
Gender Stereotyping in the Workplace
A recent study has shown that the way managers are viewed is likely to change in the future as more women move into management positions. Currently, only about two percent of the CEOs of Fortune 500 companies are women. And so when most people think of leaders, they envision a male in the position. But Read more »
Empowering Employees
While mechanization is certainly an integral part of how businesses operate today, the human factor is still vital in countless areas of manufacturing, sales and transportation. Keeping workers engaged in their jobs is vital to maintaining a high level of production. There is much a company can do to create an environment where workers feel Read more »
Employee Communication Skills and Company Success
They are referred to in different ways – communications skills, personality traits, soft skills. But whatever they are called, recent studies have shown that they are just as important to a company’s success as other more quantifiable business skills. About 75 percent of those surveyed identified these employee skills as necessary to success. These skills Read more »
Why the “Overqualified” Candidate May be Your Best Candidate
If you are an employer and, in the course of your recruiting, you come across applicants who seem to have more education and experience than are required for the job, don’t reject them out of hand. As a matter of fact, give them serious consideration. As much as this seems to intuitively go against the Read more »
U.S. Firms Lag in Assisting Employees with Work/Life Balance
Companies in the United States do well in handling problems of discrimination in the workplace, but they don’t rate quite as well in aiding employees’ family life. That was the result of a recent study that compared U.S. companies with other firms in 173 countries on their guidelines for working families. The study used information Read more »
Market for Online Learning Growing
The market for online learning — where users go at their own pace and on their own schedule — has been growing constantly, led by the corporate sector, one of the top users of online training. Small- and medium-size businesses also are using online training much more than in the past. According to a recent Read more »
Creating a New Year’s Career Resolution and Following Through
With the new year just begun, many people may have made a career resolution or two: “This year, I’ll get at least a five percent raise.” “This year, I’ll go to my boss before June and ask for a promotion.” And, while these certainly can be worthwhile plans, resolutions of any type too often fall Read more »