National Payroll Week (September 6-10 this year) was created to celebrate the administrative and finance workers who pretty much keep the world turning: payroll professionals. In fact, the celebration actually acknowledges “America’s employees and the payroll professionals who pay them,” adding that, “together, through payroll withholding, we contribute, collect, report, and deposit 70 percent of …
Celebrating Payroll Professionals
Celebrating Payroll Professionals:
Advice to job seekers and hiring companies in an uncertain economy
Currency concerns, unemployment, earthquakes?! A combination of factors have come together in the past several months to create an economy that is….well, a little unstable to say the least. This instability can make it difficult for both job seekers and employers alike to know what’s next, what’s around the bend and how to manage. Based …
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Making Sure Your LinkedIn Profile Matches Your Resume
The pandemic has turned what was a years-long robust candidate market into one that greatly favors employers. Businesses now can be very picky about which candidates they wish to interview because so many people have lost their jobs in recent months. In fact, I’ve had two instances of the following happen to my candidates in …
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Managing after Downsizing
Millions of Americans lost their jobs at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic earlier this year, with the unemployment rate reaching 14.7 percent in April, the highest since the Great Depression almost 90 years ago. In fact, so many lost their jobs that even now, more than six months later, 7.9 percent of us are unemployed (September’s rate). …
How Talent Mobility in the ‘New Normal’ is Changing the Talent Landscape
If 2020 has taught us anything it’s that workforce agility is key not only to success but to survival. As the world shut down due to COVID-19 at the beginning of the year, businesses of all types and sizes also hunkered down – at home. Entire workforces – many of which had never previously worked …
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How to Get Your Dream Job (Even If You Think You’re Underqualified)
It happens all the time – you’re scanning job postings and you come across your dream job. Maybe it’s the title you’ve always wanted, or a company that you’ve been dying to work for. Your excitement quickly fades, however, as you realize your years of experience are just shy of what they’re asking for, or …
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Inclusion: What Is It and How Can We Become More Inclusive
So we’re still talking among ourselves – a lot – about diversity and inclusion in hiring. We wrote here a couple of weeks ago about hiring for cultural fit, and how it can sometimes result in hiring for “unconscious bias.” We’re not done. Our virtual “water cooler” discussions are ongoing, and we’ve found that we …
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Questions to Answer or Avoid if You Are Represented by a Recruiter
Let’s say you’re on an interview for a job opportunity you found yourself. Things are going well. In fact, they are going so well that you’re called back for a second or even third interview and then – oh, happy, happy day!!! – you’re offered the job and the hiring manager asks you what your …
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