by Caroline | Apr 3, 2013 | Company Culture, Compensation and Benefits, Hiring, Management, People Evaluation, Recruiting, teamwork, Training
Let’s just get it out in the open: There are a lot of reasons why older IT workers have trouble finding jobs. And It’s not just because younger people discriminate against them or because older IT workers refuse to adapt to the current environment, although both of...
by Caroline | Mar 13, 2013 | Company Culture, teamwork, Telecommuting, company culture, management
The recent announcement that Yahoo is calling in all of its telecommuters highlights the fact that all kinds of romantic mythology has , developed around the practice. One view holds telecommuting as the panacea whereby companies save money on office space, people...
by Caroline | Feb 6, 2013 | Company Culture, People Evaluation, teamwork, Telecommuting, company culture, management, Training
It’s generally considered a bad idea to condemn large groups of people on the basis of a single characteristic. Unless they’re middle managers. Since the 1980s middle managers have been fair game for every kind of disparagement. They’ve been called Dilberts, labeled...
by Caroline | Jan 16, 2013 | Company Culture, Compensation and Benefits, Hiring, HRCompliance, Labor Law, Recruiting, rewards, teamwork, Telecommuting, company culture, management
Startups, what’s your exit strategy? You created this cool thingamajig, wowed them in pitch competitions, got your customers and now it looks like somebody might buy your company or you’re ready for an Initial Public Offering. You know you have to have all your...
by Caroline | Nov 28, 2012 | Hiring, Recruiting, teamwork, Telecommuting, company culture, management
Setting aside the fact that it’s a little creepy to have Jobvite crawling around in your social media drawers, it is actually a great tool. Applications like Jobvite or Appirio turn every employee in your company—who is willing to participate—into a recruiter. When...
by Caroline | Oct 8, 2012 | Company Culture, Hiring, People Evaluation, Recruiting, rewards, teamwork
Every company wants a great company culture, but most have no idea how to get one. That’s because it’s harder than it looks. Great culture isn’t about having a cool office or getting to wear shorts to work. Great culture is about the way people treat each other in...
