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Career
20th July 2008
Brains like mush, eager to please and boy they sure want to have fun!
Last year the Government commissioned research on how employable Graduates were. The answer was: not very.
But why? The reason was simple - most had no exposure to professional wo...
20th July 2008
What’s your view of younger workers? Our research shows most employers think they are disloyal, demanding, impatient job hoppers (and that’s ignoring the expletives).
Positive (?) comments include Great if you can keep them.
Why so negative abou...
20th July 2008
Most business people believe there is a talent crisis.
Why? Because every professional conference in Human Resources or Retention or Recruiting, starts with a version of:
* Talent is scarce because the population is aging
* You must spend b...
20th July 2008
In February, an interview with Toby Marshall was published in Shortlist on the Talent Scarcity Myth. This is an industry magazine, and it drew a lot of Comments as for many in the industry, the belief in scarcity is like a mantra (not surprising given all...
20th July 2008
It’s amazing.
Graduate from university and you are paid $50,000 or more, have a big training budget and lots of expensive management attention.
12 months earlier and all you could do was flip burgers.
How does this miracle happen? It’s the sa...
20th July 2008
The Grad Most Wanted was in her 5th and final year at Uni and in April it was time to look for graduate roles. The Piranha Recruiting Frenzy really took off with huge give-aways, big functions and lots of marketing spend as the big firms competed for the ...
20th July 2008
Sue was the one everybody wanted.
Definitely someone ‘most likely to succeed’. Talented, smart, great academic results, ambitious, mature, organised, sociable and she loves her touch rugby team. Just an all round great kid who will have a great car...
20th July 2008
Well, what we all want from jobs, but they actually expect it and walk without it.
Accused by Boomers with being demanding and fragile, it’s more that they value feedback and input. It’s not that they are slackers or easily distracted as much as th...
20th July 2008
The world of business is so different from fifty years ago. One big change is WHEN our smartest young people enter the workforce - they are MUCH older.
But how we bring graduates into the corporate world doesn’t recognise or allow for these changes -...
20th July 2008
Distance learning in education services prepares students for various careers in the field of education. Some of the educational services are elementary and secondary school teacher, college and university faculty, instructional coordinator, vocational ed...
20th July 2008
12 Self Evident Propositions
Yes, there are minor exceptions to each Proposition
Yes, each could be expressed more tactfully and qualified with more words (as we have in my books and media articles)
But words just remove the spotlight from the si...
18th July 2008
Right way of assessing ability, aptitude and personality
Psychometric assessment has now become an important part of the hiring process in companies. It is also regarded as an important component in increasi...
18th July 2008
Best way to know someone personally
Definition of personality profiling:
In general, personality of an individual encompasses the entire behavioural pattern of the individual. It includes the temperament of a person as well as his or her emotional ...
18th July 2008
Are you looking for a career that you can really get excited about? If so, you will want to find one that matches your personality. And although this may sound difficult, it is more than possible if you are dedicated to doing a bit of extra work. Remember...
18th July 2008
Hiring successful sales people and sales managers requires a scientific process, not a resume and interview ritual. You’ve probably been fooled many times from a great impression at the interview, and then the person didn’t cut it. S/he either quit,...
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