I’m all for getting our heads out of the cube, out of the book, out of wherever, and getting refreshed with a different pace this time of year. But I have to draw the line at doing your own thing while on the company clock. Personal ethics in the workplace says when your employer is […]

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Christmas time is a tough time for anyone to be out of work.  Not only emotionally, but truth is that not a lot of businesses do any hiring in mid-t0-late December.
But — for a short time window — help is here, and it’s free.  The outplacement firm of Challenger, Gray, and Christmas is providing free job search […]

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An article entitled E-learning is a boring distraction recently caught my eye at Management-Issues. My first reaction to the title was “duh!” But only because most of what passes for e-learning is not what I would consider engaging. It’s not my idea of fun to watch an online PowerPoint presentation, even if someone is talking […]

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Unbelievably, I’ve not posted in a few weeks — a few software bugs to kill … some rather large projects on hard deadlines, and of course prepping for the holidays with a certain young stepson making his way back from Iraq — suffice it to say a lot has eaten up my time.
But now we’re back […]

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It seems that companies are starting to see the value of training. I’ve not done a formal study on the matter nor have I seen any official data supporting my hypothesis (although it’s quite possible some exists); it’s just a general observation over the past few months– The need for training employees is finally making […]

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