Thanks to the Internet and other transformative technological advances, today’s world is fundamentally different from the world of just 25 years ago.

But what about job interviews? They actually haven’t changed much at all. You identify an intriguing resume, call the person in and ask a series of questions. If you are lucky, your candidate provides […]

Platforms such as LinkedIn and new software tools have made do-it-yourself recruiting seem like a viable option under some circumstances. Opting for self-directed recruiting means you will have plenty of control over the process and may appear at face value to be the more economical approach.

Unfortunately, things aren’t always as they seem. Many managers have […]

Last year, General Electric announced it would completely re-engineer its longstanding employee performance review program. This decision—which is in line with similar changes from other prominent firms such as Goldman Sachs, Adobe and Accenture—signals a shift away from the traditional performance review system that has been embedded in corporate culture for decades.

General Electric’s […]

Much has been written about the way data analytics is transforming the way companies produce and market their products and services. For example, think about how marketing departments track your spending patterns and preferences to figure out the optimal way to cultivate your business.

Today, human resource professionals are wielding these powerful analytical tools to help […]

December wasn’t a great month to be a Yahoo! account holder. The company announced it was the victim of the single largest data breach in history, as hackers stole information from more than one billion accounts.

Yahoo! is hardly alone in this regard. Over the last few years, many of the world’s most prominent firms […]

President-elect Donald Trump’s recent intervention to convince the Carrier corporation to keep hundreds of jobs in the United States was a public relations coup. While on the campaign trail, Trump repeatedly blasted Carrier’s plan to move its Indiana plant to Mexico, using the decision as a high-profile example of the deterioration of the U.S. manufacturing […]

“Generation Snowflake.” “The Participation Trophy Generation.” “Entitled, Social Media-Crazed Whiners.”

Millennials have heard it all before. But the truth is that you dismiss young workers at your own peril. As the massive (75 million) Millennial generation moves into the workplace, companies that know how to engage and motivate them will gain a significant competitive advantage. […]

It’s been said that President-elect Trump’s administration will be one of the most unpredictable in recent memory. The President-elect, as a candidate, has departed from standard conservative political orthodoxy on a number of occasions. And the way he has gone about assembling his future cabinet when he takes office is no different.

So what can we […]