From a purely business focus what Ira says about retention should be obvious, but I suspect many people don’t get it, despite the fact that it wasn’t that long ago when the economy was doing well, and the job market was ripe for the picking as a seeker. That’s changed, but it will change again….
I found this opening paragraph pretty interesting in and of itself. With the current uncertainty in our daily lives, many people are more stressed than ever. Conventional wisdom says to eat well, exercise, and relax to reduce stress. While that’s all great advice, studies show that learning may relieve stress better than relaxing. In recent…
I’ve been thinking about this when it comes to law firms rusing to “get back to normal”. Are they considering what happens to staff with kids who may or may not be going to daycare over the Summer, let alone to school in the Fall? “Last week, I received an email from my children’s principal,…
Sarah Anderson lays out one area where being a “know-it-all” is actually pretty dangerous. Unfortunately, many cybersecurity professionals either refuse or fail to accept the basic premise that he/she does not and cannot know everything. This failure or refusal is dangerous as cybersecurity requires a constant education and re-education from uncommon sources – news, Twitter,…
It seems like someone I know, or know about, is sharing their experience of layoffs or salary cuts, or just finding some other reason to be looking for a job at least once a week now. So, naturally I’ve been keeping an eye out for anything that I think might be useful for some of…
There is a lot to think about in the article below, things that many companies are still trying to figure out, because the changes we’ve made over the last few months when it comes to where work gets done, are not going away any time soon. “The tools offices provide natively, the utilities and services…