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Why Allowing Telecommuting Is (And Isn’t) A Good Idea

Posted on January 28, 2015 by VoiceGlance
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In February of 2013, Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer made headlines across the world – most of them negative – after she decreed that employees at the fledgling tech company could no longer work from home. Studies show people who work from home are more efficient, have less conflict with colleagues, are happier and they save the company money on overhead costs. So was Mayer’s move an “epic fail”? Not necessarily. There are a lot of compelling reasons to let employees work from home and it should definitely be offered to all employees, at least on a partial basis. But there …Read more »

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The Best Christmas Bonus A Company Can Give

Posted on November 30, 2014 by VoiceGlance
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Now that Thanksgiving has passed, it is time for businesses to figure out what to give their employees for Christmas. There is the traditional Christmas bonus, a custom that (perhaps rightfully) is going by the wayside. There is the Christmas party, which could be fun, but can also lead to uncomfortable situations and often becomes a JATTP (just another thing to plan). Both of those options have major downsides, which I’ll get into. Instead, there is a better solution out there, which avoids the major pitfalls of the two aforementioned ones: an unexpected day off. No employee, in any job, wouldn’t …Read more »

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Is Uber’s Audacious Recruiting Tactic Smart Business?

Posted on November 24, 2014 by VoiceGlance
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Earlier this year, Lyft drivers across the nation were experiencing a familiar phenomenon: they would pick up an Uber recruiter acting as a passenger, who would then spend the entire trip convincing the Lyft driver to take a job driving at Uber. Specifically, the drivers were offered more money per hour and up to a $1,000 bonus to join the rival driving service, according to various news reports.  The move was just part of a master plan by Uber entitled Operation SLOG designed to crush their biggest competitor. It is hard to argue that the plan is ethical, as Uber …Read more »

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Want A Raise? Take A Vacation

Posted on November 13, 2014 by VoiceGlance
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In 2013, American workers permanently lost 169 million days of vacation time they didn’t use, the most in four decades, according to ustravel.org. That’s time that cannot be rolled over, paid out or used for any benefit whatsoever, just lost forever. That totals $52.4 billion workers just gave away. Essentially, rather than take the time they were due off, millions of American workers said to their bosses, “Hey, no problem, we’ll work for free.” Sounds like a great deal for businesses, right? All those extra man hours for free? Well, when you really analyze it, it isn’t. Instead, businesses would …Read more »

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The World’s Most Successful People Are On HGH (Proverbially)

Posted on November 10, 2014 by VoiceGlance
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Human Growth Hormone (HGH) is among the most controversial drugs in the world. Some have heralded it as the fountain of youth, a way to counteract the aging process. Others have declared it incredibly dangerous and unproven, and it has been banned in most major sports, such as the NFL, MLB and the Olympics. What exactly are the positive and negatives? Well, the fact is HGH hasn’t been studied enough to answer that question definitively, but many suggest it essentially amplifies whatever your body is doing naturally. So that means muscle cells are built faster, as an example, so you …Read more »

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Why Performance Reviews Are Good (And How To Do Them Right)

Posted on October 30, 2014 by VoiceGlance
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It is pretty clear: everyone hates the performance review. The Wall Street Journal, every so often, writes an editorial saying it is time to get rid of the performance review. Invariably, it is incredibly popular, with workers across the country chiming in with stories of their own horrible experiences. The battle cry is similar to dozens of other populist arguments favoring the proverbial little guy against “the man”. But, like many populist arguments, what it lacks in precision and real-life applicability it makes up for in appeal. The fact is, performance reviews of some sort are an essential part of …Read more »

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Why Capital One’s Approach Is The Future Of Hiring

Posted on October 1, 2014 by VoiceGlance
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  If you are searching for a company that best exemplifies the future of hiring, look no further than Capital One, the Virginia-based banking company. Capital One distinguishes itself from other banks by stressing its focus on analytics, a keystone of today’s information age. And that is reflected in their hiring process, where seemingly every aspect – including the oft-overlooked candidate experience facet – is quantified, analyzed and expected to improve. What Capital One is trying to do is something many companies in America are trying to accomplish as well – take a process (hiring) that for years has been …Read more »

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How The Web Has Flipped Hiring On Its Head

Posted on September 24, 2014 by VoiceGlance
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For more than a century, the challenges facing hiring managers remained constant. Because there was no easy way to reach people, applicant pools were limited by things like geography and just lack of access, and the fundamental issue was finding good applicants. Back then (which was only about a decade ago), there were only a few ways to build an applicant pool. Obviously, one was to go through your own networks or post the job internally. The second was to take an ad out in a newspaper, post a “help wanted” sign on the office building or go to career …Read more »

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Want to Get Rich? Forget About the Money.

Posted on September 19, 2014 by VoiceGlance
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I was talking to my brother the other day, and while he was never particularly gifted with words, he gave me the best career advice I’d ever gotten. He said, “Paul, the key to work is to find something you don’t mind doing. And then you’ll spend a lot of time there and work late, because you won’t mind doing it.” Pretty simple, right? But I think the deeper lesson in those words is the true key to getting rich: ironically, you can only get rich when work becomes about something other than the money. My Evidence The world’s most …Read more »

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Forget Superman. Hire Like The Hulk

Posted on September 16, 2014 by VoiceGlance
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Want to overtake your rival? Maybe it comes down to writing better job descriptions. For years, Marvel played catchup to its chief rival, DC. DC would come up with some new comic character (like say the Joker) or some new idea (like having all their superheroes fight together in the Justice League), and Marvel would follow suit (i.e. the Green Goblin and the Avengers). And yet, today, that’s completely flipped. Marvel is now the leader in the pack, particularly when it comes to movies, the chief revenue and interest generator of both comic book companies. After all, it was Marvel …Read more »

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