Social Media Can Influence Your Hiring Decisions

Social Media Can Influence Your Hiring Decisions

Social media can be a useful tool for managers when hiring, promoting or even assigning new projects. Your job candidates or high potentials look great on paper, and present well in person, but does their professionalism extend to their online presence? Consider...
Social Media Can Influence Your Hiring Decisions

The Importance of Discretion: A Cautionary Tale

Sometimes the things I see and hear while traveling on business seem too surreal to be true. Unfortunately, that’s not the case with this story from my travels… This really happened. I had just delivered a business etiquette training program for new hires at a major...
Social Media Can Influence Your Hiring Decisions

3 Strategies to Avoid Career-Killing Behaviors & Mistakes

Often, it’s the new hires who need the most help navigating corporate politics and office dynamics – but not always. Even seasoned employees can have career-hurting missteps. Here’s a story of the former… A colleague’s college-senior son – let’s call him James – had a...
Social Media Can Influence Your Hiring Decisions

Advocates Can Help Your Career

One of my past coaching clients recently reached out to me to reconnect. He was proud of his latest accomplishment — moving from a sales role to a marketing position within the same organization. Greg felt he would have a better opportunity for advancement and...
Social Media Can Influence Your Hiring Decisions

Generation Why … Don’t They Get It?

Never before have American workplaces seen such generational diversity – there are Baby Boomers working alongside Generation X and Millennials (aka Generation Y), and even some working past typical retirement age. This wide mix of employee age groups can result in...