Greetings from the Workforce Institute Executive Summit
Tuesday, 10. 21. 2008 – Category: All Blog Posts, Management Tips, Meaning of Work, Workforce Development
Today I emceed the second annual Workforce Institute Executive Summit – a day long session we run for executives who are attending our KronosWorks conference. You can find today’s agenda and speaker bios at www.workforceinstitute.org/event.
Here are some of my favorite insights from today’s speakers:
From Rich Karlgaard, Publisher of Forbes –
Why do people feel [...]
Treating Hourly Workers like Professional Employees
Tuesday, 09. 23. 2008 – Category: All Blog Posts, Employee Retention, Labor Market, Workforce Development
Today’s post is courtesy of our board member, Steven T. Hunt, Ph.D, SPHR.
A recent study found that many American workers between 18 and 29 plan to remain in hourly jobs for the majority of their careers (Gurchiek, 2008). This includes careers in what are sometimes viewed as “entry-level” hourly jobs found in the retail, service, [...]
My Chat with Robert Reich
Wednesday, 09. 17. 2008 – Category: All Blog Posts, Podcast, Workforce Development
I recently had the opportunity to interview Robert Reich, Professor of Public Policy at the Goldman School of Public Policy at the University of California at Berkeley and former secretary of labor under President Bill Clinton. Professor Reich has written eleven books, including The Work of Nations, which has been translated into 22 languages; the [...]
Running on Empty
Wednesday, 08. 20. 2008 – Category: All Blog Posts, Employee Retention, Management Tips, Workforce Development
We’ve just published the results of our newest Harris Interactive survey. In this poll of 1106 working adults, our goal was to understand how the current state of the economy is impacting the average worker. Not surprisingly, many of these respondents indicated that they were cutting back on discretionary expenditures such as eating out and [...]
The View from the Ground Floor
Tuesday, 07. 29. 2008 – Category: All Blog Posts, Employee Retention, Labor Market, Workforce Development
Guest Blog submitted by: Greg Scott, Jennifer Earls, Kelley Kossakoski
Hello, everyone! We are excited to introduce you to a unique miniseries at the Workforce Institute, a series of blog posts that will follow the early stages of professional development of three recent entrants into the working world. We’ll tackle issues that affect how generations interact [...]
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