No one should respect the “Best Places To Work” lists, even remotely
Pay-to-play and PR tactics vs. an actual examination of culture, respect, and management. Continue Reading
Best Places To Work
What would actually make someplace a good place to work?
Ain’t about those ping pong tables, Scott. Continue Reading
Great place to work myth: Compensation
There are hundreds of studies about what makes a great place to work, yes? And most bear out this idea that compensation is NOT paramount in that equation — although executives are often confused by this. Continue Reading
Here’s an incredible stat about lack of leadership training
I come across posts like this one all the time, that in turn have images like this: In a way, it can all be BS — 42 percent seems like a high number in some respects, but what does that really mean? Isn’t the… Continue Reading
Where are the best cities for jobs for young people?
Good article from Richard Florida over at CityLab — formerly The Atlantic Cities — on where jobs are for young (25-34 year-olds, essentially) people these days. I’ve probably summarized about 3/4 of Florida’s articles over the past six months, so at this point I… Continue Reading
The best place for a career in 2014
I love “best places to live” studies and research, because I think it’s a fundamental question of the next generation coming up in the workplace. The Utah and Colorado areas always tend to do very well, and you can also… Continue Reading
Good managers are super rare. 82 percent of manager hires end up being the wrong one. (Whoa.) Here’s why (kinda).
People are staggeringly bad at managing others. Can we fix that? Continue Reading
Fun with labor, maps, and statistics: if you want to find a job, move to North Dakota, Nebraska, or Dallas
I love data on jobs and job searching, probably because my own life is a wreck with that stuff right now. I started out looking at unemployment rate by state — to a coastal-bias person, it would seem crazy that the… Continue Reading