As joblessness falls, skilled workers might be hard to find
Source: hrreporter.com U.S. unemployment rate at lowest point since 1969 By Josh Boak Read more…
Tech’s next great opportunity is mid career workers
Source: canadianmanufacturing.com Job transitions have always been an area of challenge for mid-career workers. A research project highlights the potential inherent in reskilling and hiring this pool of talent In the movie The Intern, a 70-year-old Robert De Niro decides to make a career change and lands an internship at an online fashion startup overflowing with young millennials and free food. The running joke in this film is that DeNiro is too “old” to create space for himself in a startup, a world for the “young.”
10 Considerations Before Choosing an Executive Coach
Source: cpiworld.com What functional backgrounds do most Presidents and CEO’s come from? Today many come from the finance area. In the past, they often moved up from sales and marketing, followed closely by operations. No matter which functional area the CEO comes from, he or she had better have a strong understanding of financial issues.
New Managers and Appropriate Boundaries with Employees; Advice on Finding the Right Balance
Source: cpiworld.com Managing people can be extremely rewarding, but it’s not without its challenges. It’s important to establish some boundaries regarding the relationships you have with your direct reports. Through our management training and leadership development programs, Career Partners International (CPI) has over thirty years’ experience helping new managers grow, thrive, and increase contributions to their organizations. Learning how to establish and maintain appropriate boundaries with employees is central to the development of every new manager.