The Bamboo Project Blog

FEBRUARY 14, 2013

. Last week I wrote about an elephant in the room of careers and employment that we aren't really acknowledging or discussing--the fact that there are 3.3 job seekers for every available job opening. . Today I want to acknowledge another elephant in the room that is the reality for both those who are unemployed and those who are currently working. It is this (and pardon my bluntness here): From a job seeker perspective, many, many jobs suck.

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Strategic HCM

FEBRUARY 21, 2013

I''ve previously posted on my first couple of sessions at Learning Technologies this year but never got as far as the afternoon sessions. But after lunch we had Bersin, describing some of the findings from their UK Training Factbook, and they''ve also since ran a webinar describing some of these findings in a bit more detail. Heavier reliance on instructor led training than in the US, supported by higher trainer staffing levels (10.1

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David Zinger

FEBRUARY 18, 2013

Cleaning out 13 clogged arteries in employee engagement. Umair Hague wrote an intriguing post on the Harvard Business Review blog entitled: How to Have a Year That Matters. He offered a number of provocative questions, including: Why are you here? What do you want? Who’s on your side? What’s it worth? The question that caused me to pause was, what breaks your heart? Hague stated: Follow your passion, we’re often told. But how do you find your passion?

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Conversation Matters

FEBRUARY 27, 2013

Marissa is right! In order for Yahoo to have a culture of collaboration employees need to be face-to-face with each other to talk about the critical issues they collectively find themselves facing. But it is equally true that we can’t turn back the clock on virtual work nor on the growing distributed workforce that is serving us so well around the world. Virtual is here to stay.

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45 Things

FEBRUARY 28, 2013

Does you career resemble one of those crazy paths in the children's game "Chutes and Ladders?" If so, you're not alone. No longer does a career have a straight upward trajectory, and that can be OK. Read this latest story I did for Gannett /USA Today to understand why. With the challenging job market of the past five years, many who have expensive business degrees report they can't get more than entry-level jobs.

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The Bamboo Project Blog

FEBRUARY 6, 2013

As a lot of my work recently has been with people who are unemployed, I have a ton of articles coming through my feeds on job search, unemployment, etc. Most of them are about "personal branding" and "building your network," how to manage your social media presence, write a great LinkedIn profile and navigate ever-more confusing and time-consuming online applicant tracking systems. . This morning, I ran across one that lists 18 Reasons Why You're Still Unemployed.

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TheHRBlog

FEBRUARY 9, 2013

Human Resource managers may ask tricky HR interview questions to save time and try to figure out what kind of employee you really are. Joyce Lain Kennedy, a nationally syndicated careers columnist says outlines the 10 Trickiest Interview Questions & Their Answers Kennedy says that even if job hunters have rehearsed anticipated topics, an unexpected HR interview […].

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David Zinger

FEBRUARY 11, 2013

Learning employee engagement lessons driving in India. View from the road driving through Agra. Normally I don’t like the word drivers paired with employee engagement because it implies that we can drive engagement rather than invite engagement. But I have been thinking about the lessons from watching drivers in India navigage their way. I have only been in India for 3 days and just in Delhi and Agra. We still have Udaipur, Mumbai, Pune, and Goa to visit.

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Conversation Matters

FEBRUARY 4, 2013

In today’s world employees often must deal with tasks and problems that require much more that simply following a predetermined step by step procedure – the problems require the exercise of judgment. Judgment is needed when we are faced with thorny questions about which there are no right or wrong answers. When asked one of those thorny questions we often say, “Well, it’s a matter of judgment.”

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45 Things

FEBRUARY 6, 2013

The idea for this latest story I did for Gannett/USA Today came from the many complaints I've received over the years about workplace incivility. I've heard gripes about the guy who eats Cheetos all day and leaves a trail of orange fingerprints everywhere. There's the woman who fights with her children all day on her cellphone and the guy who thinks nothing of texting during a business lunch. Could you be thought of as rude at work? If you are, how can it hurt your career? Read on.

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Achievers

FEBRUARY 28, 2013

Jody Thompson has a message: managing sucks. At least, managing people sucks, which is what most managers end up doing when they should be managing work. If you’re not sure what the difference is, you’re not alone. Most managers don’t even realize they’re managing the wrong thing,” Thompson said during her recent webinar for A chievers.

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The Bamboo Project Blog

FEBRUARY 12, 2013

. Charlie Kim, CEO of NextJump. A few weeks ago I wrote a post on the "disposable worker" and the damage I think we're doing to ourselves and our economy with this approach. Yesterday in a comment on that post, Catherine Lombardozzi pointed me in the direction of an interview with NextJump CEO, Charlie Kim, whose company has adopted a "no fire" policy. Here's how that policy emerged: .

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TheHRBlog

FEBRUARY 9, 2013

You can make it happen. Strike out “I don’t know what to do” from your vocabulary. You’ll figure it out. Everything you have ever done has brought you to this point. The force of life is on your side. Start fresh. Break the bad habit of a recurring cycle that inhibits you to move forward […]. Be Happy Lifestyle Tips Self-Improvement Gia Sison Hapiness Happy Happy How to be Happy Jappreet Sethi

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Speaker: Patrick Sayers - President, Newcastle Research

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David Zinger

FEBRUARY 22, 2013

Overcome Your Organization’s Employee Engagement Metaphoric Disconnect. I am honored to work with so many fine companies and organizations on engagement. To create a strong approach to engagement we must not use a cookie cutter or off the shelf approach to engagement. I have talked with 5 clients already in 2013 about the disconnect between what they offer their customers and clients and how they engage their employees.

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QAspire

FEBRUARY 14, 2013

Kaizen is a Japanese term that means continuous improvement. It all sounds good on the surface, but the reality is that very few companies fully embrace kaizen. They say, “But we’re improving all the time.” That may be true, but it’s the way in which companies make improvements that matters.

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NoExcusesHR

FEBRUARY 18, 2013

HR spends a lot of time ( or at least should spend a lot of time ) discussing diversity. This happens in part because we''re supposed to, in part because it makes good business sense.but mostly HR should be talking about diversity because it is the right thing to do. But sometimes doing the right thing is difficult. Losing Friends Many years ago friends would come over for an evening to visit.

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Achievers

FEBRUARY 26, 2013

A chievers and Human Capital Institute (HCI) are conducting a survey on employee engagement, and we need your help! Although the links between employee engagement and higher productivity, involvement, and dedication are well understood, there is still a dearth of research on the elements of engagement and how these concepts are nurtured within organizations.

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Speaker: Alex Anderson - Total Rewards Strategist at Lockton Companies | Leo Tokar - President, People Solutions and Partner at Lockton Companies

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Reviewsnap

FEBRUARY 18, 2013

With the Internet, it’s never been more obvious that the skills you learn in school could drastically change over the years of your professional career. The Internet (as we know it) didn’t exist prior to 1991, yet graduating college students are incredibly savvy about SEO and mobile connectivity. When you don’t have the option to go back to school, get updates through skills-based learning.

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TheHRBlog

FEBRUARY 16, 2013

Sometimes a new thought or a new idea is all you need to make a lasting change. You can wake up one day and decide to make your entire life change. If you are new to exercise or you dropped it for a while and you want to get back to doing it, the best […]. Stress Management Work Life Balance Be Happy Chris Freytag Healthy work life Healthy work life balance NBC Work-Life Balance

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David Zinger

FEBRUARY 6, 2013

Small Engagements for Employee Engagements. New free e-Book to improve and increase employee engagement. Produced by David Zinger and John Junson. Written by 50+ members of the Employee Engagement Network. Official network release date: February 11, 2013. We have created a new e-book on the Employee Engagement Network with over 50 authors and lots of great ideas to take small and significant steps to improve employee engagement.

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45 Things

FEBRUARY 14, 2013

It’s estimated that more than one in four Americans are tapping into their retirement savings accounts such as 401(k)s to meet non-retirement needs, but such a strategy can mean it may require people to work longer, especially since company-provided pensions are now provided to only one-in-five workers. That could explain why twice as many people in their late 50s and early 60s are starting a business or becoming freelancers compared to a year ago, finds a PeoplePerHour survey.

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Speaker: Carrie Missele - Practice Lead, Learning and Development at Inspirant Group

In this webinar, Carrie Missele will walk you through the process of developing an effective onboarding program that leads to a happy a happy new hire!

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NoExcusesHR

FEBRUARY 12, 2013

One of the hidden failings of leaders comes disguised as a perfectly legitimate request of the human resources team: " I''d like for HR to do some team building for my employees." Now you may be wondering how this seemingly normal, and perhaps even complimentary request could be considered a failing on management''s part. Well friends, more often than not this is an epic failure.

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Achievers

FEBRUARY 20, 2013

Millennials are stressed but optimistic, a new study from the American Psychological Association says. As a millennial myself, this isn’t really news. And I don’t say that because I’m part of the self-centered generation that has convinced itself we are the most important segment of the population. I’m just not surprised that 18-33 year olds report feeling stressed slightly more (5.4 on a scale of 10) than the national average (4.9).

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Reviewsnap

FEBRUARY 11, 2013

For performance reviews to be a valuable part of performance management, they have to mean something to the employee, manager and organization. Relevant measures help people understand expectations and plan accordingly. But what happens when the expectations set are too vague? People get frustrated. Vague competencies or goals are like telling an employee to “do better.” Do better than what? Do better how?

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TheHRBlog

FEBRUARY 2, 2013

There are many roads to success, however there are some commonalities between what the most successful people say every day. Jeff points out what most successful people say every day. If you want to make a huge difference in someone’s life? Here are things you should say every day to your employees, colleagues, family members, […].

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Speaker: Carrie Corbin, Co-Founder and Managing Partner at Hope Leigh Marketing Group

Join Carrie Corbin, Global Workplace Executive, Strategist, and Consultant, for this discussion on some of the most common questions around building a global hiring and attraction strategy.

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