recruitment

Who’s the Best Company to Work For? Here’s 100 of Them

By John Zappe (was a newspaper reporter and editor until his geek gene lead him to launch his first website in 1994. Never a recruiter, he instead built online employment sites and sold advertising services to recruiters and employers.)

This year’s list of the Best Companies to Work For reads a lot like last year’s. The rankings have changed a bit; SAS, for instance, got unseated for the #1 spot by Google, but otherwise the list (click here for the list of all 100) shows that a great place to work tends to stay that way. Continue reading

Transform Your Employees into Passionate Advocates

By Rob Markey is co-author, with Fred Reichheld, of the book: The Ultimate Question 2.0: How Net Promoter Companies Thrive in a Customer-Driven World, just published by HBR Press. He is a partner in Bain & Company’s New York office and head of the firm’s global Customer Strategy and Marketing practice.

Employee happiness is becoming a hot topic among CEOs and in boardrooms, and it’s about time. The current issue ofHarvard Business Review, which includes a series of articles focused on employee happiness, is just one more sign of the growing recognition that happy, engaged employees are more productive and generate better outcomes for their companies. Continue reading

Maybe You Should Interview For Grit, Zest, and Self-Control

by John Zappe

I’ve learned that mistakes can often be as good a teacher as success.

Jack Welch said that. It’s a good reminder of that old aphorism about learning from your mistakes.

What about those times when no one believes in you? When you fail when no one expected you to succeed anyway? Ted Turner has been there: ”All my life, people have said that I wasn’t going to make it.” Today, there’s no doubt that he’s made it, and like Welch, helped transform an industry. Continue reading

10 Tips for Motivating Employees

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No business can sustain itself without qualified and well-trained employees who are motivated to perform their jobs. Managers are always looking for ways to retain their best employees and keep them motivated. Employees leave employers behind for better opportunities when they feel under-valued, under-compensated, or unappreciated. As a manager, it is your job to make sure your best employees are happy at their jobs and will not want to leave. Here are ten tips for motivating your employees and preventing employee dissatisfaction. Continue reading