How Tough Love and Pizza Changed My Career

Whoever came up with the term “tough love” clearly met my father.

I never had any doubt that my dad loved me. He would always plan family vacations and would give my sister and me anything we ever wanted. There was a saying in my house that the Davis children weren’t spoiled, just well taken care of.

And sometimes being well taken care of meant going to live theater. I was completely taken with the magic of theater and the arts but, as my father found out as I got older and started to think of a career, cultivating my love of the arts had some undesired consequences.

Top 5 Industries for Remote and Flexible Jobs

2.8 million Americans now consider their home offices to be their primary workplace and 27 million Americans have flexible schedules. Between 2005 and 2009, telecommuting grew 61 percent and is expected to grow another 69 percent by 2016. Despite the rapid growth of remote work and flexible jobs, they continue to be discussed by many employers as though they are a scarce, and perhaps even scary, way of working.

ManpowerGroup Advocates That Today’s Youth Will Drive Innovation and Business Success in the Human Age

DAVOS, Switzerland, Jan. 18, 2012 /PRNewswire/ — ManpowerGroup (NYSE: MAN), the world leader in innovative workforce solutions and World Economic Forum strategic partner, is heightening the call for more collaborative public-private initiatives that focus on launching productive careers for youth worldwide, at the 2012 WEF Annual Meeting in Davos next week.

Since ManpowerGroup publicly identified the dawn of the Human Age one year ago at the WEF 2011 Annual Meeting, dramatic crises have ruptured around the globe, amplifying the forces that converged to create this new era. Unemployed young adults, between the ages of 16-24, are a factor in recent crises, particularly the Arab Spring. Civic upheaval in Egypt, Tunisia and Syriamagnified how a lack of opportunity among young adults triggers unrest.

CIOs Reveal First-Quarter Hiring Plans

MENLO PARK, CA — Technology executives expect information technology (IT) hiring to continue in the first quarter of 2012, according to the just-released Robert Half Technology IT Hiring Index and Skills Report. In the latest quarterly survey, 20 percent of chief information officers (CIOs) said they plan to expand their IT departments, and 10 percent expect cutbacks, for a net 10 percent projected increase in hiring activity. This is up four points from the previous quarter’s projections.

5 Tips For Business Leaders Seeking Greener Career Pastures

www.ExecuNet.com — November 3, 2011 — Mixed economic signals continue to hamper executive-level hiring in many industries, but the findings of a monthly survey of 145 executive recruiters by ExecuNet, a private business and career network, reveal there are five specific steps executive job seekers can take to connect with career opportunities — even in this economy.

Universum Acquires Campus Strategic Partners LLC

Universum is pleased to announce the acquisition of Campus Strategic Partners LLC and the additions of John Flato and Vicki Lynn to the Universum family. Lynn and Flato bring a combined 40 plus years of industry experience to the company, and will be integral in Universum’s strategic growth in 2012.

SilkRoad Technology Named One of the Triad Top Places to Work in 2011

Chicago, IL (PRWEB) October 24, 2011 — SilkRoad technology, inc., a leading provider of talent management solutions, has been named one of the 2011 Triad Top Workplaces, which recognizes the most progressive companies based on employee opinions about company leadership, compensation, training, diversity/inclusion, career development, work life balance, and values & ethics.

Becoming Indispensable: Zenger Folkman Feature in Harvard Business Review Gives New and Proven Strategies for Taking Careers to the Top

SALT LAKE CITY –(BUSINESS WIRE)– In the October 2011 issue of Harvard Business Review, the executives at leadership development firm Zenger Folkman espouse a radical view: it’s probably not your weaknesses that are holding back your career. It’s the inability to make the most of your strengths.

Furthermore, strengths are not just innate to each individual; they can be developed. And if you learn how to develop behaviors around your strengths (CEO Jack Zenger and team call them “Competency Companions”), you can take your career to new heights.

Rules of Engagement: How to Retain Your Most Engaged Employees

Senior talent executives may be surprised to learn that a sizeable number of employees who are highly engaged at work don’t intend to stay with their company for very long. According to a survey conducted by Manpower, 84 percent of employees plan to look for a new position in 2011 – up from just 60 percent last year.

Taleo and LinkedIn Harness the Power of Social Recruiting

SAN FRANCISCO, CA, Sep 12, 2011 (MARKETWIRE via COMTEX) — TALEO WORLD — Taleo Corporation, the global leader of SaaS-based Talent Management solutions, and LinkedIn Corporation, the world’s largest professional network on the Internet, today announced two new integrated features that make it simpler and faster for professionals to apply for jobs at companies using Taleo’s talent management solutions, and for recruiters at those companies to hire the best talent.