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Friday, June 10, 2011

Bad Manners at Work



The Monster Blog


Posted: 09 Jun 2011 02:10 PM PDT
According to a recent Monster.com survey, there's a 50 percent chance that your coworkers think you've got bad manners. We asked site visitors to rate their colleagues' manners (at their current or most recent job), and 26 percent answered, "Downright rude!" while another 24 percent answered, "Plenty of room for improvement." Only 7 percent said their coworkers were "very polite." Here are the complete results of the survey.
Manners
That's a lot of rude behavior! But how can you improve your manners? In a separate poll, we asked people which impolite behaviors ticked them off the most. And the behaviors that bothered people the most were:
  > Coworkers who gossip: 35%
  > Coworkers who don't clean up after themselves: 25%
  > Coworkers who are too loud: 14%
  > Coworkers who text or email when they're in meetings: 10%
  > Other / none of the above: 16%

What rude coworker behaviors do you hate most? Share your thoughts in the Comments section!


The Work Buzz's Latest News: Equality improving for diverse workers, but disparity still exists



The Work Buzz's Latest News: Equality improving for diverse workers, but disparity still exists


Posted: 09 Jun 2011 09:15 AM PDT
A new CareerBuilder survey on diversity in the workplace reveals that, when it comes to fairness at work, not all diverse groups are created equal.
The study, which compared various workplace equality factors among six diverse worker groups — African Americans, Hispanics, Asians, women, workers with disabilities and Lesbian/Gay/Bisexual/Transgender workers, as well as how these diverse groups fared against non-diverse workers (white males who are not LGBT and not disabled) — found that each group experienced equality in the workplace differently.
Here, an overview of the successes and struggles of each group. (Click here for infographic.)
Compensation
  • LGBT workers were most likely report earning six-figure salaries — even more so than non-diverse workers — with 18 percent reporting that they made more than $100,000 per year.
  • Women (6 percent), African Americans (8 percent) and Hispanics (8 percent) were least likely to earn more than $100,000 per year.
  • Asians were the least likely to report earning less than $50,000 per year, while workers with disabilities were most likely to earn less than $50,000 a year.
Job level
  • Non-diverse workers reported holding the most management positions, followed by LGBT workers.
  • Asians were the most likely to report holding professional/technical positions and the least likely to report holding management positions.
  • Hispanic workers were the most likely to hold administrative or entry-level positions, followed by women.
Job advancement
  • More than half of non-diverse workers feel that diverse workers have a better chance in the job market. Thirty-four percent of diverse workers agree.
  • Non-diverse workers also seem to be the most satisfied with their current jobs — only 30 percent said they plan to look for a new job when the economy improves.
  • Forty-seven percent of Asian workers reported plans to look for a new job in the near future, the largest percentage of any group.
Discrimination
  • Overall, 17 percent of diverse workers reported feeling discriminated against in their current jobs.
  • Twenty-five percent of African-Americans said they felt discriminated against in the workplace, the highest level of any group.
  • Asian workers, on the other hand, were the least likely to report feeling discriminated against at work, with only 11 percent saying they'd experience inequality in their current jobs.
In general, says Dr. Sanja Licina, senior director of talent intelligence and consulting at CareerBuilder, “The U.S. workplace has experienced fundamental shifts over the last two decades that have had a major impact on business, including economic downturns, the introduction of new technology and the strengthening of laws designed to promote equality. While companies have made strides in creating an inclusive workplace for all workers, there is still work to be done, especially in the areas of hiring, compensation, and career advancement."
What has your experience been with equality in the workplace? Let us know in the comments section, below.

The Evolution of Recruiting, from the Dinosaur Days to the New Social Era



ResumeBear Blog


Posted: 10 Jun 2011 07:12 AM PDT
When I think about how recruiting has evolved over the past 15 years (wow – I suddenly feel old!), I’m amazed by the changes and feel very lucky to have witnessed and participated in this massive evolution firsthand.
Mid – Late 90′s = A Desk and a Phone (and a Big, Boxy Computer)
Back when I first started recruiting, the Internet was a pretty new-fangled thing, “green screens” weren’t uncommon and there weren’t many resources for recruiters who wanted to reach out to candidates.  We would actually receive paper resumes in the mail, scan them with some scarily inaccurate OCR software that made every resume look like it was written in Russian and then input them into our internal database.  (Said database had 20K resumes in it, something we bragged about at the time…  I now have more first-level LinkedIn connections than that! haha)  We did use a couple of fledgling online resume databases, attend job fairs and post to online newsgroups (remember those?) or in the newspaper (yes, print advertising!).  I lived on the phone, cold calling into target companies (via clandestine phone lists, after-hours phone trees, unsuspecting receptionists or sheer random extensions) and praying that people wouldn’t curse me out or hang up on me.  Times were hard for recruiters!
Late 90′s – Mid 2000′s = The Job Board Era
Then came the dot com era when the Internet was booming and there was a website for everything.  Recruiters embraced this new technology, posting jobs on Monster, MonsterTrak (remember that one for college recruiting?), CareerBuilder, niche sites, local yokels, mom-and-pop sites, etc.  We’d advertise our positions, wait for people to apply online and then scour the internal database for candidates.  It was the “Post-and-Pray” method of recruiting.  The “proactive” ones among us would go out and search online resume databases and reach out to candidates directly.  Of course, all of these candidates (those contacting us and those we contacted) were all active jobseekers and, therefore, not exactly ideal.  Amongst HR/Recruiting management, there was constant talk of reaching those passive jobseekers but it always sounded more like a vague wish for the future rather than an actual plan of action.  (A very small minority of us were out there doing AIRS sourcing and internet mining to source passive candidates, but these folks were definitely the exception, not the rule.)  And, yes, we were still attending those job fairs, hoping that this one would be different, but they never were…  You know why?  It’s because those job fair attendees were the same exact people we were already finding online – active job seekers. In some ways, we were less effective than we were in the mid-90′s when at least we were cold-calling and reaching those passive job seekers.  Scary thought, huh?
Mid – Late 2000′s = The Dawn and Expansion of LinkedIn
We were still heavily using job boards and resume databases during this era, but there was something new on the horizon – LinkedIn.  I remember when LinkedIn first came about.  I received an invite to join and accepted it without giving it much further thought.  Then came another invite, which I actually ignored because I foolishly thought at the time, “He wasn’t a very strong hire.  I wouldn’t recommend or hire him again, so don’t think I’ll link up with that guy.”  Several weeks later, I needed to hire someone with his exact skill set and realized that even if HE wasn’t a viable option, he was probably connected to lots of other techies who might be a match.  I went in and accepted his invite and was suddenly linked to a bunch of great PASSIVE candidates for my opening.  This was 2004 and I was officially bitten by the LinkedIn bug.
The next big “lightbulb” moment for me was when the TopLinked Top 50 list crossed my desk.  I realized that by linking to these superconnectors, I could increase my network exponentially and have my own built-in Monster database of sorts.  And it would be full of those ever-elusive passive candidates.  Wow!  Why didn’t I think of this sooner??  I was off and running, connecting with everyone and anyone who would link up.  It couldn’t hurt and it only expanded my reach and gave me more recruiting options.
Fast forward a few years and there I was, working my way toward that Top 50 list myself.  Why not become one of those superconnectors rather than riding their coattails? It took some effort, but I finally made it and eventually capped out at 30,000 first-level connections in June 2009.  Made it to the Top 10 list and have never looked back.
What surprises me most is that, even today, many recruiters still hold that same sentiment that I held in 2004.  “If I don’t know you or can’t recommend you, I won’t connect with you.”  Huh??  I can see where that policy makes sense for many LinkedIn users, but for a RECRUITER?  You need to have as many options as possible.  Why limit yourself?
2010 – Onward = The Social Recruiting Era
These days, it’s all about social recruiting, making connections, engaging your target audience and expanding your reach.  It’s all about social influence, Klout, increasing your network, growing your followers, getting your message out, building your brand and evangelizing your company, its culture, etc.
LinkedIn has grown to be a household name with more than 100M users worldwide.  It has become THE business networking site and the life blood of most recruiters.  It’s the first place I go when I have a new opening to fill – searching my network database, networking with my connections, sharing openings via my LinkedIn status, posting jobs to LinkedIn groups, etc. For recruiters, it has become the standard, just as job boards were in the 2000′s and job fairs were in the 90′s.
Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, FourSquare, Meetup and other social networks are also proving to be valuable tools in a recruiter’s toolkit.  These forums haven’t yet been fully adopted by the recruiting community as effective sourcing tools, but they are growing every day.  I hear these sites talked about in the same wishful-thinking way that we talked about reaching passive jobseekers back in the 90′s.  Everyone KNOWS they need to be more active in social recruiting, but they’re not yet sure how it all works, what to do, how to get there, what to measure, what it all means, etc.  We’re all learning as we go, making those inevitable but necessary mistakes that help us grow and learn.
It’s an exciting time to be a recruiter, watching this massive evolution take place. If you’re not already “out there” and giving social recruiting a shot, then you will soon find yourself behind the curve and outdated in your skills.  Now is the time to be embracing all of this change and keeping up with it as best you can.  Log out of Monster for the afternoon and go create a Twitter account!  Start your own LinkedIn Group (or two).  Create a YouTube video to share your company’s unique culture.  Join a Meetup group and go say hi to a potential hire face-to-face (yes, you can be “social” in person!)  :)
And remember, social recruiting isn’t meant to replace the skills you’ve acquired over the years; it’s just another skill for your bag of tricks and a great vehicle to leverage all of those hard-earned recruiting talents.  The payoff is huge, your network will grow, you will get some GREAT hires from it and you will make yourself VERY marketable to future employers.
Which era best describes YOUR current recruiting style?  If you haven’t yet embraced social recruiting, now is the time.  What are you waiting for??

San Diego, CA, United States Most Connected Woman on LinkedIn ~ Blogging about Social Media, Recruiting, Networking and Job Search Tips & Tricks… Pay It Forward!

No Friends at Work? | Career Rocketeer


No Friends at Work? | Career Rocketeer

Link to Career Rocketeer

Posted: 09 Jun 2011 03:30 AM PDT
No Friends at WorkAs humans we all need some form of social interactions.  Some of us more than others, but we all do need and thrive on the simple act of connecting to people.  For the majority of us, our social fabric is created through work.  We see these people every day.  We have work in common.  We get to know them in ways that the spouse and significant others simply don't.  When we leave these people due to job change, it can be painful.
Yet despite all this social goodness that work can bring, what happens when it doesn't happen to you?  What do you do when you have no work friends?  No one to save you space at a meeting or light up when you enter a room.  It happens, and when it does, there is no lonelier place to be.  It can be so impactful that it can cause a person to look for another job.
Here are situations you may be facing and what you can do about them:
You may be new. You may think you're past due for connecting to people in a deeper way at work.  Sometimes, the dynamic is such that it simply takes a while and ongoing persistence to break through.
You may have gotten off on the wrong foot.  It doesn't matter if you were misinterpreted.  Somehow you did something right off the bat that got you sideways with many of your peers. If you did do something wrong, make amends and don't do it again.  Being a big person takes courage, but you will win friends.  If there is nothing to make amends for, stay friendly and ignore the undertow.  It will eventually fade.
The cliques are too strong to penetrate. Just like high school there are work situations where you are the outsider and will stay that way for an indefinite period of time.  Most likely these people have worked together for a while and the bond is tight.  They probably don't realize how unfriendly they may seem. You need to be friendly and make efforts to get to know each person at an individual level.  It may take some big work event, like a year-end close, to be the final catalyst that forms the bond. There is nothing like being in the trenches with people to nail the trust and support.
You might not be a cultural fit.  That feels like a hard message, but it truly is not personal.  We all have values and work styles we wear like a suit.  They are out there for everyone to see and experience.  Many times when we aren't a cultural fit, we are out of step with the people we work with.  This makes it hard to really form friendships.  If you aren't a cultural fit, you need to admit it and move on, as it not only won't help form friendships, it won't help your career.
You're an introvert who is turning more inward. For introverts it can be tough to push yourself toward people you don't know.  When an introvert is surrounded by 'strangers', it's easy to retreat even further.  You could appear kind of wonky and unapproachable, making it difficult for co-workers to approach you.  You've set up your own lonely situation and only you can make your way out.  To make is less overwhelming, simply focus on 1 or 2 people with whom you feel some form of affinity, and focus on getting to know them.  It will help you overall and will become a catalyst to forming more relationships.
Work relationships can make or break a job.  They can nourish you and help you excel in your career, if they are healthy work relationships.  When those bonds are not forming it can make you feel very lonely, but there are things you can do to improve the situation.  You need patience and a friendly smile.
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6 Awesome Jobs You’ve Never Heard Of


 6 Awesome Jobs You’ve Never Heard Of

Link to CAREEREALISM.com

Posted: 09 Jun 2011 11:00 PM PDT
Watch this episode of Career Reality on CAREEREALISM TV and learn about six AWESOME jobs nobody's heard of. This event may inspire you!

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Posted: 09 Jun 2011 10:30 PM PDT
If NKTOB and BSB can come back with a vengeance, then so can anyone out there who is feeling their career is in the toilet. Follow these lessons.

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Posted: 09 Jun 2011 10:35 AM PDT
Jessica Simko, founder of Career Brand Authority, is a personal branding strategist and senior level HR professional with over 15 years of experience.

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Posted: 08 Jun 2011 09:30 PM PDT
How many times have you daydreamed about starting a business? And yet, each time you've found a way to talk yourself out of it, right?

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Career Igniter

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