How would you like to get paid extra to go on vacation? That's what one company in Denver is doing for its employees. As CEO of FullContact Bart Lorang announced in a blog post: All ...
 
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Last week’s cover story in Capital Business described how nonprofits are acting more like corporations. Interestingly, there’s a flip side to that trend: corporations that are acting more like nonprofits. In the parlance of the ...
 
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Job seekers often struggle to figure out when they should follow up with an employer after applying for a job, or whether they should follow up at all. Here's some guidance on how you can ...
 
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Like many tech companies, Valve Corp., a videogame maker in Bellevue, Wash., boasts high-end espresso, free massages and laundry service at its offices.One thing it doesn't have: bossesValve, whose website says the company has been ...
 
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Facebook is apparently working on a job postings board that it will launch later this summer, according to a report by the WSJ. “Facebook Jobs” will be an aggregator which pulls in job postings by ...
 
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You nailed your first job interview and they've asked you to come for another. It's a great feeling, but at the same time, it also means you have to go through that whole process again. ...
 
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Globally, one in three employers struggle to find employees with the skills and experience necessary to meet their needs, and almost one-third cite a lack of experience as a key barrier to filling their open ...
 
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The performance review of the future will include services like Salesforce.com's Chatter and its Influencers feature, which measures how much weight you carry among your peers.Today, your performance review is based on things like sales ...
 
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I read an interesting piece here on Forbes this morning entitled “If You Want to Build a Great Team, Hire Apple Employees.” Really? If only the complexity of talent issues were as simple as raiding ...
 
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One of my colleagues used to head to the men’s room and brush his teeth every time he felt a surge of writer’s block. He swears it did the trick. Another exits the building and ...
 
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Q: I sent in my résumé and cover letter for a marketing position for which I am well-qualified. I got an initial call asking for a few more details, and the HR representative seemed positive and ...
 
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Ratio Interactive is sponsoring a design competition for Windows 8 Metro style apps. Ratio has been designing and developing applications for the next generation platform and we want to see what you would create to ...
 
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If you're currently swimming the murky waters of the job market, then you've probably already incorporated some social media outreach into your search. You've updated your resume on LinkedIn, made connections on Facebook, and tweeted ...
 
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Our Seattle smartdept. inc. team participated in the Race for the Cure at Seattle Center yesterday! It was a great event, we wore pink super-hero-capes, and got some big cheers as the announcers called out ...
 
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The following interview nightmare comes from when I was sitting on the board of directors of a small nonprofit: We were interviewing finalists for the executive director position, and one director asked the last candidate, ...
 
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The Seattle smartdept. inc. team is participating in the Race for the Cure this weekend, June 3!  If you'd like to walk/run with us, please join our team, and donations for this great cause are ...
 
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How does a customer-service expert in Seattle catch the attention of a hot San Francisco startup in San Francisco, 700 miles away? The answer these days is likely to involve networking and brand-building on social ...
 
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Digital marketing is confusing—really confusing—as this insane graphic shows. Take a look, via businessinsider.com!

U.S. companies in March posted the highest number of job openings in nearly four years, a sign that hiring could strengthen in the coming months after slowing this spring. The Labor Department said Tuesday that ...
 
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Yου′ve heard thе term structural unemployment before–thе type thаt exists whеn available skill sets don’t match open jobs. Once mostly bandied аbουt wіth regard tο industries Ɩіkе farming, manufacturing аnԁ health care, increasingly thе term ...
 
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