Workforce
Lindsey Pollak on Getting from College to Career
They say you can’t get a job without experience – but how do you get experience without having a job?
June 20, 2008 / Podcast # 08-25
In Getting from College to Career, Lindsey Pollak offers a definitive guide for building the experience, skills, and confidence needed for college graduates starting a major job search. Her 90 action-oriented tips include strategies ranging from the simple to the expert.
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William Rothwell on Leveraging a Seasoned Talent Pool
How to beat the rising employment crisis in finding qualified workers.
June 13, 2008 / Podcast # 08-24
While many employers have traditionally viewed their younger employees as their most precious assets, the truth is that their more seasoned workers are often their most valuable. In his new book, Working Longer (AMACOM), William J Rothwell gives recruiters, managers, and trainers the tools they need to nurture and empower these vital employees. Read more…
Richard Thaler on the “Architecture of Choice”
We often make poor choices - and look back at them with bafflement!
June 6, 2008 / Podcast # 08-23
Our errors are what make us human, but until now, they have been largely ignored by those around us, whether they make a complex public policy or sell us a plain old bottle of wine. In a new book, Nudge, Economist Richard Thaler and legal scholar Cass Sunstein, invite us into an alternative world, one that takes our humanness as a given. Read more…
Tony Beshara on How to Ace Your Next Interview
Job seekers are facing more and more competition in a tighter and tighter market. Applicants need every advantage they can get.
May 2, 2008 / Podcast # 08-18
At some point, most people have been caught off guard by tough interview questions. In Acing the Interview: How to Ask and Answer the Questions That Will Get You the Job, the employment expert Dr. Phil called “the best of the best” gives job seekers candid advice for answering even the most unexpected questions,Tony Beshara is a 30-year veteran of the placement and recruitment field, and owner of Babich and Associates, a job placement firm. He has appeared numerous times on the nationally syndicated Dr. Phil Show. Read more…
Dan Ariely on Understanding the Logic Behind Illogical Decisions
An MIT professor discovers that people tend to behave irrationally in a predictable fashion.
April 18, 2008 / Podcast # 08-16
Irrational behavior is a part of human nature, but as MIT professor Dan Ariely has discovered in 20 years of researching behavioral economics, people tend to behave irrationally in a predictable fashion. Drawing on psychology and economics, behavioral economics can show us why cautious people make poor decisions about sex when aroused, why patients get greater relief from a more expensive drug over its cheaper counterpart and why honest people may steal office supplies or communal food, but not money. Read more…