“You guard your hopes and you pocket your dreams. You’d trade it all to avoid an unpleasant scene.” –Billy Squier, “In the Dark” I was wet behind the ears. That whole summer of 1981 the produce manager and the main produce clerk would tell me how wet behind the ears I was every single early morning [...]
Posts Tagged ‘economic growth’
Work evolves? Yes, no, and maybe
Posted: 14th November 2011 by Kevin W. Grossman in Career Management, Economics, Employment Brand, Human Resources, Leadership, Recruiting, Talent AcquisitionTags: disengaged workers, economic growth, human resources, jobs, Recruiting, unemployment
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Let community occupy the company
Posted: 11th October 2011 by Kevin W. Grossman in Business Development, Business-to-Business (B2B), Economics, Employment Brand, Human Resources, Leadership, Product Development, Recruiting, Talent Acquisition, Workplace CultureTags: business development, economic growth, innovation, Occupy Wall Street, Recruiting, talent communities
It’s not the varied socioeconomic motivation behind Occupy Wall Street that gets me. It’s the end result of community that does. I heard one participant use those exact words: “We’ve come together to create a community for change.” The Occupy movement, which is spreading to “communities” everywhere, includes quite an eclectic mix of folk; it’s [...]
We want YOU to drive down unemployment
Posted: 8th September 2011 by Kevin W. Grossman in Business Development, Business-to-Business (B2B), Economics, Human Resources, Leadership, Recruiting, Talent AcquisitionTags: economic growth, economics, job creation, unemployment
“Gonna get on the microphone down at Walmart. Talk about some sh$t that’s been on my mind. Talk about the state of this great nation of ours. People look to your left, yeah and look to your right…” — Ben Folds Maybe we would be better off putting economists and seasoned (small) business leaders in office. [...]