Last week I got to participate in a Talent Talk in Singapore hosted by 33 Talent, a recruiting firm focused on the areas of big data, communications, and public relations. With two other speakers and about a dozen industry participants, we had a chance to discuss employee retention and how to identify, and overcome, the […]

…make sure it is smart loyalty. One suggestion we make for companies dealing with challenging economic or political situations is to try to keep your workforce on, since if you cut them now you are probably going to have to hire them back later when things get better, and you will have a better relationship […]

When you are looking to hire creative people, do you only look at the content of the resume, or do you consider the resume itself? You certainly want your Creatives to be talented in the content they produce, whether it’s designing an ad campaign, creating a hairstyle for a client, developing a new app, or […]

A friend of mine in Hong Kong had an interesting Facebook status last week: “someone wants me to hire him… and teach him everything I know… why doesn’t he pay me?” My friend is a designer, working in films and television and doing the sets for photo shoots. He has had a lot of work […]

Sometimes the best examples come from your friends rather than from research. My friend works for a major government contractor in the US, and the contract was up for renewal last month. Unfortunately, the government office for which they are working dropped the ball on their administrative requirements, and they did not run all the […]