by John Beeson
If you’ve been at your company for a few years and hope to move up to the next level, you may feel like you’re standing at an airport looking up to see one plane after another stacked up in a holding pattern. That’s because promotion rates in most industries have slowed dramatically since the recession, creating a backlog of talented employees intent on moving ahead. Continue reading
Our Client: is a $10b North American information technology (IT) management and business process services (BPS) company with 71,000 employees in over 40 countries. It operates delivery centers in the US, Canada, Europe, and Asia.
Position Title: Business Engineer Continue reading
inside outsourcing-Michael BeygelmanRPO President of Pontoon, an Adecco Group company,
by Gayle Hilgendorff
We got two feet of snow in Boston last weekend. It was an all out blizzard. The city shut down on Friday at noon and reopened Monday morning. It was like Christmas Eve – “Not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse”. As of Friday night, if you were caught driving on the road, you were given a $500 ticket and threatened jail time. All public transportation closed at 3:30 – ALL of it. Buses, trains, subways, everything.
There was nowhere to go and nothing to do but sit inside and wait it out. Continue reading
by John Beeson
There’s a wonderful scene in The Odyssey when Odysseus prepares himself to steer his ship and his men past the treacherous Sirens, creatures who sing a seductive song that can lead a person astray. It’s a great moment in literature — and an extremely useful image for managers intent on ferreting out the feedback they need for career advancement. To prepare for his challenge, Odysseus orders his crew members to put wax in their ears, but to be able to hear the Sirens’ message, he leaves his own ears unplugged. But he asks his men to strap him to the ship’s mast to prevent him from recklessly heeding the Sirens’ call. Continue reading
