Would You Rather Hire a Superstar or Avoid a Toxic Employee? (Think Hard Before You Answer)
New study says it is better to avoid toxic employees tha
Category: Labor Force
Human Resources Needs to be More than a Threat (‘Do You Want to be Reported to HR?’)
What do you think of when someone says ‘HR?’. For a lot of people, the ‘Human Resources’ department of their company is the group that makes them fill out a lot of forms, takes a bunch of surveys, and handles the admin of filling positions. More ominously, ‘HR’ is who you call, or who you […]
‘Employee Engagement’ – Just Another HR Buzzword Right? Well, Maybe Not
‘Employee Engagement’ – you may want to brush that off as just another HR buzzword, but the truth is that unless your employees are engaged its doubtful you are getting the most from them. If you’re an employee you can confirm that actually: the less into your company you are, the less productive and into […]
Are Lawyers Not Glamorous Anymore?
I admit, I have watched television shows set in law firms for a long time now. When I was young and impressionable, I watched the excitement on L.A. Law and was intrigued enough to eventually take the Law School Admissions Test (I did get accepted in law school by the way, but ultimately against it). […]
Tourists Love Barcelona, But It’s Not Mutual
How can a city with a unemployment rate of 19 percent scoff at any industry, especially one that accounts for 15 percent of its GDP? That was my first thought when I heard that the city of Barcelona is actively pursuing a strategy to keep tourists out. Then again, the issue of tourism and economic […]
Life’s No Downton for Will and Kate: The Economics of Household Staff
Issues about whether a hereditary monarchy should exist aside, I have nothing against the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge. They seem cool, and they seem to work pretty hard as well. They do more than their share to bring tourism into Britain. It appears that they are hands-on parents to their kid, who is pretty […]
A Cooler Place With Warmer Weather: Why Talent is Choosing Silicon Valley
If you were a brand new graduate from a top tier university, you had a degree that made you a hot item and you could work anywhere at all, where would you choose? Say it came down to Wall Street or Silicon Valley – both of which offered pretty nice compensation packages – which would […]
Is it the End of the Party for Global Growth?
Was it all big one fun, Technicolor roller-coaster ride never to repeated? The economic growth of the past fifty years was awesome, at least in a historical context. Question is, was it a one-time-only, and are we destined to go back to the sluggish economic pace that the world experienced before then, and which is […]
Walmart Hikes Wages – Will the Fed Hike Rates? (Hint: Central Bankers Hate Good News)
Attention interest rate watchers: Walmart is raising wages so the U.S. Federal Reserve is likely to be hiking interest rates. It is not as simple as that, but it kind of is actually. In case you missed it, here is the New York Times’ take on Walmart’s move. Basically the company is raising the wages […]
Free Schooling – but No Free Lunch
How would you like free college tuition for you and for your kids? It would really take the pressure off, right? Of course you’d take it if offered – but what if there was a catch, the catch being really high taxes forever? That’s the deal that Denmark – and a lot of Europe for […]
