College Grad: Ace that Job Interview! – Part I
You and thousands of other college graduates are gearing up for life after finals, when you’ll join the rest of the adult world as a member of the workforce with a “real” job. Your task? Outshine the competition and rise above the crowd of graduates clamoring for the best entry-level positions with the best companies, offering the most promising career potential. A tall task but one that’s far from impossible. The first step is an attention-grabbing resume that will land you an interview. See Resume 2018 – Part I and Part II for practical tips to creating a top-notch resume.…
EVP: What It Is & What It Can Do for Your Company
Are you missing out on a fab opportunity to impact just about every aspect of your business for the long-term? If you’re not familiar with or have brushed aside the re-emerging concept labeled “Employee Value Proposition”—EVP for short—then yes, you are missing out. Heralded as the solution to the talent retention dilemma in this highly competitive labor market, EVP is the definition/explanation of what an employer expects from his employees merged with what the company provides in return for the skills, capabilities, and experience this valued workforce brings to the company. “Your EVP is the value that employees gain in…
Going Green – St. Patrick’s Day
Since 1967, the St. Patrick’s Association, Inc. has spearheaded the St. Patrick’s Day Parade in downtown St. Paul. The year’s March 17 noon parade marks the 52nd spirited tribute to the area’s sizeable Irish population. Mayor Thomas Byrne led the first parade in from the Hilton Hotel (now the Radisson) down Kellogg Blvd. to the St. Paul Hotel. The focus of the parade has always been families. “It’s a baby buggy parade, and we work hard to keep it that way,” notes association treasurer Steward Loper. The Association traces its founding back to Sean and Judith Clerkin’s desire to take…
Resumes 2018 – Part II
GOAL: A fresh resume that will garner a lot of attention and land you an interview. Utilize these four tips that will ready your resume for the opportunities that await you in 2018. 1. You want the first second spent scanning your resume to invoke an “Ah, at last . . .” reaction, not a “toss this . . .” response. Before he/she reads even one word, the visual layout of your resume will have created a lasting impression. An attractive, yet easy-to-read font, a professional design, and brain-pleasing visual spacing all contribute to a positive reaction that can dramatically…
President’s Day: Everything You Need to Know – and a Little More
While Washington’s Birthday was an unofficial observance for most of the 1800s, it wasn’t until 1879 that Senator Steven Wallace Dorsey of Arkansas proposed an actual holiday in Washington’s honor. In 1879 President Rutherford B. Hayes signed the measure into law. The holiday initially applied to the District of Columbia alone, but in 1885 was expanded to the whole country. At that time, Washington’s Birthday joined four other nationally recognized federal holidays, referred to as “bank holidays” – Christmas Day, New Year’s Day, the Fourth of July and Thanksgiving. It was the first holiday to celebrate the life of an individual American. The 1968 Uniform Monday Holiday Act,…
Work-flex – Part II: Manufacturing Employers
When you’re talking workplace flexibility or “work-flex” in the same breath as manufacturing, there’s bound to be some head shaking. Some grunting and huffing to go with the arms jerked tight across the chest. Work-flex in manufacturing, however, is not a complete impossibility. Sure, some out-of-the-box thinking will have to happen. And no, pieces of manufacturing equipment can’t be toted home so that Tom or Jane can work while caring for a sick child. News flash: telecommuting is not the only way that workplace flexibility is defined. Will a work-flex scenario work for every position within your plant? Most likely…