Tag: management

If You Aren’t Hiring For Soft Skills, You Just Aren’t Hiring Right

YOU’RE NOT ALONE if you are a little fuzzy on the definition of “soft skills” in the workplace. Here’s one that I like from a website called SearchCIO: Soft skills is a synonym for “people skills.” The term describes those personal attributes that indicate a high level of emotional intelligence.” Why soft skills really matter In other words, according to

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Some Important Things You Need to Know About How Employees Quit

AS MUCH AS WE LIKE to focus on all the various ways we can improve upon the way we recruit and hire new employees, we also know that we should spend as much (if not more) time on how we can better retain the people that we already have on our staff. The problem is,

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I Was Fed Up With United Airlines’ Culture Even Before They Started Dragging People Off Planes

BELIEVE ME when I tell you this: I soured on the customer service practices of United Airlines long before they decided that dragging people off planes would enhance the flying experience. You’ve probably seen the video by now. You know the one — where the customer on the last flight of the night from Chicago to Louisville

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