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Human Workplace

How do I bring up relocation expense on my job interview?

Liz Ryan | Posted 05.05.2013 | Business
Liz Ryan

Dear Liz, I have a second interview for a Director job next week, and at the first interview I didn't say a word about relocation. I had just finishe...

Whose Brand Is It, Anyway?

Liz Ryan | Posted 05.07.2013 | Business
Liz Ryan

"So anyway, that was my old company's policy," said the breathless guy on the phone, whose name turned out to be Phil. "They used to tell us that we c...

Building the Human Workplace

Liz Ryan | Posted 04.30.2013 | Business
Liz Ryan

When an organization decides to follow the human workplace path, they start by telling the truth about the human and inhuman issues swirling around them. They talk about what's going well and what's not. They don't believe that being a leader means being divorced from the action.

Job References Are Pointless

Liz Ryan | Posted 04.24.2013 | Business
Liz Ryan

If we cared about talent in our organizations, we'd recruit differently. If we cared about talent, we'd scrap the early-twentieth-century recruiting process we follow in nearly every organization.

The Truth About Socially Responsible Business

Liz Ryan | Posted 01.05.2013 | Business
Liz Ryan

There can't be socially responsible business as long as the basic framework of business, the underlying idea that the employer makes the rules and calls the shots and employees grin and bear it, gets replaced, or at least shifted, in a big way.

The Awful Truth about the Black Hole

Liz Ryan | Posted 11.09.2012 | Business
Liz Ryan

You're an employer. You place a job ad. A lot of people apply for the job. Some of them seem to be well-qualified and others don't. Is that any excuse not to respond to every single one of them?