Entries by First Sun Team

Leadership: Shocker: 40% of Workers Now Have ‘Contingent’ Jobs, Says U.S. Government…U.S. General Accounting Office is a Startling Statistic: 40.4% of the U.S. #Workforce is now made up of Contingent Workers—That is, People who Don’t Have what We Traditionally Consider Secure #Jobs.

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Tucked away in the pages of a new report by the U.S. General Accounting Office is a startling statistic: 40.4% of the U.S. workforce is now made up of contingent workers—that is, people who don’t have what we traditionally consider secure jobs. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand, D-NY (Photo credit: MANDEL NGAN/AFP/Getty Images) There is currently a […]

Your #Career: How to Make a Great Impression during a Phone Interview…#Employers Tell me the Writing is too Casual & that Young Adults also Struggle During Skype & Phone #Interviews

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Hold it right there. Don’t snap a selfie or drop a clever hashtag.  While it’s true millennials are now the largest generation in the workforce, this is no time to celebrate. #iknowimabuzzkill Sorry, couldn’t help myself. After all, our generation loves to write in phrases, abbreviations and clever shorthand.  The style works great for Gchat […]

#Leadership: 20 Books to Read this Summer that will Make you Smarter about Business…Summer is the Perfect Time to Catch up on your Reading, & There are Plenty of Great #Business #Books to Add to your List.

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We’ve picked our favorite recently released and upcoming books that will help enrich your professional life. From the first in-depth biography of billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk to a neurological explanation of “eureka” moments, these books will make you smarter about business while you’re waiting in the airport or lying on the beach. ‘Elon Musk’ by Ashlee […]

#Leadership: The New Rules of #Work. How to Overthrow your #Boss & Burn your #Company to the Ground….The Old Rules No Longer Apply, So these 3 People are Inventing New

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Work as we have always known it is done. But that doesn’t mean you can stop working. In fact, it’s more than likely that you’re reading this as you take a short break from your job. Maybe it’s 11 p.m.; maybe it’s Saturday. Your work is never done, even though work is. While work as […]

#Leadership: The New Rules of Work. Meet the #Boss of the Future…The Power is Shifting, & What it Means to Be a Great Boss is Taking a Dramatic Turn

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We work in an ever-changing, hyperconnected, world-scattered workplace. As the way we work changes, so too will the boss’s role need to shift to meet those demands. Take, for example, the very makeup of the U.S. workforce. One in every three Americans is a freelancer of some sort, according to a 2014 survey by Freelancers […]

#Leadership: The 5 Things Successful Senior #Management #Job Seekers Do…At the #Senior Levels Jobs become Fewer & Competition Increases, so Adopting a Process that is Focused on Quality over Quantity can Make a Big Difference in the Outcome

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Many job candidates I see believe finding their next step on the #career ladder is a numbers game. They apply for as many appropriate, next-level-up positions as possible and figure the odds are they’ll wind up with something good—and if not good, at least acceptable. Although this strategy can work early  in one’s career as […]

#Leadership: 13 Questions to Ask Yourself to Figure Out if You’re a Leader or a Follower…You’re not a #Leader just Because you Have People Reporting to You. And You Don’t Suddenly Become a #Leader Once you Reach a Certain Pay Grade

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Leadership is the art of persuasion—the act of motivating people to do more than they ever thought possible in pursuit of a greater good.  It has nothing to do with your title.  It has nothing to do with authority or seniority. You’re not a leader just because you have people reporting to you. And you […]

#Leadership: Google’s HR Boss Shares his 10 Best #Management Tips…As a #Manager, you should Help Guide your #Employees’ Progress & Evaluate their #Performance; You should Not Micromanage, Excessively Monitoring Employees to the Point of Trying to Do their Work for Them

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Since joining #Google as its senior vice president of People Operations in 2006, Laszlo Bock has seen the company transform into a powerful global company, growing from 6,000 employees to nearly 60,000. . Google’s VP of People Operations Laszlo Bock With his team, Bock developed management strategies to make Google one of the most desirable places to […]

#Leadership: How You Support Others Starkly Shows How You #Lead…As a Mutuality-Minded, Connective #Leader, Demonstrate that being a Strong Team Player is As Important as Being a Rising Star, & Act as If that is also Their True Intention

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I played the Triangles Game as the last step the Coro Foundation used to select Fellows for its public affairs program. What I discovered — about being a connective, sought-after leader — was unexpected and unforgettable. Here’s what happened. All final applicants were seated in groups of six around round tables. In front of each […]

#Leadership: How To Create A High Performing #Culture…At the End of the Day, People DON’T Really Care About the Company, they Care about Themselves. Let’s be Honest, IF People cared More for the Company then #Turnover Wouldn’t Exist.

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The individual motivations that propel each and every worker are impossible to appeal to at mass. In fact, just motivating a single person can be challenging let alone encouraging 100 or 1,000 employees to exert another one percent effort. There are two approaches organizational leaders often take to stir the motivational pot and turn those employee […]