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Do The Work
Why do you know how to read? You’re reading this right now, but do you actually realize the amount of work that went into learning how to read? Years of spelling it out as your second grade teacher...
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7 Reasons To Have Dogs at Work… by Homer
Growing a successful start-up takes out-of-the-box thinking so co-founder of The Good Jobs, Betsy Rowbottom, put her seven-year-old dog Homer to work. The Good Jobs practices the methodology of a...
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4 Hiring Criteria You Should Immediately Abandon
by George Blomgren Finding & landing really great talent is hard enough. One way to make it considerably more difficult is to supplement truly important requirements with ones that really don’t...
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The Culture Interview – What are Candidates REALLY Asking?
If your candidate makes the most of the interview process, expect them to ask you a handful of questions when you give them the opportunity to. And if your company culture isn’t visible to the public...
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Startups: Creating a Partnership That Works (the way we do)
We don’t often talk about what’s going right when you’re busting your ass to get your startup off the ground. Most of our ADD-filled days are consumed with what can be improved. We talk about how to...
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Life is Flexible, is Your Job?
We traditionally think of professional work-from-home jobs are limited to positions such as freelance writers, call center reps, and the self-employed of course, but USA Today recently wrote an article...
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Employee Engagement is Not a Marketing Problem
Employee engagement is the result of active, people-oriented leadership. It’s not a marketing problem. It starts with work culture, and more specifically, how leaders treat the people within their...
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Company Culture: 5 Steps to Build A Strong Work Environment
According to Merriam-Webster, the definition of culture is: The set of shared attitudes, value, goals and practices that characterizes an institution or organization. Does this sound appealing to you?...
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Patagonia’s CCO, Doug Freeman, Did A Reddit “Ask Me Anything”– And I Learned...
Doug Freeman is an avid cyclist and the COO of Patagonia. Yesterday afternoon, he showed up on the “Ask Me Anything” subreddit. As a supporter and admirer of Patagonia, I explored the conversation....
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Hiring for Culture Fit: What to Ask and What to Look For
When most people think of the term “company culture,” they think of free happy hours, games in the office, bean bag chairs, etc. The list goes on and on. The truth is, a strong company culture is much...
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5 Ways to Perfect the Work-Life Balance
It’s a common trend these days to not only work for eight hours during the day, but then to bring work home for the night as well. If they don’t physically bring paper work home, they are checking...
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Why a Millennial Chooses Milwaukee: Communication and Culture
by Hannah Leigh Thompson, The Good Jobs intern I have lived in Milwaukee most of my life, and I consider this city my home. Milwaukee is a beautiful city, an entrepreneurial city, with a fantastic food...
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Winning the War For Talent!
The current job market is a war zone… and culture is your best weapon! Many thanks to our friends at Wevue and their excellent post for this infographic. For more about the architecture of the current...
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Let Job Seekers Customize Their Own Jobs
One great way the web revolutionized shopping — configurators. People love to build their own Ford or Nikes or Dells, or design their own M&Ms. We crave customization. Burger King may no longer let...
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Millennials are the Worst! Hiring my generation
by Hannah Leigh Thompson, The Good Jobs intern Type “millennials are” into Google, and what does the great search engine supply? “Millennials are lazy entitled narcissists” – thanks, Time. Millennials...
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