When I get a warm and fuzzy feeling about a bank it’s usually because I’m watching a tearjerker TV commercial. Some bank has rebuilt a blighted neighborhood or loaned a struggling mom the dough to build a bakery. Until recently, I never saw a commercial that made me want to work for a bank. Between… Continue reading
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Trudging Off To The Talent Factory
If you want to work in – or build – a multiculturally savvy organization, it’s a good idea to look closely at HSBC bank. The bank, which operates in 82 countries, expects its “high-potential” people to work in at least several diverse cultural environments, according to the authors of a June Harvard Business Review article… Continue reading
What Can Brown Do For You?
Despite the inexorable rise of e-business, logistics – particularly shipping – remains one of the world’s fastest growing fields. UPS, the global leader in ground shipping, is boosting the size of its Louisville, Kentucky hub from 20,000 workers to more than 25,000 in 2010. Labor and urban planning experts contend that transportation hubs such as… Continue reading
Would You Fall Into the Gap?
Until recently, Gap Inc. was on my short list of leading socially responsible corporations in this country. This is a company that has trailblazed new paths in how it treats employees, the community and the environment. How many companies produce reports that ask What Is A Company’s Role in Society? How many companies have an… Continue reading
Zero Tolerance for Child Labor Abuse
The Gap’s track record of hiring and failing to properly manage some of the world’s lowest cost clothing manufacturers continues to shame them. On Sunday the UK’s Observer broke the story that in a New Delhi, India sweatshop factory run by an outsourced manufacturing firm, children as young as 10 were working up to 16 hours… Continue reading
Putting You On the Spot
Most of us don’t like being put on the spot in a job interview. But if you’re applying for work at Google, Amazon or other dot-com leaders be prepared to tackle some unusual questions. Like, why aren’t manhole covers square? I’ll let you ponder that universal mystery while I move on to my next item…. Continue reading
Is the Google Gravy Train Over?
The escalating cost of hiring world-class talent is taking its toll on Google – and it could impact high-tech job seekers elsewhere too. At last week’s earnings announcement Google management indicated a new willingness to reconsider its hiring approach. Known for lavish spending on recruiting top talent, Google may reconsider its torrid pace of hires and… Continue reading
Meet the My Global Career 500
A friend of mine abdicated her executive throne at a multinational corporation to pursue her dreams of working for a small, non-profit organization. Once there, however, she came to a difficult realization: she prefers the perks and resources of a larger enterprise. I had the opposite awakening one day in the back row of a… Continue reading
