4 Factors Creating Utah Workforce Funk

There’s no question something interesting is happening with Utah’s professional/technical workforce right now, and I think there are no less than four competing factors at play any business-owner should be paying very close attention to:

Real and Wage Inflation
Intense Competition for Talent
Corporate cost-cutting
High Energy/Commute Costs

The hardest part to pin-down is that the economic indicators show a [...]

Utah Tries Four Day Work-Week

On August 4th, Utah will begin its move to a four-day work week, a move that should save up to about 20% of the state’s expenses by 2015.
The change will apply to about 17,000 employees, roughly 80% of the state workforce, [Utah State Governor] Huntsman says. Public universities, the state court system, prisons and other [...]

Job Trends: Moonlight, Part-Time Desired by Candidates

It’s likely a result of the current economy, but we have noticed a very high percentage of people coming to us and looking for part-time or extra work on graveyards/evenings/weekends.
These are generally very talented individuals who like their current job/employer, but are looking for additional work to take on.
Likewise, these same people are usually willing [...]

Wanted: Real, CREATIVE ways to cut commute costs. NOW.

I saw an email from Yahoo’s Hot Jobs career center just now and clicked hoping for some great advice on cutting my commute costs.
Well, lets just say what I read was, um, more of the same:

Take the bus
Carpool
Ride your bike
Telecommute

With oil predicted to hit $150/barrell in a month, and prices at the pump currently over [...]

Developing a Network of Passive Seekers

I saw this plate the other day…
A few days ago, I wrote about how hard it is for good, employed job seekers to search for new work while retaining anonymity.
But what if a candidate is not really “looking”, but also wouldn’t pass up the right opportunity if it, well, fell in their lap…?
Sometimes the difference [...]

Law of Attraction

Betty Mann reposted the following ad she found from The Long Tail blog post “For those of you who didn’t get Rock Band this Christmas” which requires linking both to TheLastMinute and AdGoodness.
It’s a pretty funny ad, but you instantly… I mean INSTANTLY get what it’s saying… while you’re laughing about it.

We (the radio station) [...]

Favorite Books of Utah Business Leaders

Connect Magazine recently put out their 2007 Reader’s Choice Awards. For many of the 25 people featured, they each listed an answer to the question:
“Which book has had the greatest impact on your leadership style”
I thought a compilation of their answers might be interesting: When page loads completely, the links below will take you to [...]

Re: Gen Y — ‘The Kids Are Alright’

Thanks to Shannon Seery Gude for twittering about a great read on Gen Y (aka “Millenials” or “iGen”) being really just the same as all other generations.
Stephen Lynch writing at the NY Post got fed up with everyone complaining about the entitlement and know-it-all-ness of the globe’s next generation of leaders, movers and shakers, and [...]

Calendar: Personal Branding Summit - Free Nov. 8 2007

Got a phone?
Get registered for an incredible Personal Branding teleconference happening Thursday (two days from when I am writing this) and includes an incredible lineup of speakers from all over the world.
This conference is FREE, but you must register, and then get on the phone during the section you want to learn.
From the website:
To [...]

Calendar: Guy Kawasaki Speaking in Utah November 1st, 2007

I noticed in my Connect email this morning that Guy Kawasaki will be speaking in Utah (brief autobiography) on November 1st, 2007 (). He will be speaking on business, and it’s expected that he reveal everything unknown in the known universe… or, at lease a few cool things about How to Innovate and Change [...]