by Travis Jones | May 1, 2018 | Career Development Partners, Leadership, Outplacement, Travis Jones | CEO
During difficult economic times companies often have to do whatever they can to reduce and control costs, which typically includes reducing their workforce. Even in good economic conditions, reductions in the workforce remain a cost cutting strategy that many...
by Rick Christensen | Mar 29, 2018 | Career Development Partners, Career Transition, Rick Christensen
I recently read an article about the employment prospects for those of us over 50. The article, How older workers can recover from a job loss, published in the Tulsa World, Sunday, March 18th gave some startling statistics that we all intuitively know as true. Once an...
by Rick Christensen | Mar 15, 2018 | Career Development Partners, High Performance, Job Success, Rick Christensen
“Can you hear me now?’ was the popular tag line in a commercial for a cell phone company. But the real question we should be asking in our everyday communications is “Are you listening?” Hearing and listening are very different. Hearing...
by Mike Duke | Mar 13, 2018 | Career Development Partners, Leadership, Mike Duke
Before I get into how to evaluate poor performers, let me start with how to avoid having a poor performer situation. Start by hiring the right people. Did you know that if you hire the wrong people nothing works. None of your people strategies will work. Training...
by Rick Christensen | Feb 22, 2018 | Career Development Partners, Job Search Resources, Job Success, Rick Christensen
LinkedIn is a phenomenal resource. Consider that you have access to 500 million professionals worldwide, business and thought leaders such as, Bill Gates, Richard Branson, Mark Cuban, me and you. Not only do you have access to them, they have access to you. The...
by Travis Jones | Feb 20, 2018 | Career Development Partners, Job Success, Leadership, Travis Jones | CEO
If given the choice, I’ll take a live seminar every time. How many times have you had training through a webinar, recording or downloaded format and your mind wondered to the point that you never connected the dots to what was being said? Statistics say you are not...
