The alarm went off this morning — eight times. You heard it but were too involved in your dream, in which you were fighting with Chewbacca over the last Ben and Jerry’s Phish Food ice cream pint at the grocery store until Charlie Sheen somehow showed up and told you both to just calm down and drink some chocolate milk, for it to make any impact. Continue reading
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Originally hailing from Ohio, Amy is a content strategist on the Marketing and Communications Team who has been with both CareerBuilder and the city of Chicago for more than seven years. She writes on a range of recruitment topics on The Hiring Site, striving to bring a dose of clarity and humor to sometimes complicated issues around employee attraction, engagement and retention. Lady Gaga, step aside: The top hiring and workplace trends to watch for 2011
- January 6th, 2011
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Trends indicate the general direction in which something is developing or heading – and from Lady Gaga’s tendency to don outlandish outfits (ahem, meat dresses), to the urge to turn serious news events into auto-tuned viral videos (thanks, “Bed Intruder Song” creator), trends seep into our lives and surround us on a daily basis. Continue reading
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