Fri, 21 Nov 2008 13:24:48 -0500 Peter Clayton http://www.totalpicture.com Podcast Maker v1.3.8b - http://www.lemonzdream.com/podcastmaker The First Podcast for Career Advancement, Employment Trends, Web 2.0 Recruiting, and Leadership Development Total Picture Radio is a career empowerment program for knowledge workers. We are committed to sharing ideas and commentary from thought leaders in business, strategy, marketing, career management, media, and the Internet. TPR podcasts actionable information for high-performance careerists - and business leaders creating talent-focused organizations. Our in-depth interviews include best-selling authors, senior executives, visionaries, leadership coaches, and entrepreneurs. ... en-us (c) 2006/2008 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/us/ Peter Clayton peter@totalpicture.com http://www.totalpicture.com/_qt/300x300-logo_144.jpg http://www.totalpicture.com 144 144 Careers Business News Management & Marketing leadership, career advice, social networking, employment, human resources, recruiting, executive search, jobs, job search no Debra Feldman Are you trying to reinvent your career in these trying economic times? Have you recently been the recepient of a dreaded pink slip? Welcome to a special Career Transition channel edition of Total Picture Radio with Peter Clayton reporting. Who? trying to reinvent yourself for the new economic times? Comments on industries that are dying, dead or in distress- mortgage brokers, financial services, real estate development and sales especially hard hit. Who else? - -coming out of retirement, re-entering the workforce,- dot com millionaires who•ve seen their wealth wiped out, just bored and had enough leisure and watching incompetent people ruin everything , those who can see this a an opportune time to get in again and have a meaningful impact, •temporarily retired who are see now is the time that they have to or should return to work and help out the family, just timing: finished a family or health leave and faced with an unwelcoming job market What to do? Despite all the Internet based job search resources, personal connections still are the most potent method to source a new career challenge. It's not just what you know or who you know but who knows what you know. Incumbent on prospective candidates to attract the attention of appropriate decision makers : to be on their radar as openings in the organization surface, to be placed top of mind and viewed as a reliable solution, to be trusted and put on the inside track to leads about new jobs referred to them by their personal contacts Networking? Yes! Not whether to network but how to Network Purposefully. Figure out who has hiring authority for the job you want and arrange to meet them- it's that simple and that difficult to achieve with everyone busy and wary of stranger's requests and effective corporate gatekeepers in the form of voice mail systems, human gatekeepers and automated resume screening systems. http://www.totalpicture.com/_qt/job_whiz_career_transition_podcast.mp3 Fri, 21 Nov 2008 13:21:51 -0500 Careers no 00:21:11 leadership, career advice, social networking, employment, human resources, recruiting, executive search, jobs, job search Total Picture Radio with Peter Clayton Ramit Sethi is the founder and author of I Will Teach You To Be Rich, a blog on personal finance and entrepreneurship. His site hosts over 175,000 readers per month - a Success Strategies Podcast with Peter Clayton Ramit Sethi is the founder and author of I Will Teach You To Be Rich, a blog on personal finance and entrepreneurship. His site hosts over 175,000 readers per month and has been featured in the Wall Street Journal, New York Times, NPR, and ABC News. His book, "I Will Teach You To Be Rich," will be published in early 2009. He is also the co-founder and vice president of community marketing for PBwiki, a venture-backed online start-up that hosts millions of users per month. Ramit graduated from Stanford University in 2005 with undergraduate and graduate degrees in technology, psychology, and sociology. On October 30th, Ramit Annouced the "Save $1000 in 30 Days Challenge" "You’ll notice that I haven’t written a lot about frugality on this site," he wrote. "That’s because Americans suck at frugality. We spend more than we make. We’re terrible at deferring our immediate wants and investing for the long term. We go into debt. And we blame everyone but ourselves... Remember, fundamentally, there are two ways to have more money. You can earn more money or cut costs. If you’ve been reading this site for a long time, you’ll notice that I’d much rather focus on increasing your earning potential, whether through investments or entrepreneurship. I hate talking about frugality because, for most people in America, frugality is hopeless." http://www.totalpicture.com/_qt/i_will_teach_you_to_be_rich_podcast.mp3 Wed, 19 Nov 2008 08:00:18 -0500 Careers no 00:18:50 leadership, career advice, social networking, employment, human resources, recruiting, executive search, jobs, job search Total Picture Radio with Peter Clayton According to Stephen Viscusi, the most important thing to remember during these tough economic times is that your job is your most valuable asset — and your primary objective is to protect it. "Work is not a democracy." And don't kid yourself — your job won't be spared because of your seniority or your hard work or your prestigious degrees. You will save your job by creating the perception of indispensability and by taking care of your boss. Period. Viscusi is a frequent contributor on the morning show circuit and NPR's "Talk of the Nation." Viscusi began his own career as a headhunter and is still involved as a consultant in executive search. His latest book is titled; Bulletproof Your Job: 4 Simple Strategies to Ride Out the Rough Times and Come Out on Top at Work. The book outlines four simple strategies for dodging the layoff bullet and 50 practical ways to implement these strategies. This no-nonsense guide offers a straightforward, action-oriented approach to protecting your job with tactics that not only help you keep the job you have, but to also to maximize your prospects for the future. http://www.totalpicture.com/_qt/stephen_viscusi_podcast.mp3 Tue, 18 Nov 2008 12:33:11 -0500 Careers no 00:23:17 leadership, career advice, social networking, employment, human resources, recruiting, executive search, jobs, job search Total Picture Radio with Peter Clayton One of the biggest challenges organizations encounter is how to thrive when faced with constant, disruptive change. The study of neuroscience has provided us with a deeper understanding of why people find change so unsettling. Neuroscience offers valuable insight into the way people approach new tasks or manage upheaval and helps us understand how the human brain utilizes mental resources to deal with ambiguity, resolve conflict, or find creative solutions to complex problems. Neuroscience can help organizations become more effective in how they manage change, which should increase organizational productivity and employee satisfaction. A groundbreaking article on NeuroLeadership was published in the Summer 2006 issue of strategy+business, written by David Rock and Jeffrey Schwartz, titled "The Neuroscience of Leadership." Peter Clayton, producer/host of Total Picture Radio, spoke with Art Kleiner at the NeurLeadership Summit in New York City. "Once leaders have created an environment that enables them to command an employee’s complete attention, the second step is to create a compelling vision of what will occur when their new idea has been implemented. Cognitive scientists are finding that people’s expectations and attitudes, known as mental maps, play a central role in their perception of the world around them. To facilitate change, leaders must encourage moments of insight that allow people to change their attitudes and expectations." The Neuroscience of Leadership" http://www.totalpicture.com/_qt/art_kleiner_neuroleadership_conference.mp3 Mon, 17 Nov 2008 08:00:50 -0500 Careers no 00:20:08 leadership, career advice, social networking, employment, human resources, recruiting, executive search, jobs, job search Total Picture Radio with Peter Clayton The recent meltdown on Wall Street has brought CEO pay back to the forefront of business news, and the election of Barack Obama might help to keep it there for a while. Welcome to our continuing TrendWatcher series on Total Picture Radio with Peter Clayton reporting. The recent meltdown on Wall Street has brought CEO pay back to the forefront of business news, and the election of Barack Obama might help to keep it there for a while. Things had quieted down a bit in recent years since Sarbanes Oxley was enacted and the SEC implemented its new disclosure rules, but once again shareholders are up in arms about CEOs getting huge payouts while their companies disintegrate around them. Total Picture Radio has formed a strategic alliance with The Institute for Corporate Productivity, i4cp, allowing us to publish on our site the compete weekly research report in their TrendWatcher initiative, as well as record a weekly interview with the lead author of the article. Joining us today from St Petersburg, FL, is David Wentworth at i4cp. Read the full TrendWatcher article at www.totalpicture.com http://www.totalpicture.com/_qt/tw_david_wentworth_ceo_comp.mp3 Fri, 14 Nov 2008 13:00:07 -0500 Careers no 00:16:17 leadership, career advice, social networking, employment, human resources, recruiting, executive search, jobs, job search Total Picture Radio with Peter Clayton "The greater your ability to rally people to your cause, especially when they do it because they want to and not because they have to, the greater your chances of success" — Liz Lynch With the recent rise in U.S. unemployment to its highest level in fourteen years, there’s never been a more important time for networking. But how can you get more results in less time? How do you find the right balance of in-person networking and all the new choices for online networking? How can you attract people into your network and keep them there? How do you become someone who people want to help? Liz Lynch ,the founder of the Center for Networking Excellence, is the author of Smart Networking (McGraw Hill). Liz helps you network smart so you don’t have to network hard. Instead of pushing yourself at people, Liz shows how you can pull them in so they’ll want to work with you. Packed with powerful strategies from Liz’s own experience and real-life stories from the field, Smart Networking describes how to integrate face-to-face techniques with a strong online presence to expand your professional circle. Liz will help you to: Overcome resistance to networking whether the problem is skill or will Find an effective networking style that’s right for you, even if you're introverted Learn the difference between effective networking, schmoozing and sucking up Identify the gaps in your network and develop a plan to fill them Tap into existing contacts and master the art of the ask Increase visibility through speaking, e-zine publishing, and blogs Expand your reach with LinkedIn, Facebook, Twitter and Meetup.com Network unconventionally at conventions and trade shows Create value for yourself by finding strategic ways to help others http://www.totalpicture.com/_qt/liz_lynch_smart_networking_podcast.mp3 Thu, 13 Nov 2008 15:49:16 -0500 Careers no 00:20:10 leadership, career advice, social networking, employment, human resources, recruiting, executive search, jobs, job search Total Picture Radio with Peter Clayton Discover the latest science on the link between stress and performance and to better regulate our emotions in today's stressed-out world. Peter Clayton reports from the North American NeuroLeadership Summit, sponsored by Deloitte. In an article titled The Science of Managing Fears on Donny Deutsch's Big Idea Blog, Kevin Ochsner, our guest today on Total Picture Radio wrote; "During times of stress and difficulty – whether economic or personal – it is easy to feel afraid, uncertain and just plain overwhelmed. Making choices about your future from a place of strong emotion – whether its fear, anxiety or panic – may not result is the best solutions. To help cope with such trying times it is useful to know first what your emotional response is – what is it telling you and why – and second, what you can do to bring yourself back to an even keel." Kevin Ochsner is Assistant Professor of Psychology at Columbia University. Kevin's research interests include the psychological and neural processes involved in emotion, pain, self-regulation, self perception, and person perception. All of his work employs a social cognitive neuroscience approach that seeks to integrate the theories and methods of social psychology on the one hand, and cognitive neuroscience on the other. evin received his bachelor's degree in psychology from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and his Masters degree and Ph.D. in psychology from Harvard University. He has also received postdoctoral training in social psychology at Harvard and functional neuroimaging at Stanford University. His teaching includes seminars on social cognitive neuroscience and current topics in cognitive neuroscience (that focuses in some years on fMRI methodology and other years on functional neuroanatomy) as well as a lecture course on experimental psychological methods for studying emotion and social cognition. http://www.totalpicture.com/_qt/kevin_ochsner_neuroleadership_summit_podcast.mp3 Mon, 10 Nov 2008 08:05:03 -0500 Careers no 00:14:51 leadership, career advice, social networking, employment, human resources, recruiting, executive search, jobs, job search Total Picture Radio with Peter Clayton These are troubling times for knowledge-intensive businesses. Back before the economy was based on information and knowledge, it was easier for organizations to lose significant portions of their workforce and still remain productive. Welcome to our continuing TrendWatcher series on Total Picture Radio with Peter Clayton reporting. These are troubling times for knowledge-intensive businesses. Back before the economy was based on information and knowledge, it was easier for organizations to lose significant portions of their workforce and still remain productive. Employees weren't as likely to need deep stores of knowledge to get their jobs done. Today, reductions-in-force (RIFs) are more likely to result in having uniquely knowledgeable people walk out the door, sometimes causing unanticipated problems for businesses. If such RIFs aren't carried out carefully, they can cause a critical "dumbing down" of organizations. Total Picture Radio has formed a strategic alliance with The Institute for Corporate Productivity, i4cp, allowing us to publish on our site the compete weekly research report in their TrendWatcher initiative, as well as record a weekly interview with the lead author of the article. Joining us today from St Petersburg, FL, is Mary Key, Leadership Pillar Director at i4cp. A new survey conducted by i4cp in conjunction with HR.com found that 71% of the respondents reported that their companies have had a RIF in the last 12 months, and 39% foresee a RIF over the next six months. In many cases, companies have probably already made the "easier" cuts. Among companies that conducted a RIF over the last 12 months, about half expect more reductions over the next half year. RIFs can result not only in lost knowledge but also in the kind of organizational dynamics in which knowledge becomes more poorly used. After RIFs, companies often have to do more with fewer intellectual resources, causing the dilution of expertise. And there are also other problems: lower levels of employee engagement among those who remain, greater chances of discouraged "top talent" voluntarily leaving, more things falling "through the cracks" because people who used to handle certain details are gone, and greater numbers of dissatisfied customers due to cutbacks in services. Losing valuable knowledge, particularly tacit knowledge, has been identified as important but not necessarily urgent for many companies. Organizations have tended to focus on the short term rather than the long term, which is where they've tended to see the issue of knowledge retention. However, the current economy has speeded up the loss of knowledge, and more companies will feel the impact of critical know-how leaving the organization. visit the TrendWatcher Channel of www.totalpicture.com for the complete Trendwatcher Article http://www.totalpicture.com/_qt/mary_key_down_economy_podcast.mp3 Sun, 09 Nov 2008 18:58:47 -0500 Careers no 00:16:12 leadership, career advice, social networking, employment, human resources, recruiting, executive search, jobs, job search Total Picture Radio, Peter Clayton A former CEO, John Case has applied his leadership skills and personal philosophy of "Focus…Accountability…Teamwork" to lead two different companies to the forefunt of their respective industries. Peter Clayton interviews John at the NeuroLeadership... A former CEO, John Case has applied his leadership skills and personal philosophy of "Focus…Accountability…Teamwork" to lead two different companies to the forefunt of their respective industries; La-Z-Boy, Inc., and Elecrolux Home Care Products. He now draws on those experiences in his role as an Executive in Residence, with the Tippie College of Business at the University of Iowa and as a leadership consultant and guest lecturer. At the NeuroLeadership Summit, John participated in a panel discusson on the neuroscience of leadership. One of the first things he told the audience of scientists, medical professionals, senior executives and leadership coaches was; "Every CEO will tell you that their people are their most important competitive advantage. With most companies, this is total bu**sh*t." John's company, F.A.T. Leadership, introduces a simple leadership approach that bridges the gap and creates work environments that fully align and energize the organization to increased levels of performance. The key elements outlined in F.A.T. can be used in the smallest company or the largest, strategically or operationally, in a department, a division or a corporation to create measurable results. http://www.totalpicture.com/_qt/john_case_neuroleadership_summit.mp3 Thu, 06 Nov 2008 14:50:47 -0500 Careers no 00:20:49 leadership, career advice, social networking, employment, human resources, recruiting, executive search, jobs, job search Total Picture Radio, Peter Clayton If companies can digitally monitor and then model employees and their social networks, then they'll be much better at managing those workers in a way that maximizes productivity." Welcome to our continuing TrendWatcher series on Total Picture Radio with Peter Clayton reporting. TPR has formed a strategic alliance with The Institute for Corporate Productivity, (i4cp), allowing us to publish on our site the compete weekly research report in their TrendWatcher initiative, as well as record a weekly interview with the lead author of the article. Joining us today from St Petersburg, FL, is Mark Vickers, VP of research at i4cp. "Beware, knowledge workers: Your halcyon days are numbered. You're in the process of being shaped into bits and bytes, numbers and equations, and your work lives will never be the same. Your organizations' productivity, however, may well spike up even as you're digitized..." http://www.totalpicture.com/_qt/trendwatcher_podcast_numerati.mp3 Wed, 05 Nov 2008 09:03:25 -0500 Careers no 00:13:24 leadership, career advice, social networking, employment, human resources, recruiting, executive search, jobs, job search Total Picture Radio, Peter Clayton Peter Clayton reports from the North American Leadership Summit, sponsored by Deloitte. Proven strategies to change your brain and your life! 60-second Sanity Strategies from Millie Grenough, an Executive Coach and Clinical Instructor at Yale. t's 7:30 in the morning. I'm sitting in a conference room at the Millennium Hotel in New York City. It's the second day of the NeuroLeadership Summit. Someone has a ribbon attached to their name tag which reads; "My Brain Hurts." That's a good description for how I feel. The session "Guided Group Attention Exercise," is lead by Millie Grenough, an Executive Coach and Clinical Instructor in Social Work of Psychiatry, Yale University School of Medicine. I'm holding a small stone from a "take one please" bowl at the entrance. Well, "this is new," I'm thinking to myself. Millie is standing in front of the group, the projector is not working, no PowerPoint. She is totally, I mean totally unfazed by this information. Millie is a former Catholic nun who became a nightclub singer. She is the calmest person I've ever seen in New York. Like one of those TV yoga instructors. Her book is titled Oasis in the Overwhelm 60-second strategies for balance in a busy world. It's election day here in the U.S. Take a deep breath; have a listen to Millie, and learn why I still have the stone from Millie's early morning workshop. Millie Grenough is an Executive Coach and Clinical Instructor in Social Work of Psychiatry, Yale University School of Medicine. An international workshop presenter, she is President of Grenough LLC, a coaching and training organization based in New Haven, Connecticut, and is an associate of the Corporate Coaching Center. Her area of specialization is coaching individuals and groups for Peak Performance, Stress Management, Team-Building, Life/Work Balance, and Presentation Skills. Her clients include accountants, architects, athletes, attorneys, senior executives, clergy, health professionals, and planning teams from large and small businesses. As a key member of an international development team in South America, Millie provided organizational diagnosis and development of individual and group potential. In Europe, she designed curricula and practical learning strategies for multi-national business people at the University of Salamanca. At the Instituto de Estudios Norteamericanos in Barcelona, she created an innovative approach to learning languages for doctors and medical students. Her trademark Sing it! Learn English Through Song © was published as six books and six cassettes by McGraw-Hill. About the NeuroLeadership Summits The Summits are designed to bring some of the world's leading neuroscientists and leadership experts together to share what they have discovered and explore new paradigms for developing today’s and tomorrow’s leaders. The 2008 Summits were held in Sydney, Australia and New York City in the United States. The 2007 Summit was held in Asolo, Italy and brought together 55 open-minded, high-powered thinkers from many corners of the globe. The hope is to build a better science for leadership by integrating relevant neuroscientific research. http://www.totalpicture.com/content/view/695/214/ http://www.totalpicture.com/_qt/grenough_neuroleadership_podcast.mp3 Tue, 04 Nov 2008 10:00:34 -0500 Careers no 00:17:18 leadership, career advice, social networking, employment, human resources, recruiting, executive search, jobs, job search Total Picture Radio, Peter Clayton Peter Clayton reporting from the North American Leadership Summit. Sponsored by Deloitte, LLP. Do you have a "noisy mind?" "How Attention Shapes the Brian" This is powerful stuff. An interview podcast with Dr. Jeffrey M. Schwartz, a well known scientist and author, seminal thinker and researcher in the field of neuroplasticity. He is a research psychiatrist at the School of Medicine, UCLA. Do you have a "noisy mind?" The opening keynote featured Dr. Jeffrey Schwartz interpreting the remarks from quantum physicist and author, Dr. Henry Stapp: "How Attention Shapes the Brian" This is powerful stuff. It has the ability to transform corporations by understanding how to empower people, and provide effective leadership through these economically challenging times. I encourage you to open your mind to these possibilities. "A noisy mind can develop when the brain is overstimulated. Emotions such as fear or anxiety can also contribute to the noise by increasing stress levels." "One of the biggest challenges organizations encounter is how to thrive when faced with constant, disruptive change. The study of neuroscience has provided us with a deeper understanding of why people find change so unsettling. It offers valuable insight into the way people approach new tasks or manage upheaval and helps us understand how the human brain utilizes mental resources to deal with ambiguity, resolve conflict, or find creative solutions to complex problems. Neuroscience can help organizations become more effective in how they manage change, which should increase organizational productivity and employee satisfaction." http://www.totalpicture.com/_qt/schwartz_neuroleadership_podcast.mp3 Mon, 03 Nov 2008 06:30:43 -0500 Careers no 00:25:53 leadership, career advice, social networking, employment, human resources, recruiting, executive search, jobs, job search Total Picture Radio: Peter Clayton What impact will the implosion of the financial markets have on jobs outside the financial services industry? Are you qualified and well suited for project based, independent consulting work? Peter Clayton interviews Linda Stewart. Welcome to a special Big Picture edition of Total Picture Radio with Peter Clayton reporting. Joining us today: Linda N. Stewart, president, CEO and founder of EPOCH - a company she formed in 2007 to bring together her financial service expertise and relationships with her understanding of the demographic changes in the marketplace and to introduce a new talent management resource to organizations. EPOCH acts as a broker of independently employed financial service executives who offer their project based consulting services to help companies accelerate the completion of critical business initiatives. By engaging variable cost resources who have completed similar projects in similar organizations globally, companies can drive business results quickly and cost effectively. Different from traditional consultants that focus primarily on strategy, these executives are all about execution. Total Picture Radio interviewed Ms. Stewart last year, and given the current financial crises, record number of white collar job layoffs, and general abysmal outlook for the employment market, we wanted to get her advice for those experienced professionals considering independent consulting and self-employment. Fortunately, Linda is providing advice on this topic on her blog: in a series titled, "Becoming Independently Employed: A 5 Step Guide." http://www.totalpicture.com/_qt/linda_stewart_epoch_podcast.mp3 Mon, 27 Oct 2008 00:41:08 -0400 Careers no 00:16:17 leadership, career advice, social networking, employment, human resources, recruiting, executive search, jobs, job search Total Picture Radio, Peter Clayton Welcome to a Big Picture edition of Total Picture Radio, with Peter Clayton reporting. Joining us from San Francisco is Robert Brunner, who is the co-author of Do You Matter? How great design will make people love your company In a recent Globespotting article in BusinessWeek, Steve Hamm writes: "A couple of years ago, when Robert Brunner, the onetime industrial design chief at Apple and now head of Ammunition, was teaching a course about the emotional side of design in Stanford's engineering school, he asked the members of the class to raise their hands if they cared if Motorola went out of business. One person raised his hand. Then he asked who cared if Apple went out of business. Most everybody raised their hands." More and more companies are coming to understand the competitive advantage offered by outstanding design. With this, you can create products, services, and experiences that truly matter to your customers' lives and thereby drive powerful, sustainable improvements in business performance. But delivering great designs is not easy. Many companies accomplish it once, or twice; few do it consistently. The secret: building a truly design-driven business, in which design is central to everything you do. Do You Matter? shows how to do precisely that. Legendary industrial designer Robert Brunner (who laid the groundwork for Apple's brilliant design language) and Stewart Emery (Success Built to Last) begin by making an incontrovertible case for the power of design in making emotional connections, deepening relationships, and strengthening brands. You'll learn what it really means to be "design-driven" and how that translates into action at Nike, Apple, BMW and IKEA. You'll learn design-driven techniques for managing your entire experience chain; define effective design strategies and languages; and learn how to manage design from the top, encouraging "risky" design innovations that lead to entirely new markets. The authors show how (and how not) to use research; how to extend design values into marketing, manufacturing, and beyond; and how to keep building on your progress, truly "baking" design into all your processes and culture. http://www.totalpicture.com/_qt/robert_brunner_podcast.mp3 Fri, 24 Oct 2008 12:50:08 -0400 Careers no 00:21:55 leadership, career advice, social networking, employment, human resources, recruiting, executive search, jobs, job search Total Picture Radio, Peter Clayton Peter Clayton, producer/host of Total Picture Radio, interviews Paul Harrison, managing partner of Carve, a London-based digital engagement consultancy at the Onrec.com Expo 2008 Paul, and his team at Carve, help organizations build compelling employer brands and develop impactful talent attraction strategies. His presentation at OnRec was titled: "Listening to the Conversation - Employer Brands and the Social Media" Carve has significant expertise in social media and search marketing, ePR for HR, engagement strategy, employer brand development and marketing. Carve works with private, public and not-for-profit organizations, advertising agencies and recruitment consultancies. Paul has worked in online recruitment for more than 10 years, having joined early corporate job board Taps.com in 1997. Paul started his career with Haymarket Publishing, following a degree in Mass Media Communications. Before launching Carve Consulting, Paul set up and developed the new media divisions of two leading UK recruitment advertising agencies. Prior to that, he was sales and marketing director at acumen web, now largest UK public sector job board JobsGoPublic.com. http://www.totalpicture.com/_qt/paul_harrison_carve_podcast.mp3 Tue, 21 Oct 2008 13:35:07 -0400 Careers no 00:16:01 leadership, career advice, social networking, employment, human resources, recruiting, executive search, jobs, job search Total Picture Radio - Peter Clayton Dave Mendoza is an award winning blogger, global speaker and Master Cybersleuth consultant. Peter Clayon, producer/host of Total Picture Radio, had an opportunity to sit down with Dave Mendoza, of "Six Degrees from Dave" fame at the Onrec Conference. Dave is a leading advocate for microsite talent communities; building aggressive talent pipelines and research capabilities while maintaining substantive social networking relationships. Dave is recognized for his networking and blog achievements as one of the top 20 networkers worldwide on Linkedin and for his contributions. His recruitment blog "Six Degrees from Dave, spotlights HR industry leaders, sourcing gurus, global staffing practices and social networking. It was recently honored with 3 awards: RecruitingBlogs.com's "Best Overall Recruitment Blog of 2007" & "Best Recruitment Industry Blog of 2007, and HireAbility's "Best Recruitment Blog of 2007." Dave's blog was listed #3 out of 25 of the best blogs of 2007 by HRWorld.com. His site also received most votes for Best Recruitment blog of 2006 at Recruiting.com. Dave has presented at various global recruitment conferences, Staffing Management Association events, webinars and workshops. Most recently, he co-presented at the AustralAsian Talent Conference on "Blogging for Talent" with thought leader, Kevin Wheeler, and served on a panel on "Social Media: How is Technology Impacting Recruitment?" Panelist at Kennedy Expo Vegas 2008's "Ask the Experts — a Sourcing Summit Town Hall." He served as Moderator for a Three Part Kennedy Info, Audio Series on "Blogging for Talent, Branding and Web 2.0 Relationships" and a Kennedy Conference & Expo General Assembly Panel, "Blogging from 'Guerilla' Marketing to Mainstream Recruiting," Co-Presented both "Mastering Linkedin" an ERE "Full Day Master Session, Advanced Sourcing Workshop" with Shally Steckerl and Glenn Gutmacher. Few in the recruiting business take "networking" more seriously or pursue it more passionately. http://www.totalpicture.com/_qt/podcast_dave_mendoza.mp3 Mon, 20 Oct 2008 10:28:35 -0400 Careers no 00:12:05 leadership, career advice, social networking, employment, human resources, recruiting, executive search, jobs, job search Total Picture Radio, Peter Clayton Never has the poet Emerson's observation seemed more true: "Our distrust is very expensive." Mary Lippitt, president of Enterprise Management Ltd. and an executive in residence at i4cp, joins Peter Clayton on Total Picture Radio There are few, if any, historical periods when trust has meant more than it does today. Just look around. Not only has the recent financial crisis been rooted in a lack of trust in financial institutions, but initial attempts by political leaders to boost confidence in the markets were badly undercut by distrust. As the Washington Post recently reported, "The leaders of the country said: Trust us. The people said: Not this time." And not just expensive but destructive. Distrust is like a highly corrosive substance that disintegrates the seemingly solid, whether it be major financial institutions, stock markets or even whole economies. Just imagine what it can do within your average business organization. So, in this era of disastrous distrust, how are most businesses faring? Let's just say that things could be better. The Institute for Corporate Productivity (i4cp) recently asked its member companies and other business professionals, "To what degree do you believe your organization nurtures trust among employees?" Only about two-fifths of respondents believe their companies nurture such trust to a high or very high degree. visit www.totalpicture.com for the complete article http://www.totalpicture.com/_qt/podcast_mary_lippitt_tw17.mp3 Sat, 18 Oct 2008 11:33:21 -0400 Careers no 00:18:41 leadership, career advice, social networking, employment, human resources, recruiting, executive search, jobs, job search Peter Clayton Erv Thomas is a Program Manager at Intel Corporation. For the past several years he has been responsible for recruiting, mentoring, and developing the top engineering talent in the world. Monday, 18 August 2008 Four Secrets to Liking your Work Learn to get the job you want without quitting – and yes, we’re serious about this one. Do you dread the first day of your work week? (Yes, and the other four days too.) Do you wish you could make your job better? (Yes, but that’s impossible.) Do you dream of quitting and never returning? (Yes, and I blog about it every day) Do you want to change jobs but fear ending up somewhere worse? (There’s somewhere worse?) Welcome to a Success Strategies edition of Total Picture Radio with Peter Clayton reporting. Erv Thomas is a Program Manager at Intel Corporation. For the past several years he has been responsible for recruiting, mentoring, and developing the top engineering talent in the world. Erv is the co-author of a new book titled Four Secrets to Liking Your Work, You May Not Need to Quit to Get the Job You Want published by the Financial Times Press. Erv has dedicated over 30,000 hours of his time to helping professionals and young adults live up to their full potential at work and in life. Additionally, he has been a design engineer, an educator, and the founding director of a non-profit organization where he has spent the majority of his “non-working” time mentoring teens at risk. Three out of four Americans dislike their current job. In fact, one out of ten is so dissatisfied with their employment they are actively working against their company. Employees this unhappy not only make it difficult for their coworkers in the adjoining cubicle, but they're also a detriment to their families and the economy as a whole. Now, while the grass is always greener, getting a new job is easier said than done. Yet what if you could make your current job better? Sound impossible? Erv Thomas doesn’t think so and he has four secrets to prove it. Thomas and his co-authors, Edward G. Muzio and Deborah J. Fisher, PhD, think you can make your current crappy job fun, rewarding and engaging. Instead of constantly wishing for a bomb threat so you can go home, you’ll actually find yourself saying, "I can’t believe they’re paying me to do this!" Even more remarkable, getting to like your current job has nothing to do with large amounts of alcohol or over-the-counter pain medication. Instead, it has to do with four secrets. Those secrets are: Behavior, Motivation, Task Balance and Skills. You not only learn the perspective of each one of these secrets, but you learn how to apply them to yourself and your current job. For instance, do you find yourself bored or frustrated with the work you have to do? If so, then the secret of Task Balance would be very helpful. The perspective of Task Balance provides the resources and the vocabulary one needs to take their current workload and align it with their needs. What’s remarkable is this is all done without changing your current workload… and once again without alcohol or medications. http://www.totalpicture.com/_qt/erv_thomas_podcast.mp3 Fri, 17 Oct 2008 16:04:40 -0400 Careers no 00:23:52 leadership, career advice, social networking, employment, human resources, recruiting, executive search, jobs, job search Peter Clayton Welcome to our continuing i4cp TrendWatcher series on Total Picture Radio with Peter Clayton reporting. Yes, it is scary out there. No one quite knows how close the economy is to teetering off some high cliff... Total Picture Radio has formed a strategic alliance with The Institute for Corporate Productivity, i4cp, allowing us to publish on our site the compete weekly research report in their TrendWatcher initiative, as well as record a weekly interview with the lead author of the article. Joining us today from St Petersburg, FL, is Mark Vickers, VP of research at i4cp. Yes, it is scary out there. No one quite knows how close the economy is to teetering off some high cliff and being dashed on the sharp rocks of credit shortfalls, business contractions, weak dollars, high inflation, massive layoffs and a long-term business malaise. Perhaps some form of government bailout will help the economy move further away from the brink, but most managers have little control over what happens in Washington or even the larger financial market. What they do have some control over is the productivity in their organizations, and this factor could be the saving grace not only for individual businesses but for the larger economy. Visit www.totalpicture.com for the complete TrendWatcher article. http://www.totalpicture.com/_qt/vickers_productivity_podcast.mp3 Fri, 10 Oct 2008 11:41:42 -0400 Careers no 00:13:25 leadership, career advice, social networking, employment, human resources, recruiting, executive search, jobs, job search Peter Clayton Welcome to our continuing IAEWS Member Profile Inside Recruiting series of podcasts recorded by Total Picture Radio's producer and host, Peter Clayton, at the International Association Employment Web Sites Fall Congress. John Younger is interviewed. Interviewed in this podcast is the President and CEO of Accolo, John Younger. If you've ever wondered what a Recruitment Process Outsourcer (RPO) does, John will be happy to tell you. Accoridng to the company's Web site, "Accolo was founded on the simple concept that there has to be a better way. With the billions of dollars invested in recruiting technologies, the clients in the hiring process—the hiring managers and candidates—have seen no measurable improvement in experience or results." John Younger Biography For more than 20 years, John Younger has successfully identified and incorporated major trends and technologies affecting the recruitment landscape. In 2000 he founded Accolo, a leader in Recruitment Process Outsourcing (RPO) for small and mid-sized companies. John’s passion to dramatically improve how people and jobs find each other is rooted in his deep understanding of technology, the recruitment process, and a core belief that everyone deserves courtesy and respect. This idea is central to Accolo’s vision, methods and communications. John’s vision for a completely outsourced staffing solution led him to found y/net in 1996. After a successful launch, y/net was acquired by TriNet where John remained as President until 1999. While with TriNet, John helped the company gain recognition as one of Inc. Magazine’s 500 fastest growing companies in 1996, 1997, 1998 and 1999. Before founding y/net, John was the vice president of human resources for Bank of America where he led technical recruitment for an organization of 16,000 people. John has successfully identified, incorporated and advanced recruitment solutions for more than 16 years. He was Resumix user #2 in 1988 and established the first Vendor on Premises for both Bank of America and Olsten Corporation in 1992. He was an early adopter of Internet recruiting with the On-Line Career Center – which later became Monster – in 1993, and was Hire.com user #4 while running his Venture Talent recruitment Agency in 1998. John earned a degree from Notre Dame in Mathematics and Computer Science and is a former member of the United States National (Olympic) Rowing Team. About Accolo Founded in 2000, Accolo delivers a comprehensive and scalable recruiting infrastructure to small and mid-sized businesses. Through the use of proprietary turnkey technology and best-practice methodology, the company drives significant improvements in hiring quality, efficiency and cost. Accolo delivers a unique method of recruiting within a highly automated framework, along with a Career Network of more than 1,000,000 professionals. Headquartered in Larkspur, Calif., Accolo also has offices in Chicago and New York, and is a founding member of the Recruitment Process Outsourcing Association. The company’s investors include Altos Ventures, Vedior and TriNet. For more information on Accolo, please visit www.accolo.com. http://www.totalpicture.com/content/view/681/213/ http://www.totalpicture.com/_qt/accolo_podcast_iaews.mp3 Fri, 10 Oct 2008 05:36:03 -0400 Careers no 00:08:13 leadership, career advice, social networking, employment, human resources, recruiting, executive search, jobs, job search Peter Clayton Welcome to a Inside Recruiting Channel podcast with Peter Clayton Reporting. Welcome to a Inside Recruiting Channel podcast with Peter Clayton Reporting. Jeremy explains the concept and what careers are in high demand. Talking Points: Jeremy, "Why didn't I think of that?" Streamlining the Talent Search. Give us a synopsis of your presentation at OnRec. Okay, let's talk about BountyJobs. According to your website, "BountyJobs provides employers with unparalleled access to a huge pool of talent while giving headhunters the opportunity to tap into a tremendous new revenue stream." How so? What is the advantage for head hunters? How do employers select the recruiters they want to work with? Who are some of the employers using BountyJobs? How long has BountyJobs been online? What kind of growth have you experienced? What makes BountyJobs different from sites like Dayak and TalentHire? Do you offer any services to job seekers? Can you tell us what some of the most in-demand jobs are based on the activity on your site? With all the economic gloom and doom out there, are you sill seeing growth in the employment market? What is your background Jeremy? What didn't I ask? Jeremy brings entrepreneurial and management experience from the Internet, Financial and Medical industries. In 1998, he started an internet software company called Versity.com where among other things; he developed enterprise course management software for universities. At Versity, Jeremy raised $12M and sold the business for $80M. The software is still used enterprise wide at universities like Stanford and Berkeley. Previously, Jeremy was a financial analyst at DLJ-LA and York Capital (a $12 billion hedge fund); he also was the special assistant to the CEO of CR Bard, a $9 billion medical device company. Education: University of Michigan, BBA (accounting); MIT, MBA. http://www.totalpicture.com/_qt/jeremy_lappin_podcast.mp3 Thu, 09 Oct 2008 13:01:45 -0400 Careers no 00:12:48 jobs, leadership, career advice, social networking, employment, human resources, recruiting, executive search, jobs, job search Peter Clayton Joining Peter Clayton, Total Picture Radio's host and producer, is Phillip Morris, the founder of AllHealthCareJobs.com - a job bank encompassing medical jobs in nursing, allied health, pharmacy, physician employment, executive, rehab and laboratory. Phillip Morris Biography: Dr. Morris has a Bachelor’s Degree in Physics and a Ph.D, in Mathematics both from the University of Hull, England. He spent 4 years teaching and then went on to work in Medical Physics at a hospital in New Zealand where he discovered his true creative spirit in software. Phil has over 34 years of software experience and continually strives to keep ahead of the technology curve by incorporating the latest software tools into the websites. This allows our websites to provide unprecedented ease of use, combined with unmatched and very powerful functionality. His vision of the web is a far cry from just passive presentation of information. Instead he views the web as a two way communications medium – “our websites are simply applications that run over the web”! AllHealthcareJobs.com is proud to be a winner of the 2008 Weddle’s User Choice Awards. http://www.totalpicture.com/_qt/pmorris_iaews_podcast.mp3 Thu, 09 Oct 2008 10:05:01 -0400 Careers no 00:05:36 leadership, career advice, social networking, employment, human resources, recruiting, executive search, jobs, job search Peter Clayton An Inside Recruiting Channel with Peter Clayton reporting from OnRec 2008. John Sumser is the preeminent analyst of the online Recruiting Industry. For over 15 years, John’s voice has been the foundation of the intellectual framework of the industry. John Sumser has helped over 100 startups, serves on the board of Salary.com, publishes a daily piece about the industry (and has for all 15 years). About a year ago, he launched a series of experiments called “The Recruiting Roadshow”. The idea is to bring continuing education to local neighborhoods; combine it with online networks and social software; and, build a new industry infrastructure. John's Bio John understands the inner workings of employment and recruiting. He is able to see and articulate how and why people work. This is partly because John has worked a lot of jobs—from selling doughnuts door-to door, digging ditches and building railroads to corporate executive, director, editor, and CEO. He knows that making the right hiring decision requires both breadth and precision, and that finding the right person for the right job is a process that must adapt to an ever-changing marketplace. The foundation of John’s interest in recruiting was how to use developing technology to find candidates that were inaccessible before. John was on the cutting edge of how the internet and technology affect work and recruiting. He became interested in the internet in its embryonic stages when it was known as the Well. His conversations with folks in the San Francisco Bay Area developed into a position as CEO of the Whole Earth Catalog, where he met and worked with many of the founders of Silicon Valley. In 1995, John started his own company, Interbiznet, where he wrote a daily column on using the internet and technology for employment recruiting as well as a survey of global employment news and trends. His ideas have been the catalyst for dozens of new companies and countless MBA student papers. John is currently the editor of Recruiting.com where he continues to write a daily column. He also regularly consults with recruiters and employers on how to find, hire and keep the best employees, how people work, how companies and systems affect employees and how changing economies and technology alter the nature of work itself. One of John’s current areas of interest is how the cultural differences between the generations are changing the workplace. He introduced this idea last year to the top 500 employers in Canada last year where Al Gore was the warm-up act (although Mr. Gore might call it the key-note speech). John continues to explore the importance of culture and communications through new technologies and forums like Twitter, Facebook, Linkedin and blogging, all of which allow us to meet and connect with people we might not have found in another era, and perhaps say things we would never say in person. But after more than two decades of sitting behind a computer, it is time to step out and put humans back into human resources. While it is possible to develop relationships through text messages, email and phone calls, there is still no substitute for actually meeting another person, sharing a meal and a conversation, looking people in the eye and seeing them laugh. Thus, the Recruiting Roadshow is designed to create local networks and bring people together in the same room to connect and talk in “real time,” while getting the latest insight and information on finding the right person for the job. http://www.totalpicture.com/_qt/sumser_onrec_podcast.mp3 Wed, 08 Oct 2008 15:07:36 -0400 Careers no 00:09:56 leadership, career advice, social networking, employment, human resources, recruiting, executive search, jobs, job search Peter Clayton Last week, many recruitment professionals probably let out a collective sigh of exasperation. Once again, the SAT scores for the most recent U.S. high school graduates were stagnant and at their lowest levels since 1999. TrendWatcher #15 Welcome to our continuing TrendWatcher series with Peter Clayton reporting. Total Picture Radio has formed a strategic alliance with The Institute for Corporate Productivity, i4cp, allowing us to publish on our site the compete weekly research report in their TrendWatcher initiative, as well as record a weekly interview with the lead author of the article. Joining us today from St Petersburg, FL, is analyst Judy London, the lead author of this weeks’ article titled Can Businesses Fix Our Schools? TrendWatcher examines the business and social trends that are likely to influence the future of work. "Last week, many recruitment professionals probably let out a collective sigh of exasperation. Once again, the SAT scores for the most recent U.S. high school graduates were stagnant and at their lowest levels since 1999 (Zagier, 2008; CollegeBoard, 2008). This was largely because more students - including low-income students - are taking the college entrance exam than in the past ("Average SAT," 2008). The expansion of this pool of college-exam takers is generally viewed as good news, but it highlights the fact that many would-be college graduates are starting off with a lower level of skills, especially reading skills." This could spell trouble down the line. After all, the Institute for a Competitive Workforce (2008) reports that 90% of jobs in the fastest-growing job sectors will require some post-secondary education. The urgency of the matter isn't lost on today's business professionals. Three-quarters of 580 respondents to the Institute for Corporate Productivity's recent 2008 Major Issues Survey said that the quality of primary and secondary education is either important or extremely important to the management of people in their firms, and the importance of the issue is only expected to increase over the next 10 years. Moreover, four out of five respondents to a recent i4cp Pulse survey on education said that the quality of primary and secondary (K-12) education is critical for the future workforce. Yet, the K-12 system is often viewed as failing to properly prepare many of today's students for either college or the workforce. The i4cp Pulse survey found that about two-thirds of 298 respondents identified "quality of teaching" as the K-12 issue that is most critical to the future workforce. Given these circumstances, it's no wonder businesses are trying to influence and improve the K-12 system via sponsorship, partnerships and other initiatives. Sixty-five percent of those responding to i4cp's Pulse survey said their organization engages in a K-12 education partnership or initiative of some type. Other sources confirm that schools have recently seen a surge in private-sector sponsorship (Hills & Hirschhorn, 2007), and there is growing business investment in K-12 math, science and technology instruction... visit www.totalpicture.com for the complete transcript http://www.totalpicture.com/content/view/658/215/ http://www.totalpicture.com/_qt/judy_london_i4cp_trendwatcher_15.mp3 Tue, 07 Oct 2008 20:11:19 -0400 Careers no 00:15:48 leadership, career advice, social networking, employment, human resources, recruiting, executive search, jobs, job search Peter Clayton Companies, like people, often resort to fear based behavior under significant stress — including waning motivation and stymied innovation when it is needed most. However, there is a strategic opportunity for informed executives to differentiate... Welcome to a Leadership Channel podcast with Peter Clayton reporting. Companies, like people, often resort to fear based behavior under significant stress — including waning motivation and stymied innovation when it is needed most. However, there is a strategic opportunity for informed executives to differentiate their companies and seize market share by not acting in this way. Joining us from Pathwise Management is Chad Hattrup, to discuss how to learn an important technique to dramatically enhance your ability to stimulate enthusiasm and high performance during difficult economic times. Chad offers great advice on how to use the higher part of the brain to eliminate a lot of the irrational bad decision making and psychological destruction that adds jet fuel to the economic issues facing our lives and our businesses. http://www.totalpicture.com/_qt/pathwise_leadership_podcast.mp3 Tue, 07 Oct 2008 06:38:53 -0400 Careers no 00:36:01 leadership, career advice, social networking, employment, human resources, recruiting, executive search, jobs, job search Peter Clayton Welcome to our continuing Inside Recruiting series of podcasts recorded at the International Association Employment Web Sites Fall Congress in Chicago. Peter Clayton interviews Ethan Bloomfiled, VP of Sales Operations at JobTarget JobTarget offers state-of-the-art career site technology, comprehensive site management, customer service, and back office and technology support to hundreds of local, state, national, and global organizations. Their partners are professional and trade associations, newspapers, publishers, magazines, chambers of commerce, government agencies, recruitment firms, corporations, independent job boards, and entrepreneurs, and our partner list continues to diversify and grow. Partners can take advantage of our relationships with more than 100,000 employers, our dedicated sales and marketing teams, and an expanding online network that receives 30-50 million page views per month. Ethan Bloomfield Biography Ethan is an acclaimed speaker, human capital consultant and developer of processes and systems for developing companies who hire the right people for the right jobs at the time. His clients range from an $8 billion home furnishing retailer to 6 of the 20 largest recruitment advertising agencies. Recognized for his enthusiastic and passionate speaking style, Ethan brings real world simplicity to complex scientific solutions. Ethan attended the University of Massachusetts, Amherst and studied a combination of Communication, Business and Computer Science. Ethan's career has been based in the application of technology to business processes and improvement in the areas of telecommunications, software development, Internet Applications and Human Capital Management. Currently Ethan's serves as the Vice President of Sales Operations for JobTarget, one of the fastest growing providers of recruitment services in the world. In this role Ethan is continually shaping the recruitment advertising industry and is a thought leader in some of the most cutting edge changes in the industry. http://www.totalpicture.com/_qt/jobtarget.com_podcast.mp3 Fri, 03 Oct 2008 11:30:11 -0400 Careers no 00:05:28 leadership, career advice, social networking, employment, human resources, recruiting, executive search, jobs, job search Peter Clayton Joining us today is Steven Rothberg, president of CollegeRecruiter.com. Peter Clayton interviewed Steven at The International Association of Employment Web Sites Annual Member Congress in Chicago. Steven Rothberg Biography Steven was born in Winnipeg, Canada in 1966. He graduated with a Bachelor of Commerce (Honors) from the University of Manitoba in 1988. While in college, Steven spent a summer working in London, England designing the first management compensation database used by Argos Distributors, which was one of the United Kingdom's largest retailers. In his senior year, Steven convinced the University to outsource the publication of its campus map to his micro company. Steven gave the maps to the University for free and earned his revenues from the sale of advertising around the borders. After graduating, Steven sold the business to two of his friends and moved to Minneapolis. Steven enrolled at the University of Minnesota School of Law in 1988. While in law school, Steven was selected for and had his article published by the University of Minnesota Law Review. In 1991, Steven graduated and was admitted to the bar. While Steven worked as a judicial law clerk in the fall of 1991, he founded Adguide Promotions, later re-named Adguide Publications, Inc. (the Company). Steven is intimately involved with all operational and strategic decisions. He is also primarily responsible for sales and marketing efforts, including the publication of CollegeRecruiter.com Newsletter, which is emailed to tens of thousands of job seekers, and the Company's affiliate program, through which it buys on-line advertising from thousands of other web sites. Steven has become widely recognized as an expert in online marketing, particularly in the fast growing areas of affiliate / revenue share programs; emailed newsletters; audio and video podcasts, blogging, and job sites. About CollegeRecruiter.com Source: CollegeRecruiter.com web site The mission of CollegeRecruiter.com is to be the premiere information source for college students, grads and recent graduates who are seeking employment, continuing education and business opportunities. CollegeRecruiter.com, is published by Adguide Publications, Inc., a Minnesota company was founded in 1991 by Steven Rothberg, who remains its President. The company is owned by Steven and his wife, Faith Rothberg, Vice President. Key staff include Shawn Augustson, Content Manager; Richard Kersey, Technical Support and Web Developer, and Mike Palmquist, National Account Executive. Providing additional strategic guidance are the members of our Board of Advisors. From 1991 until 1995, the company published maps of various areas, including college campuses, and earned its revenues from the sale of advertising on the maps. In 1995, the company published the first issue of College Recruiter, an employment magazine for students and graduates. In 1996, the company launched this web site as an on-line version of the magazine. The first month, the web site generated 200 visitors. CollegeRecruiter.com is now the highest traffic career site used by job hunting students and recent graduates with zero to three years of experience and the employers who want to hire them. Key CollegeRecruiter.com features include hundreds of thousands of job postings (on-line help wanted ads), a School Finder feature which matches those interested in continuing their education with hundreds of traditional and on-line schools, and thousands of pages of employment-related articles, blogs, and Ask the Experts questions and answers. http://www.totalpicture.com/content/view/671/213/ http://www.totalpicture.com/_qt/steven_rothberg_podcast.mp3 Wed, 01 Oct 2008 12:24:14 -0400 Careers no 00:12:41 leadership, career advice, social networking, employment, human resources, recruiting, executive search, jobs, job search Peter Clayton