(* numbers as of Jan 1st 2010 as told us by our listeners. Jobs saved or created simply listening to and following the advice of Jobcast Radio and without the need of federal stimulus dollars)
Posted Sat, 08/28/2010 - 16:16 by Mike Baumgartner
“You don’t have to copy me on every email.” This is one of the phrases I hear in employee performance discussions with regularity. It is usually followed by, in the time span of usually no more than a week, a glorious chewing out which starts with “Why didn’t you tell me about this?” Throughout the history of the world, even before we invented the phrase “keeping you in the loop,” we have struggled with who to tell what and w
Posted Sat, 08/28/2010 - 16:07 by mike baumgartner1
Episode # 38
The economy, youth unemployment figures and what it all means to you. Also, searching for a job while you have a job, when to apply internally for a job and commentary on Germany's effort to ban employers from looking at your Facebook page. All tha and more on this episode of Jobcast Radio with Mike Baumgartner
Posted Sat, 08/21/2010 - 17:51 by mike baumgartner1
Episode #37
In this episode Mike talks about questions to ask your interviewer, the landmines and traps. Unemployment claims rise, no surprise there but there are some devils in the details. Cop out application mistakes and why HR is not to be trifeled with in an interview....all that and more...
Posted Sun, 08/15/2010 - 16:51 by Mike Baumgartner
I am sure everyone has heard the story by now of Steven Slater, the Jet Blue attendant, who decided that his day was not going too well. So lousy was his day that he grabbed the microphone, yelled obscenities, flung open the door of the plane, and escaped down the evacuation slide. Now this employee is a cultural hero. Facebook and MySpace pages have been erected singing his praises. T-shirts extolling his name are for sale.
Posted Sat, 08/14/2010 - 14:11 by mike baumgartner1
Episode #36
Why are we making a hero out of a crazy Jet Blue flight attendant? Where did you get the idea you had a right to a job? How do you respond to the BIG interview questions? The stupid things people do to their resume. Mike's big rant on stupid employees...all on this heated episode
Posted Sun, 08/08/2010 - 09:46 by Mike Baumgartner
Times are bad now. Ignore what you are reading in the news because, regardless of the unemployment numbers and the spin, the fact remains that it is an ugly job market. As I am always saying on my show, this is not about politics and I am not going to get into that slime pool (today) but I am continuing to hear that we have turned the corner and the recovery is happening. If that is true, which every fiber of my being says it is not, then we are in for a very ugly time.
“You don’t have to copy me on every email.” This is one of the phrases I hear in employee performance discussions with regularity. It is usually followed by, in the time span of usually no more than a week, a glorious chewing out which starts with “Why didn’t you tell me about this?” Throughout the history of the world, even before we invented the phrase “keeping you in the loop,” we have struggled with who to tell what and w
