by Laurie Swanson | Mar 25, 2019 | Career Blog
I love trivia. I remember being obsessed with the game of Facts in Five when I was very young. Then came Trivial Pursuit. The idea I wish I had! I spent years going to Wednesday Night Trivia with some girlfriends and even hosted a Trivia Night event for my local...
by Laurie Swanson | Mar 18, 2019 | Career Blog
As a recruiter for 25 years many people who I worked with at the beginning of my career are now approaching the last 10 years of their careers. Given that I work with Information/Digital technologists they happen to be in a field that does not sit still, many of those...
by Laurie Swanson | Mar 11, 2019 | Career Blog
I heard a story about a school near where I live that had something called the Head of Household Stipend that would give a teacher extra money in their paycheck every month. A single mom with 3 kids who taught at this school questioned why she, as the head of her...
by Laurie Swanson | Mar 4, 2019 | Career Blog
While getting my certification from Cornell in Diversity, Inclusion and Unconscious Bias I learned about a really cool study done by Dov Eden with the Israeli military. He told a group of trainers that the next batch of trainees had been carefully assessed on...
by Laurie Swanson | Feb 25, 2019 | Career Blog
I am a fan of Tony Hsieh, CEO of Zappos. The company I started buying my shoes from because I did not have to pay to have them shipped to me AND it was free to ship them back! This changed my expectations of what I expect from an online retailer. Beside helping to...
by Laurie Swanson | Feb 18, 2019 | Career Blog
Work is very busy. Yes, that is a good thing. Though I am working a tremendous amount this is better than the alternative. In fact, I am so busy sometimes I actually schedule time to breathe in my calendar! Being this busy and wanting to make sure that we serve our...
