Experience? Why It's Not
All it's Cracked Up to Be

Hiring an under-experienced candidate sounds like a risky proposition, but here are six reasons it makes good sense.

EEOC Steps Up Scrutiny of Workplace Wellness Programs:
What's the Skinny?

Out of a direct concern for the impact of chronic disease on employee health and well-being -- as well the cost of health care coverage and employee productivity -- employers have increasingly begun implementing health promotion and disease prevention policies, commonly referred to as workplace "wellness programs." Indeed, the recently enacted Affordable Care Act creates new incentives to promote employer wellness programs (a subject related to but beyond the scope of this note). While specific wellness program procedures will vary from workplace to workplace, their primary purpose is the generally the same: to establish an organization-wide policy designed to support healthy behavior and improve health outcomes while at work.

Productivity Tips: 5 Best Ways to Build -- or Break -- Trust at Work

Forget hokey team-building games. Career and workplace strategist David Bowman explains five smart ways to develop trust within your organization.

Quote of the Month

"The best way to learn if you can trust somebody is to trust them."

--Ernest Hemingway