Roberta Matuson
Enterprisers Project
Boston, MA, United States
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IT talent: 5 reasons to consider a career coach
As The Great Resignation continues, maybe you’ve been thinking about making a change in your professional life. Hiring a career coach could be the right move for you. Career coaches can offer valuable guidance as you look to change jobs. They can also help make the process more efficient and far less time-consuming. Here are five reasons you may want to engage the services of a career coach. 1.… → Read More
Can We Talk? The Honest Truth About Employee Retention
Over the next month, you’re about to lose a slew of your talent. Here’s how I know this. I have fielded more calls this week from people looking for a coach to help them make a job move than I have all year. Here are the key factors to consider when creating your 2022 Employee Retention Plan → Read More
Employers, This Is Your Guide To Avoiding Employee Turnover
Employee turnover can be prevented, if you know the real reason employees are departing. → Read More
An Open Letter To The Class Of 2019
A special note to the Class of 2019 on how to secure your first job. → Read More
What To Consider Before Accepting That Promotion
When it comes to accepting a promotion, any offer is a good offer, right? Not always. Here’s what you need to look for and the conversations you need to have (both with your manager and yourself) before you accept. → Read More
Amazon Scraps HQ2 Plans In New York: What It Means For Employers Nationwide
Amazon delivered some shocking news today when the company announced it was canceling its plans to build an expansive corporate campus in Long Island City, New York. Here's what employers nationwide need to know about Amazon's latest move. → Read More
How To Be A Great Mentee And Mentor
Mentoring is all the rage these days, but you can learn just as much from serving as a mentor as you can from being a mentee. Here's how to make sure your time spent as both a mentee and a mentor is more than just a passing phase. → Read More
How To Beat Amazon In The War For Tech Talent
Here are some takeaways from Amazon's HQ2 search that can help you beat the tech titan at its own game. → Read More
Should You Care If Employees Love Coming To Work Every Day?
Learn how to create a workplace where employees love to work, from someone who has successfully shifted the culture tin his organization to one that is employee focused. Kronos CEO Aron Ain shares his tips on workplace transformation. → Read More
Want to engage employees? Try development, not foosball
Free beer on Fridays and unlimited snacks. Are those the incentives your organization uses for recruitment and retention? Maybe there's a better option. → Read More
The Number One New Year's Resolution Among Employees For 2017
Lots of changes in store for employers if employees carry out their New Year's resolutions! Here's what to expect and what you can do to change the path many employees have vowed to take. → Read More
A Note To New Grads: How To Impress Your First Boss
As I drove through town yesterday afternoon, I saw another group of Smith College graduates ready to take on the world. How fortunate for today’s grads to be leaving school at a time when there are actually jobs. Congratulations to all of you who have just graduated and landed your [...] → Read More
What It Takes To Retain Your Top Talent - In Photos: What It Takes To Retain Your Top Talent
Planning to quit your job this year? CareerBuilder asked 3,008 workers that very question--and found out who is most likely to change jobs in 2014, what employees value most in the workplace, and what ultimately entices them to stay. → Read More
5 Signs You've Become A Talent Hoarder
I'm all for collecting great talent for your organization, but what happens when you go from selectively accumulating talent to talent hoarder? Here are 5 signs that indicate you've become a talent hoarder and why this isn't necessarily a good thing. 1. You never recommend your people for a promotion in [...] → Read More
Liberal Arts Graduates: The Future Of The Workplace
I used to think that liberal arts degrees were a complete waste of time. I changed my mind last night. I'll admit that I'm a business grad, through and through and even have an MBA to prove it. Over the years I've been taught that everything you do should have an [...] → Read More
Purposeful Hiring: How To Attract Millennials To Your Workplace
Deloitte just released its fourth annual Millennial Survey and the findings suggest what Millennials (and me) have known all along. Employers are barking up the wrong tree when it comes to hiring. That may very well explain why businesses are having an extremely difficult time attracting and hiring talent. Business [...] → Read More
The Real Truth About Employee Engagement
Every company I know is working towards improving employee engagement, yet engagement is at an all time low. Why? Because employee engagement programs don’t work. You cannot buy your way into engagement, although many companies try. Nor can you bully people into getting on board the engagement train. Engagement must [...] → Read More
How To Land Your Dream Job In 2015
One of my job searching coaching clients, who is a recent grad, just landed the job of his dreams in spite of having some tough challenges to overcome. He's considered disabled by many because he is hard of hearing and wears a cochlear implant. He's never let his loss of [...] → Read More
Why Lavish Perks Don't Work
The Wall Street Journal recently published an article on how lavish perks have spawned a new job category. I call this category Employee Cruise Directors. You can call them whatever you want, including a waste of precious resources. Companies cry poverty all the time when it comes to the development of [...] → Read More
Why Every Leader (And Consultant) Should Read Glassdoor
Perception is reality, especially when it comes to attracting and hiring top talent. Then why do so many leaders ignore websites like Glassdoor.com, one of many sites that provides outsiders with a view inside organizations, written by those who have been there? Here's a case in point. I was recently referred [...] → Read More