Nearly every area of business has the need for effective project managers. Whether you’re in IT, Finance, Healthcare or Construction, there is the need for project managers to develop a project plan, define the goals and objectives, identify the resources and budget required and determine the task and timeline for completion.    Many companies are kicking off large, mission critical projects that position them for growth in the future. The size and complexity of these initiatives of increased the scope of skills from “Project Manager” to &ld

Before accepting a counteroffer from your employer, consider whether you’ll be the winner or the loser in this employment maneuver. Although no statistics are available, many employees who give notice are receiving counteroffers from their current companies to encourage them to stay. These proposals can include one or more of the following:
 
* A pay increase.
* A promotion and/or added responsibility.
* A promise of a future raise, promotion or other incentive.

At the time this article was written, Partner Professional Staffing has about 140 open positions that our clients need filled. In a time when unemployment is high, one would expect that we would have plenty of candidates to screen when looking for that perfect match but in fact, the opposite is true. As my partner, Bill Laverty, has said, “we are job rich and candidate poor.” In essence, the candidate pool for the jobs that our clients are hiring for, the jobs that are important to these companies going forward in the changing competitive landscape, is vast

Jack Welsh at GE used a famous 4-box analysis to identify people who “make their numbers” AND “do it in the right way”. When people did both, they were considered superstars. In his model, he had particular problems when people made their numbers, but didn’t make them the right way – they made them at the expense of others and the broader business. In other words, they made their numbers but sub-optimized the outcome for the company.  His recommendation was to quickly move these people out of the organization. Having worked w