The Recruiting Animal Award Winner 2008 for Best Book!It's coming: as early as 2010, the baby boomers will start retiring en masse, and employers large and small will be facing a nationwide "brain drain."Will you be ready?The time to address your hiring issues is now. Many of the best practices for recruitment and retention aren't complicated—it's all just a matter of setting priorities and following a concrete process that will avoid poor hiring decisions and incre...

"This book is loaded with solid information designed to demystify the business world." —Anne Fisher, Fortune They Don't Teach Corporate in College has resonated with hundreds of thousands of readers and is currently used as a text in corporations and universities across the country. Streamlined and made more accessible for the current generation of twenty-somethings, this new edition is for those that want to make a difference right now but lack some of the core skills to make it happen. L...

What's the secret to finding the right person for the job? And how do you ensure your existing employees thrive and flourish in the workplace? Deep Talent answers these questions and more, as it demonstrates how AI platforms can help you positively transform your business.Every successful business relies upon an effective workplace culture with employees that are driven, productive and knowledgeable. So it's vital that leaders do everything they can to hir...

DISTINGUISHED FAVOURITE: Independent Press Award 2020 - Business General CategoryThe professional landscape is transforming, and the only way to maintain competitive advantage is to maximize the unique skills of your workforce. In Humanity Works, bestselling author, global workplace consultant and futurist Alexandra Levit provides a guide to making the most of the human traits of creativity, judgement, problem solving and interpersonal sen...

If you're dissatisfied in your current position, fantasize about doing something else with your life, or have just unceremoniously been given a pink slip, take heart. It's never too late to start fresh and forge ahead on a fulfilling new career path. Alexandra Levit, career columnist for The Wall Street Journal, has interviewed dozens of individuals who have successfully switched careers—many of them more than once—and provides practical, empowering, and action-oriented steps for ...

"You want-you need-Alexandra Levit as your guide." -Daniel H. Pink, New York Times bestselling author of DriveThere's been a major paradigm shift in business practices and the workplace. Alexandra Levit tells readers what no longer holds true for getting ahead today, and debunks business myths that are more dangerous and less viable than ever-given the current climate of ethical scrutiny and intense competition-including it's best to climb the lad...

The Millennials, or todays twenty-somethings, have been called the toughest generation to manage. They have a reputation for being spoiled and demanding, and not particularly self-directed or loyal. But they are the future of your organization, and if you want to remain competitive, you must do what it takes to recruit and retain them, and learn how to work with them.Millennials offer the corporate world enormous energy and talent. As a group they are social, technologically skilled, eager...

In How’d You Score That Gig?, career expert Alexandra Levit profiles more than sixty of the coolest careers on the planet–all rated in a national survey by twenty- and thirtysomethings for twenty- and thirtysomethings. To find the jobs that are calling your name, take Levit’s short quiz and discover your “passion profile.” You may be:• an Adventurer: You’re spontaneous, free-spirited, and you always ready for change = foreign services officer, oceanographer, news correspon...

DISTINGUISHED FAVOURITE: Independent Press Award 2020 - Business General CategoryThe professional landscape is transforming, and the only way to maintain competitive advantage is to maximize the unique skills of your workforce. In Humanity Works, bestselling author, global workplace consultant and futurist Alexandra Levit provides a guide to making the most of the human traits of creativity, judgement, problem solving and interpersonal sensitivity. Revealing what the 'robot takeover' will ...

The professional landscape is transforming, and the only way to maintain competitive advantage is to maximize the unique skills of your workforce. In Humanity Works, best-selling author, global workplace consultant, and futurist Alexandra Levit provides a guide to making the most of the human traits of creativity, judgement, problem solving, and interpersonal sensitivity. Revealing what the "robot takeover" will really look like, how talent and machines can work side by side, and ...

The retail world is undergoing a fundamental transformation. Rapidly evolving technology, globalization, and a saturated marketplace offer consumers instant access to thousands of equally compelling products and services, creating unprecedented levels of expectation. The impact of these changes is so profound that 50 percent of today's retailers and consumer companies will not survive it. Traditional business models will become extinct, and the relationship between vendors and consumers wi...

• Grow your confidence to communicate and schedule sales appointments over the phone • Overcome every hint of call-reluctance to prospect with poise and professionalism • Understand the 4 essential components of every successful sales call • Apply the 3 easy steps to Schedule Appointments That “Stick”™ • Create white-hot call connections even when your cold-calling • Cause prospects to clear their calendar in order to meet with you ASAP • Experience rea...