This past month, I was honored to be a speaker for a Family Business group on the topic of Finding & Keeping Key Non-Family Employees. As I told the person responsible for the program, ‘keeping’ was going to be my focus...
The employment marketplace - more complex every day. Since the start of the pandemic, every person has had a chance to reflect on work, life, balance, etc. The outcomes for each individual are as diverse as the people themselves. What we have found -...
Our 25th anniversary celebrations continue! As part of our 25th anniversary celebrations, we have created a list of 25 bullet points representing some of the lessons we have learned and observations we have made over the years.
Last month, we shared the...
We have reached a very exciting milestone here at Abeln, Magy, Underberg & Associates: We are proud to be celebrating 25 years in business!
The idea to establish the firm came about in 1996. Then business partners at Career Dynamics (a career management...
You weren’t expecting a key position to become open, but it is happening with greater frequency. In a ‘normal’ economy with low unemployment (think pre-COVID), it is considered a sign of confidence in the market when people leave their jobs voluntarily and...
If you follow me on LinkedIn or Twitter (and thank you for doing so), you know that I post economic updates. My posts include links to the Employment Trends Index® (from The Conference Board) as well as government unemployment numbers. I don’t pretend to...
2021 – I remember the excitement of ending 2020 (‘thank goodness that’s over!) and the hopeful way in which we entered 2021. The pandemic is still in our (recent) memories. Things seem to be opening up cautiously. Some things are more open than...
Abeln, Magy, Underberg & Associates has been named to the Forbes' 2021 America's Best Executive Recruiting Firms list. We are proud to have been recognized on this list for the past five years (and we are the top-listed Minnesota firm). See ...
Yesterday, I had a LIVE coffee meeting with a Human Resources Leader. Tomorrow, I have a live breakfast meeting scheduled with a colleague and a late afternoon cocktail meeting scheduled with another Human Resources leader.
Are you vaccinated?
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So many reminders that the pandemic has been part of our lives for just over one year . . . . . .
I received my Zoom ‘Standard Pro’ annual auto-renewal notice yesterday. (Zoom was a ‘baby technology’ one year ago.)
Harvard Business...