Common Ground on Organizational Culture: How the Right Cultural Assessment Tool Can Help Your Company Thrive
When people throw out the terms “workplace culture” or “organizational culture,” eyes often glaze over. Why? Because although everyone agrees that culture is critically important, nobody agrees on what precisely culture means. Is a workplace culture described by how people dress? What time do people come in each day? Does it refer to a company’s […]
Staff Attrition vs. Staff Turnover: What’s the Difference?
Losing employees through staff attrition and turnover is costly – it’s plain and simple. Between costs associated with separation, loss of productivity, recruitment, interviewing, training, and onboarding, the loss of a single employee is estimated to cost businesses 50% of that individual’s annual salary. Replacement costs can be lower for entry-level roles while replacement costs […]
How PathwayU Changed Students’ Lives in 2017
The results are in! During the Fall Semester of 2017, PathwayU partnered with a number of schools to collect data from student samples to measure how student’s thoughts and feelings related to the career-discernment process changed over time. The results show that PathwayU significantly impacted students’ lives in a positive way, arming them with knowledge […]
How Can You Find Your Calling?
Lots of people kick off the new year by evaluating changes they’d like to make, including (and perhaps especially) within their career paths. Often, we think through our current situation by comparing to what other people seem to experience. I like to engage in this task as well, which is why I am re-reading two […]
Informational Interviewing for Vocational Exploration
You’ve taken your jobZology assessments, read through your results, explored your career matches, and identified a few vocational pathways that pique your interest. Now what? A good place to start is by reading career information available on jobZology and other internet sites that outline job descriptions, typical tasks, and summarize the knowledge, skills, and abilities […]
The Science behind jobZology®
jobZology is built on a principle supported by decades of research – the better the fit between a person and a work environment, the better the outcomes for both parties. Person-environment fit (P-E fit) theories suggest that employees who are in roles that fit well with their psychological make-up tend to be satisfied, want to […]
Envision PathwayU on Your Campus
While talking with prospective clients during PathwayU demos, we often get asked the question, “How have other schools used PathwayU on their campuses?” From individual advising appointments and classroom assignments, to campus-wide freshman orientation and university experience courses, as well as integration within students’ academic records – we’ve seen our clients implement PathwayU across their campuses in creative ways […]
Four Ways to Help Your Children find Their Callings
If you’re a parent of young children, you may find yourself looking at your kids and wondering: What are they going to end up doing when they grow up? Will they feel about their jobs the way you feel about yours? Either you hope so—or you hope not! What you do with your work is […]
Understanding “Culture Fit” – How to Improve Fit-Based Hiring Practices
A recent article from the Association for Talent Development dives into the concept of hiring for fit, discussing how hiring to a corporate culture relates to equal employment opportunity and workplace diversity. The author raises an interesting point – “Could building a culture based on ‘fit’ keep out those who are different in some way?” If […]
Talkin’ ‘Bout My Generation
As an individual born between the years of 1980 and 2000, I’ve had my fair share of encounters with that dreaded word. You know, the “M” word. Alright, I’ll say it…I’m a Millennial! While I have a number of thoughts about the label and the baggage that comes with it, I cannot argue with the […]
