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By Libby Carter Current economic conditions have made job-hunting a necessary art form. Potential employees constantly must create new ways in which to differentiate themselves in the market. Since job hunting has become such a long, pain-staking process, one might compare it to a treasure hunt for the most valuable prize—a job. In this case, the one who finds the treasure is the individual who takes a new, fresh approach to accomplishing the task at hand. What does it take to find that “treasured” job?

By Alexis Belair Q: How can I produce skilled learners in the workplace? A: It’s simple! Teach for Transfer!

By Margery Weinstein Realizing that selling methods from the PC industry would not open doors in non-traditional markets, Intel Corp.’s senior leaders challenged the company’s Sales and Marketing group to develop sales talent to better drive Intel’s overall growth strategy and transformation efforts. Here is how this initiative evolved:

By Andrew J. Blum, Managing Partner, The Trium Group

By Brent O’Bryan, SPHR, Vice President, Learning and Development, AlliedBarton Security Services

By Dr. Jack Wiley, Founder and Executive director, Kenexa High Performance Institute For more than 30 years we’ve been asking workers around the world what they most want from the organizations for which they work. The results are fascinating and explain the basic truths about employee needs and desires. They also, and possibly most strikingly, reveal that managers and organizations that give their employees what they want outperform those that don’t.

By Maggie Walsh, Ph.D., Vice President and Practice Lead, Leadership for Forum

By Joseph Gianni, President and CEO, 2logical Few would deny the majestic power of a winning corporate culture. When the odds are stacked against the success of a mission critical corporate objective, a strong corporate culture can persevere through all kinds of challenges and setbacks—and make, well, even the impossible…possible. Even in the most turbulent market conditions, a strong corporate culture can shorten the recovery time from minor or major setbacks by as much as tenfold, when compared to an organization lacking the “right stuff.”

By Jeff Mariola, President, Ambius  “All Baby Boomers who grew up during the period between 1946 and 1964, are afraid of technology.” “Gen Y/Millennials (born between 1982 and 2001) don’t want to work hard.” Have you heard these stereotypes? As a “Boomer” who oversees thousands of people in North America and Europe, I believe there are inherent challenges in managing divergent generations of colleagues, but the opportunities for growth and renewal are far greater.

By Ken Wax My recent article explored “10 Reasons Why Training Salespeople Is Different and What You Can Do About It” (http://trainingmag.com/article/yes-salespeople-are-different%E2%80%94and-so-training-them). It showed why the very nature of their work makes them different than most other groups.