By Tech Valley Connect on August 15, 2013
One out of five. Maybe as few as one out of every ten. That’s how many available executive jobs are actually ever advertised. Here’s another fact to know: practically ALL executives looking for work apply only to advertised jobs. Put these two facts together and you have nearly 100% of executives in transition applying for […]
Posted in Tech Valley Connect Blog | Tagged advertised jobs, employee retention, executive job search, executive level, informational interview, job referrals, job search, networking, relocating professionals, Spousal employment
By Tech Valley Connect on July 22, 2013
Do you speak another language? Do you have an alternate personality? These two questions at first glance may not appear to be interrelated, but research has shown that those who have acquired skills in a second language often feel they have acquired a second personality along with it! Perhaps you’ve already noticed this personality switch […]
Posted in Tech Valley Connect Blog | Tagged body movements, Chinese, Cultural Transition, hand gestures, languages, mandarin
By Tech Valley Connect on July 2, 2013
Don’t get scared. Get good! As the economy improves corporations are scrambling to come up with ways to keep their valuable human capital. Retention in the 21st century is a big deal because we have found cool analytical ways to find out just how much it costs us to lose employees. More and more companies […]
Posted in Tech Valley Connect Blog | Tagged Capital Region, dual career support, flex hours, human capital, marketplace chaplains, retention, training, tuition reimbursement, wellness programs, workplace
By Tech Valley Connect on June 18, 2013
Guess who gets it?? Ellis Medicine gets it. Big time. I stumbled on a little best kept secret last week that has had me smiling and believing in the power of going the extra mile for days. I was running for a meeting over there about a month ago and noticed for the second or […]
Posted in Tech Valley Connect Blog | Tagged Bellevue, customer loyalty, customer service, Ellis Medicine, Matt Van Pelt, McClellan Hospital, St. Clare, Tracy Blowers
By Tech Valley Connect on June 11, 2013
I’m willing to stake my professional reputation on the precept that over 85% of executive level jobs are secured from some form of networking. Throw a stone at the colleagues you can see from your desk and you are bound to hit somebody with a story that leads back to someone who knew someone who […]
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By Tech Valley Connect on May 29, 2013
Anjie and Amon Emeka are excited about their upcoming move to the Capital Region. Transitioning family and everything they own across the country is not an easy thing, but it is an event the entire family is looking forward to. “We are a west coast family so this will be very new to us,” said […]
Posted in Tech Valley Connect Blog | Tagged dual career, relocation, Skidmore, trailing spouse
By Tech Valley Connect on May 21, 2013
Sheryl Sandberg’s book, Lean In sparked an awful lot of debate and interest among women professionals. Sandberg tells us things we ought to know, but on a very basic level haven’t considered, because our instincts tell us to react in ways that don’t serve us in the business world. In her book, Sheryl remembers a […]
Posted in Tech Valley Connect Blog | Tagged dual career couples, executive pipeline, expectations of women, gender, leadership roles, Pete Bardunias, professionally network, trailing spouse, women business leaders, women leaders, women mentors |
By Tech Valley Connect on May 14, 2013
I’ve been subscribing to catalogues and websites like “Wireless,” Despair.com, “Femail Creations,” “What On Earth” and “SuperHeroStuff.com” for a long time. In the beginning it was more buying funny t-shirts for my friends that said things like, “Alcohol. No one ever started off a great story by saying, “I was eating a salad when…” and […]
Posted in Tech Valley Connect Blog | Tagged Albany Academies, Ann Wendth, business relationships, Capital Region, EYP, Fusco Personnel, John Tobin, leadership, Linda Hillman, Michael Castellana, network, Norther Rivers, Patty Fusco, relocating professionals, Rensselaer County Regional Chamber, Sari O'Connor, SEFCU |
By Tech Valley Connect on May 7, 2013
“Collaboration” seems to be the new buzz word in the business world. You hear it from the pulpits of the ‘grantors’ and as part of the pleas from politicians who are trying to make ends meet, from employers trying to build creative teams and innovators building work space without walls. How do we pool resources […]
Posted in Tech Valley Connect Blog | Tagged ADVANCE Program, Alliances, Ballston Spa Central Schools, Collaboration, global economy, informational interviews, National Science Foundation, partnership, relocated, RPI, Shenendehowa Central Schools, Spousal employment, trailing spouse
