Inspire ME Friday: Love Life

"Life is Short, Break the Rules, Forgive Quickly, Kiss Slowly, Love Truly, Laugh Uncontrollably, And Never Regret Anything That Made You Smile!"

Good Morning Folks,

I'm going to make it short and sweet. 

The quote above, and this week's dose of inspiration, great article from a man who watched 70 hours of TED talks; short, 18-minute talks given by inspirational leaders in the fields of Technology, Entertainment, and Design (TED). He watched 296 talks in total, and recently went through the list of what he watched, weeded out the crappy and boring talks, and created a list of the 100 best things he learned. Have a look and you'll want to print it out and keep it close for anytime, anywhere priceless inspiration.

In closing, I started this blog as a blank canvas 134 posts and five months ago sharing with you "If you are tired of laziness and complacency in pursuing your dreams and need guidance in cultivating your career or profit center, you’re going to love my new blog here at MitchWeiner.com. I look forward to being your tour guide on this wild, wild ride that is today’s rapidly changing job market."

It's a post worth revisiting.

Meanwhile, the blog and our social media initiative has taken off beyond my wildest expectations. And I want to thank the ever growing list of brands who have become faithful readers and loyal fans:


Aarhus Kobmandsskole
Access Staffing
ADP
Amazon.com
American Express Company
American University
Arhus Kobmandsskole
Automatic Data Processing
Automattic
Baltimore Technology Park
Barclays Capital
Bbdo New York
Bloomberg
Brookfieldts Lp
Bsnl
Cahill Gordon & Reindel
California Department Of Justice
California Education And Research Federation
California State University, Long Beach
Cb Richard Ellis
Charles Schwab & Co.
Citigroup
Comporium Communications
Condenast Publications
Credit Suisse Group
Datagram
Deloitte & Touche 
Detroit Public Schools
Devry
Dga Security Systems
Dickstein Shapiro Llp
Discover Financial Services
Ernst & Young Llp
Esi International
Facebook
Fedex Neuberger Berman
Fisher Scientific
Florida International University
Fort Hays State University
Fortressitx
Free Sas
Fross Zelnick Lehrman & Zissu, P.c.
GE
Gerson Lehrman Group
Godaddy.com, Llc
Google 
Graphnet Inc.
Graphnet Inc.
Group M Worldwide
Hachette Book Group
Hearst Corporation
Hewlett-packard Company
Higher Colleges Of Technology
Hilton Hotels Corporation
Hma
Intergrated Office
Johnson & Johnson
Kabel Bw
Kaye, Scholer, Fierman, Hayes, And Hudler
Kirby Mcinerney Llp
Legal Source Ls Llc
Leslie Digital Imaging Llc
Lexis-nexis
Los Angeles County Office Of Education
Loyola Marymount University
Macquarie Bank
Macquarie Holdings
Mayer, Brown & Platt
Miami University
Microsoft Corp
Milbank - Milbank Tweed Hadley Mccloy
Ministry Of Education Computer Center
Moses & Singer Llp
Nassau County Board Of Cooperative Education Services
National Board Of Medical Examiners
Nbc Universal (multiple)
Nbs
Ncs Pearson
Neuberger Berman
Nomura International Plc
Old Republic
Peter-paul_verduin
Polytechnic University
Pricewaterhousecoopers, Llp (multiple)
Sarah Lawrence College
Sfr
Socorro Independent School District
Stinson Morrison Hecker Llp
Syracuse University
The Chubb Corporation
The City Of New York
The Coca-cola Company
Ungaretti & Harris
Universitypeter-paul_verduin
Us Department Of Defense Net
Volumedrive

You are forever in my heart and mind. As the season of gratitude rolls in, I am a grateful man indeed. You make it so. Together we are unstoppable.

In the spirit of the season.... CHEERS!

Mitchell D. Weiner
Chief Happiness Officer

Learn more about what DIFFERENTIATES FSO here

If It Costs Up To 5x A Person’s Salary To Replace Them, Are You Doing All You Can To Retain Talent?

"Companies and management need to get back to some proactive, progressive, solution based-value added thinking that is truly focused on long term and ongoing training and development of their talent. You'll never find and or maintain true jewels or even diamonds in the rough, when you treat your talent like 
"A Dime A Dozen!"

~~Chas L. Perry II 

Good Morning Friends,

The Bizcouch is where thought leaders put their feet up and share their challenges in pursuit of profitable progress and growth. Now Bizcouch has have prepared an insightful video about the cost of talent.

If it costs up to 5x a person’s salary to replace them, are we doing all we can to retain talent?

According to one of my LinkedIn influencers, Josh Bersin, Principal and Founder, Bersin by Deloitte, "I can tell the economy is recovering: we're suddenly seeing companies tell us that "employee retention" has become a critical issue. Let me give you some research-based perspectives on this critically important topic."

Many studies show that the total cost of losing an employee can range from tens of thousands of dollars to 1.5-5X annual salary.

Consider the real "total cost" of losing an employee:

• Cost of hiring a new person (advertising, interviewing, screening, hiring)
• Cost of onboarding a new person (training, management time)
• Lost productivity (a new person may take 1-2 years to reach the productivity of an existing person)
• Lost engagement (other employees who see high turnover disengage and lose productivity)
• Customer service and errors (new employees take longer and are often less adept at solving problems). In healthcare this may result in much higher error rates, illness, and other very expensive costs (which are not seen by HR)
• Training cost (over 2-3 years you likely invest 10-20% of an employee's salary or more in training, that is gone)
• Cultural impact (whenever someone leaves others take time to ask "why?").

And most importantly of all, we have to remember that people are what we call an "appreciating asset." The longer we stay with an organization the more productive we get - we learn the systems, we learn the products, and we learn how to work together.

That's why we are so meticulous about who we even consider for employment here at FSO.

If there's one thing that FSO lives and breathes everyday – it's the employee experience. We focus on motivating and driving the hourly employee to deliver great service with a skip to their step, twinkle in the eye and fire in the belly. We do this in so many different ways:

• Providing an unlimited career path not just a "job"
• Inspire Greatness coaching sessions
• Employee Experience Luncheons to show our appreciation for their hard work and efforts
• Regular Off-site parties to celebrate their great achievements
• Wall of greatness dedicated to onsite staff at each location (photos, certifications, awards etc.)
• Unlimited opportunities for on the spot recognition
• Monthly rewards, incentives and recognition
• Constant communications and motivating messaging from Mitchell Weiner
• Clear succession planning
• The most comprehensive training, awards and recognition programs in the industry, keep our staff happy and WANTING to come to work on a daily basis; resulting in exceptional service delivery to the customer.

We believe people make or break the success of an organization. FSO hires for character, desire and attitude and then takes better care of that individual than one could ever imagine. We take care of our people and in turn, they take care of you.

If you think you have what it takes to be part of the hardest working, fastest growing and more abundant with opportunity outsourcing provider on the planet, JOIN US!

Now get out the popcorn and enjoy this brief but informative film. Then head over to Bizcouch on Facebook and join the conversation.
 

Have a GREAT day as I look forward to seeing all of you soon.

Mitchell D. Weiner
Chief Happiness Officer

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"There are no traffic jams along the extra mile"
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LinkUP- Thursday: Unemployed, Underemployed Or Somewhere In Between? We’re Here To Help

“Never be afraid to try something new. Remember, amateurs built the ark. Professionals built the Titanic.”

Good Morning Folks,

As the owner of FSO, I personally could not be more committed to finding good people and making them great. We currently have an eye open for finding great talent who have that skip in their step, fire in their belly, and twinkle in their eye to fill hundreds of new positions that will be added daily in our fast-growing company. Apply HERE

Today some links to tips for reinvigorating the passion you can bring to the workplace and to help you achieve all the success that you deserve.

Degree vs. Experience: Which one Truly Benefits Job Seekers? 

5 Simple Changes to Ace Your Next Interview

How to Handle Office Criticism

Adding your Real-World College Experience to a Resume 

The “Why” Behind an Unsuccesful Promotion 

4 Steps to Write Professional Post-Interview Thank You Letters 

Personal Etiquette: How To Make A Good First Impression

Transform Temp/Contract Work Into A Permanent Job

9 Tips for Hiring the Best of the Class of 2013

How to Avoid Ending Up on the Unemployment Line

Thanks to Recruiter.com, and thanks to you for “caring” then SHARING!.

Good luck with your career choices whatever they may be.

And... have a GREAT Day.

Love Life,

Mitchell D. Weiner

Chief Happiness Officer  

Welcome To My New Blog

Good Morning Folks,

If you are tired of laziness and complacency in pursuing your dreams and need guidance in cultivating your career or profit center, you’re going to love my new blog here at MitchWeiner.com. I look forward to being your tour guide on this wild, wild ride that is today’s rapidly changing job market.

The face of business is changing and whether an individual or corporation, the pressure is on to innovate or die. Employment in America is increasingly operating in a new reality. The constancy of change requires today's career employee to think and act differently, because the path to the American Dream is no longer a guaranteed right of passage. 

It’s because workers across the board took a hit during the financial crisis and struggled to find work. While generations of workers had a life-long career in a single company with a progressive path upward inside the company (as in Detroit automakers), the reality is that most of us do not have that option today, and that path is no longer even viable (as in Detroit automakers).

Young Americans are being crushed by college debt. And even with college degrees, many of them can't find jobs. Older candidates faced an even harder time regaining employment during and after the Great Recession. 

Most of the gen x and younger Americans no longer have long work histories at any one particular company. It's a nomadic life of constantly on the look out for greener pastures.

The career escalator is jammed at every level. Unemployment rates are sky-high. Creative disruption is shaking every industry. Global competition for jobs is fierce. The employer-employee pact is over and traditional job security is a thing of the past.

That's why I decided this is a unique opportunity in time for me to step up and blog.

Some days I’ll blog original thoughts on workforce-related topics I’m most passionate about such as how the unemployed can get back into the market and make the most of their skills and talent. I’ll address how today’s managers can navigate a brave new world in which companies must manage four different generations from millennials to boomers — each with different needs and motivations. 

I’ll also dispense valuable advice about realizing the full potential of the forgotten hourly demographic, sharing our recipe for implementing the training and incentives that boost morale to levels that build rather than tax the bottom line. In future posts I’ll opine on topics like:

• How to develop a YOUR COMPANY/YOU Mind-Set
• How to develop a YOUR COMPANY/YOU Skill-Set
• How to turn company culture into a huge motivator
• How to develop and sustain a competitive advantage
• How to anticipate and prepare for contingencies with agility and resiliency
• How to bounce back from adversity even when facing unemployment, massive student debt and a Master’s Degree collecting dust
• How to establish and strengthen a network of genuine and appropriate relationships
• How to become a stand-out in a competitive world
• How to avoid common career mistakes such as going for money above all else or choosing a company for what you can get, rather than what you can give
• How to recognize and avoid mediocrity

On Thursdays we’ll “Link UP” with other thought leaders and share tips and techniques I have discovered on other blogs. 

To end each week, our “Inspire Me Fridays” posts will usher in the weekend with some positive reinforcement and send you home to your families with a big smile.

While many companies are struggling to retain and find great talent, all while facing the difficulty of managing a four-generational workforce under one roof (Xs, Ys, Boomers, and Millennials), we excel at attracting and retaining inspired and passionate people with performance-based rewards and opportunities for advancement.

My team leads with consistency in mission and in corporate/strategic initiatives. I have never taken my eye off what drives a successful company – continued innovations, changing with the times and having the ability to be flexible, and retaining great talent.

"We excel at attracting and retaining
inspired and passionate people with
performance-based rewards and
opportunities for advancement"

We offer employees the opportunity to work with industry leaders, the latest and greatest technology, and some of the most forward–thinking customers in the world. FSO provides an environment that rewards innovation, is rich in resources and respects the incredibly talented team we’ve built over the last three years.

For employees, forging a fulfilling career is one of the most important — and often, most difficult —challenges in building a happy life. For employers, building a culture of happiness is key to cementing their brand’s success. When these interests converge, the result is a sense of belonging through shared values and an intangible, emotional belief that we are on a shared journey. My goal in this blog is to share insights and strategies to help each of us thrive by creating the work life and workplace that we want and deserve.

Welcome aboard!

Have a GREAT day as I look forward to seeing all of you soon.

Mitchell D. Weiner
Chief Happiness Officer

Learn more about what DIFFERENTIATES FSO here