Lewis Lustman is a content marketer who enjoys developing materials that engage, inform, challenge, and hopefully entertain my audience. Lewis is a former journalist for Los Angeles Magazine and the Los Angeles Times, and has worked for a number of leading advertising, marketing, technology, and PR firms over the years. Interested in a topic that he hasn't yet tackled? Drop him a line in the comments section!
Many companies face challenges stemming from a decentralized approach to managing Human Resources functions. Organizations often inherit decentralized HR departments and their processes as a result of mergers and acquisitions. A centrally managed background screening program can help your organization minimize risk, maximize compliance, and provide an optimal end-user and candidate experience. Reduce Risk through […]
Bah, humbug! ‘Tis the season for curmudgeons, and Ebenezer Scrooge is your paragon of grumpiness. The man was irked by virtually everything. If he were here today, ghosts of Christmas Past, Present and Future notwithstanding, he’d probably bemoan how frustrating it is when some phone support rep tells him to provide his name and account […]
Next to seeing that one overzealous neighbor setting up his Christmas decorations in October, the most troubling aspect of the holiday season is retailers hurrying to hire elves temporary workers to handle the holiday rush. Some businesses may want to play Scrooge by not conducting background checks on temps. After all, they’ll be gone soon […]
To say we live in a highly visual society is hardly a disruptive thought. Many years ago at UCLA, I studied Marshall McLuhan, the Canadian intellectual whose work in the 1960s theorized that the “medium is the message.” He understood that rich media channels such as television broadcasting was itself more impactful than the content […]
The candidate experience has become one of the hottest topics in hiring. We’ve all read that Millennials (22-37 years old) and Post-Millennials place a significant amount of importance on how well a prospective employer treats them during the hiring experience. Just as we were taught that we could judge a prospective mate on how well […]
Sometimes it’s difficult to know if you’re reading real news or the Onion… A candidate for the Florida state House recently was publicly shamed into admitting that she lied about her education, and was compelled to drop out of the race. Melissa Howard claimed to be a college grad, but a local news site reported […]
