Susan Avello
Susan Avello is the Principal of Social Buzz Concepts, a Social Marketing Agency specializing in Corporate Social Media Marketing Solutions, Training and Development. She shares her love of writing over at @susanavello.
Articles by Susan Avello
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Cultural fit trumps skills
According to experts, candidates with the right skills are being overlooked by employers more interested in "cultural fit" and alignment of core values with their company. In fact, cultural fit has become so important to hiring managers that it now often rates above a 100 percent match to the necessary technical…
April 24, 2012 | in Workplace
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What Does Your Culture of Health Look Like?
Over the past year, I have been researching how companies are approaching wellness as we dive head first in the age of mobile. I’ve even written about it here. We’ve heard for years that the definition to insanity is “doing the same thing over and…
March 22, 2012 | in Trends
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The Age of Digital – Creating a Better Work-Life Balance and Higher Productivity
We are entering a new digital era, an era in which people are connecting with content and with brands through multiple screens – through their PCs, TVs, smartphones, and tablets. 2011 marked an exciting year for the digital media industry and signaled an even more momentous year ahead with…
February 28, 2012 | in Trends
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The Boomer Mindset: Work is Part of Retirement
For many demographers and social scientists, the long-awaited year has come and gone, almost. It was estimated that between Jan. 1 and Dec. 31, 2011, more than 7,000 people would turn 65 years old every single day. Those numbers are astounding. In AARP's 2010 survey of boomers turning 65 in 2011 finds this first wave of the…
December 22, 2011 | in Workforce
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Work/Life Balance – Are we Kidding Ourselves?
Since October is National Work and Family Month, it’s a good time to discuss work-flex. I love how Jason Seiden described “work/life balance” recently at Illinois SHRM: “We talk of it as something we separate by a slash and then hope we can balance…
October 20, 2011 | in Workplace
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Eldercare: The New Childcare?
The U.S. is getting older. Americans are living longer, and there are more seniors in the workforce. That means more care-giving responsibilities for everyone. SHRM’s research shows that members feel two key demographic trends are the growth in the number of workers with eldercare responsibilities, and…
September 27, 2011 | in Workforce
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Workplace Flexibility: Changing the Way We do Business
Flexibility in the workplace is imperative. It should be seen as a result-based business strategy—not a benefit. With the variety of employee demographics now in our workforce, the importance of workplace flexibility becomes even clearer. For instance, millennials prefer flexible working arrangements and consider…
August 15, 2011 | in Workplace
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Innovation, Creative Cultures and Talent
From shortened workweeks, massages, unlimited sushi, to ball pits, spaceships, and dinosaurs – companies are looking to innovative ways to attract and retain top talent. Met Life’s 2010 study of Employee Benefits Trends reveals for companies of all sizes, one in three employees may become a…
July 25, 2011 | in Workforce
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Life Happens: Sandwiched between Parents, Children and Work
Within days of learning she was pregnant with her second child; Barb Brzezicki faced the unfolding of an unexpected and harrowing chapter in her family's life: her mother's diagnosis with Alzheimer's disease. The working mother was suddenly balancing pregnancy with caring for her young daughter and her…
June 28, 2011 | in Workplace
