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by Vault Careers|March 04, 2015
When it comes to discrimination against women in the workplace, few
industries have as big of an image problem as tech. As Hillary
Clinton noted in a recent keynote speech, around one in five
software developers and just one in ten executives in Silicon
Valley are women.
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by Phil Stott|February 26, 2015
The issues of equal rights and pay for women in the workplace have
been making headlines in recent weeks, along with the related issue
of parental leave and benefits.
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by Derek Loosvelt|February 25, 2015
Last Thursday night at Joe's Pub in New York, Jon Stewart appeared
on the live talk show Employee of the Month. The show is also a
regular podcast and is hosted by Catie Lazarus, who put Stewart
through a 45-minute exit interview of sorts.
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by Deborah Grayson Riegel|February 17, 2015
Planning your next big presentation can be as simple as A. B. C. D.
E. What do I mean by that? In this video, I explain the five things
that you need to keep in mind (scroll down for the transcript):
Planning your next big presentation can be as simple as A.
B. C. D. E. What do I mean by that? Here are the five things that
you need to keep in mind: A stands for Affective: How do I want my
audience to feel while I'm presenting to them and after I've left
the room?
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by Phil Stott|February 13, 2015
Maybe it's the office hopping lifestyle? When it comes to office
romance, consultants are one of the most permissive groups of
employees around. Just 1% of consultants who took our office
romance survey indicated that they thought romances between
coworkers were never acceptable, while 31% claim that any kind of
office fling is acceptable-even those between bosses and
subordinates.
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by Vault Careers|February 11, 2015
Another year, another sign that office romances are gradually
becoming more and more acceptable in workplaces throughout the
United States. Indeed, the most striking statistic from this year's
Vault Office Romance survey is that just 5 percent of respondents
believe that no office romances are appropriate, down from 9
percent in 2011.
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by Derek Loosvelt|February 04, 2015
Have you ever wondered why Trader Joe's employees are always so
cheerful and helpful? If so, here's New Yorker financial columnist
James Surowiecki with the answer: A substantial body of research
suggests that it can make sense to pay above-market
wages-economists call them "efficiency wages." If you pay people
better, they are more likely to stay, which saves money.
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by Phil Stott|February 04, 2015
Over the past few months, we've featured a number of pieces
focusing on the internship program at Northwestern Mutual-a program
that consistently emerges as one of the top internships in the
country in our annual ranking. To date, we've looked at everything
from how the firm creates the internship experience to how they
reward interns, and what it's like to actually be an intern there.
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by Derek Loosvelt|January 28, 2015
Last week, in his latest State of the Union Address, President
Obama noted that the U.S. is just one of a few industrial nations
in the world without laws mandating paid parental leave for
employees. This had me wondering: Which are the other two countries
that don't mandate paid leave to parents? Which countries offer the
most paid leave? And which companies here in the U.S.
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by Vault Careers|January 21, 2015
Have you got stories to share about love (or lust!) in the
workplace? Don't be shy … that's what Vault's Office Romance Survey
is for. Vault.com is renowned for its thorough, substantive
research and insights into the vital matters facing today's
workforce. It is in that tradition that we invite you to our latest
survey, which deals with that most pressing subject: Love.
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