HR
New Year’s Resolution: Update Your LinkedIn Profile
Fri, Jan 1, 2015
by Drew McManus
When was the last time you took a good look at your LinkedIn profile? Sure, it is easy to let it slip into backburner purgatory but one of your 2015 new year’s resolutions should be swinging by to review and make necessary updates. One area in particular to take a closer look at is the
How To Create Relevant JDs for 21st Century Arts Marketers
Fri, Aug 8, 2014
by Drew McManus
We must have reached a tipping point in this business and whatever the reason, all I know is that the last several weeks have seen a few dozen requests from CEOs and VPs cross my inbox related to what sorts of tech oriented skill sets should be included on contemporary marketing, box office, and communication
Sick Day
Fri, Aug 8, 2014
by Drew McManus
<sarcasm>Hooray for summer colds!</sarcasm> I’m under the weather today but fortunately, there’s no shortage of great content out there and one article in particular tackles the very touchy subject of what to do with employees that toe the Return on Investment line and how some groups just keep borderline employees around “just because.” Don’t think
Finding The Perfect Non-Monetary Workplace Perk
Fri, Apr 4, 2014
by Drew McManus
One of the mainstays of my traditional consulting work is negotiating individual work agreements; for managers, this usually focuses on executive employment agreements and for musicians, individual overscale agreements and one of the first aspects of that work is to identify non-monetary perks that have variable degrees of value for the client. More often than
Ignorance Is Bliss (not to mention value added)
Thu, Mar 3, 2014
by Drew McManus
My blogging colleague, Joe Patti, posted an intriguing article on 3/4/2014 about his surprise over the job description for the Ohio Arts Council’s (OAC) deputy director opening; in particular, he was taken aback by the lack of arts-centric requirements. At the same time, Patti defines his working relationship with OAC as top notch and acknowledged
