Organizations embark on strategic planning for different reasons. Today, many develop or modify a strategic plan to address changing external and internal forces, including cutbacks in budget and personnel, demographic changes, competition, legal issues, technology, and loss of revenue. ...more

BIG Ideas are gleaned from workshops and activities by participants in the NACE 2011 Conference & Expo. ...more

The pace and magnitude with which China and India are growing in the global marketplace should signal to U.S. companies that competing internationally will require a new mindset and different business practices. China and India account for 10 percent of the world’s gross domestic product. By 2025, that percentage will double, says Haiyan Wang, a managing partner of the China India Institute, a Washington, D.C.-based research and consulting organization....more

“The human brain appears to solve problems related to surviving in an unstable outdoor setting, while in nearly constant motion,” says Medina, a developmental molecular biologist and author of the New York Times bestseller "Brain Rules.”...more

 The INGRADA (International Network of Graduate Recruitment and Development Associations) Global Graduate Report contains the results of surveys and market knowledge from six countries covering new undergraduate starting salaries, offer acceptance rates, vacancy figures, retention rates, and the costs associated with hiring new college graduates. ...more

Social media encompasses many web sites, such as LinkedIn, Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, and MySpace, to name just a few. Many of these, although popular with college students, are not relevant to the work of career services and HR/recruiting professionals. The most valuable and appropriate for these professions is LinkedIn....more