Best Business Practices: Let HR Cover Your Blind Side
If you’ve seen the hit movie The Blind Side, featuring Quinton Aaron and Sandra Bullock, you’re probably familiar with the story of Michael Oher and the principles around peripheral vision. The film’s title is taken from the quarterback’s “dead zone”, which the left tackle must be aware of…
The Pepelwerk Podcast Ep. 5 – Talent vs Attributes
Hello everyone. It is Kim Kelley, the CEO of pepelwerk, with our fifth podcast. Today’s podcast is for our talent. We are talking about what are skills and what are attributes. And believe me, there is enough for both of sides of the conversations to…
Talent & Employers Disconnect: Fixing the Talent Acquisition Process
Talent and Employers, ships passing in the night. The story of how unnecessarily complicated we have made it apply for jobs, create and manage job posts or track applicants. In other words, we have made a mess out of connecting people to work. Some of…
The Pepelwerk Podcast Ep 4 – The First Job
Hello, and welcome to the fourth podcast of Pepelwerk. I am Kim Kelley, the CEO and co-founder, and this week is back-to-school week, and I’m focusing on the conversation around getting your first job while you are still dealing with the hassles of school and…
Separating from an Employer
The hardest part of my job has always been separating, terminating, or exiting employees from the organization. Separating from an employer can mean someone quits, they retire, they are terminated, or laid off. Some exits are amicable good-byes, and some are just plain painful for both…
Let’s Go Dutch
Since the beginning of time, there has been a social paradigm of “the people” against “the man”. Kings and their citizens, the tycoon executive, and the factory workers, parents against their children. I’m not a historian, but I like how Wikipedia outlines our working history…
Top 5 Reasons the Job and Internship Struggle is Real
If you’re looking for a job or an internship, you’ll want to make sure you give yourself at least 6 weeks to land a job and 2 more weeks to get your first paycheck. Top 5 complaints about looking for a job: Scrolling through pages…
The Pepelwerk Podcast Ep 3 – Don’t Move Your Mouth, Move Your A$$
Hello, everyone, and welcome to the third episode of the Pepelwerk Podcast. My name is Kim Kelley, the CEO and founder of Pepelwerk, and today, we’re actually going to talk about one of our most followed social media tags, that was basically saying, “Quit talking…
What’s the Difference Between Talent and Employee?
Talent fills the needs of employers. Talent provides their skills to an employer in exchange for wages, tips, and earnings. For us, it’s pretty simple. In the pepelwerk world, Talent is someone who wants to work and is free to represent themselves in whatever work they choose to do….
How to Find a Mentor: 4 Mentorship Lessons
As someone who is at the very beginning of their career or advancing in one, graduating from college and entering the workforce or taking a leap as a first-time entrepreneur, you may have heard of seeking out a mentor to gain knowledge and support growth….
The Pepelwerk Podcast: Ep 2 – Who We Are
Hello, everyone, and welcome to the second episode of the pepelwerk podcast. My name is Kim Kelley, the CEO and co-founder of pepelwerk. Today, we’re going to dive into who pepelwerk is and what we’re really here to do for you. The last week’s…
Build a Change Management Plan: 5 Key Steps to Success
You’ve been tasked to oversee the rollout of a major company initiative. Congrats! But where to begin? Implementing a change management plan takes a high level of commitment and cooperation. The effort and resources required might surprise the uninitiated. No matter how big or small…