Mentorship
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How I Plan to Embrace the Future of Print with APTech
When APTech announced it was accepting nominations for its Board of Directors (BOD), I was honored to be nominated. When I was informed that I would be joining the Board (pending ratification by the members at PRINT 19), I started making a list of industry issues I hear about from our employees, clients, and business […]
SteelGrow Mentorship Enriches Both Mentor and Mentee
Mentoring is a core value at IWCO Direct. In a previous blog about our mentoring efforts, we highlighted our involvement with SteelGrow, an initiative of the Steel Partners family of companies that encourages developing new talent from within the organization. We have been working side-by-side [...]
Help Us Say Adieu to (Most Of) the Summer 2019 IWCO Direct Interns
Another year in the books that the interns didn’t burn down IWCO Direct. I think I can speak for the group when I say it was an amazing summer full of learning. Below are some final words from both the IWCO Direct interns and their supervisors, reflecting on the past three months [...]
10 Ways to Help Turn an Internship into a Full-Time Position
Most workplace interns are current college students, and their internships are usually for college credit and/or professional experience. My first internship was between my junior and senior year of college. I learned a lot and was even offered a position with the company after my internship ended. Actually, 52% of interns are offered a full-time […]
How We’re Making Mentoring Month Last All Year Long
Long-time readers of SpeakingDIRECT may know that January is National Mentoring Month, as we’ve been writing about mentoring and our work with programs like MENTOR Minnesota for at least eight years. The official designation goes back to 2002, when President George W. Bush proclaimed January as National Mentoring Month, endorsed by both chambers of the […]
IWCO Direct’s Megan Lester Adds “Cal Poly Award Recipient” to Her Numerous Accolades
We just learned of a new benefit from our media monitoring service: It provides visibility to an employee’s achievement when she is too modest or humble to tell us about it herself. Imagine our surprise and delight when “Megan Lester” and the video below appeared in our daily report! [ ... ]
Why Should IT Professionals Look for a Career at IWCO Direct?
According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the US job market is seeing historically low unemployment rates. That’s great news for our economy and those job-hunting, but can lead to challenges for employers who are having to fight for qualified individuals. This is also true at IWCO Direct—for instance, it took more than five […]
What the Gen Z Workforce Wants
Recently, I had the opportunity to visit the Steel Partners (IWCO Direct’s parent company) office in Hermosa Beach, California to help with a project. Since this was my first traveling business assignment, I wasn’t sure what to expect. Unfortunately, I ignored all of the “no, trust me, you DON’T want to take a red-eye […]
Be a Critical Part of Our Nation’s Future: Become a Mentor Today
Two-thirds of Americans consider it highly important for young people to have mentors. However, a recent study estimates that only a quarter of youth have the mentors they need. We've long known the positive impact of formal mentoring on youth. The consistent, enduring presence of a caring adult in a young person’s life can be the difference between staying in school or dropping out, making [...]
Farewell, Summer 2018: What We Left Behind for Next Year’s Interns
The following is the final entry in a three-part series from the Summer 2018 IWCO Direct interns. For part one, click here. For part two, click here. The IWCO Direct summer 2018 interns in Chanhassen met the first week of August for one of our last intern projects: a final presentation of our […]
