* See five (5) updates below, including Abrams’ resignation. What do you say when a senior executive of your company – the chief innovation officer, … Read more
Survey: Pay Freezes Slowly Thawing, but 2011 Raises are Going to be Modest
Here’s a bit of good news (emphasis on “bit”) that workplace trends are slowly (emphasis on “slowly”) starting to stabilize. According to a new survey by … Read more
Starting Them Off On the Right Foot: Why Onboarding is Important
By Autumn D. Krauss While holding an orientation for new employees is a well- established human resources practice, “onboarding” is a more comprehensive … Read more
National Boss Day? Is That Why 70% of Workers Don’t Want to be a Boss?
I’m all for the notion of better employee-boss relations, and by extension, that means that I’m also in favor of a new study released this week by Adecco … Read more
The Critical Need for Passion in the Workplace
By Kurt Mortensen “One person with passion is better than 40 people merely interested.” — E. M. Forster People who know where they are going … Read more
Navigating Health Care Reform: What Are You Telling YOUR Employees?
I was absolutely thrilled with the turnout at a webinar I recently presented for Human Resource Executive: “Navigating the changes: strategically … Read more
Employee Engagement: “How Did Things Ever Get So Far Apart?”
“When I lead my portion of the orientation, I do not have the heart to tell them and I can’t look them in the eye. This is a horrible place. It is like I … Read more
Weekly Wrap: Managing Monkeys, Business Cards Thrive, and a Classic Cover Letter
Sometimes it’s good to take the Weekly Wrap on the road, as I did last week from the HR Technology conference in Chicago. As you might gather from my … Read more
Deputy or Gun For Hire: You Can’t Have Both With a Temp Workforce
I was able to watch parts of RecruitFest yesterday and I continued to see a trend I’d seen at other conferences when talking about the future of our … Read more
SHRM Task Force Close to Official Standard for “Cost Per Hire”
A SHRM task force is readying what could become the first U.S. standard for calculating “Cost Per Hire.” A draft standard is currently … Read more