External workers are employees who work for a company but who are not on its formal payroll. This includes temporary staff, contract employees and … Read more
Don’t ‘Solve’ a Problem Before You Surround It
“Change is not going to come from a single person or a ‘traditional committee’ but from people who actually want to make it happen.” The … Read more
HR 101: You Have to Be Mobile-Friendly From Start to Finish
Recruitment marketing has one primary goal, to reach the right potential candidates, at the right time, and in the right place. Increasingly, that means on … Read more
CEOs Recognizing Importance of ‘War Time’ CHRO
There’s an interesting analysis from The Talent Strategy Group that suggests CHRO tenure is closely tied to their CEO. This recently released report … Read more
Employers Could See Benefits From Healthcare Bill Making Brokers More Transparent
A bipartisan bill to reform the cost of health care for Americans is making its way through the US Senate. In a nutshell, the Lower Health Care Costs Act, … Read more
What Do You Really Know About How Training Is Being Done?
Let’s look at two employees and compare their career paths. Both are the same age, both college graduates, both recent hires with an aircraft company. … Read more
Incentive Systems Won’t Substitute For Good Management
For two decades I designed compensation and performance management systems for large and medium companies. I always had this nagging thought that after two … Read more
New Illinois Law Puts Limits On AI In Video Interviews
By its very nature, recruitment has always involved collecting and storing large amounts of candidate data to make informed hiring decisions. Technology … Read more
Encourage Work BFFs and See Retention Improve and Stress Decline
Friendship is an unparalleled force: It can forge ties in ways other methods of relationship-building — like networking, negotiations and strategic … Read more
Change Begins With the ‘First Follower’
Before I co-founded a company to help HR and people leaders transform their businesses, I was a consumer marketer – both agency and client-side – crafting … Read more