ManpowerGroup’s 10th annual Talent Shortage Survey is out, and it reveals that 32 percent of U.S. employers report difficulties filling job vacancies due … Read more
A Hard Lesson For Starbucks About Customers, Employees, Social Media
By Eric B. Meyer Raise your hand if you don’t own a smartphone. According to Pew Internet Project research, 64 percent of American adults own smartphones. … Read more
Talent Management and Leadership Nuggets from TLNT’s High Performance Workforce Summit
Editor’s Note: Frequent TLNT contributor Howard Mavity, who is also a partner at the law firm Fisher & Phillips, attended TLNT’s High … Read more
Labor Dept. Sends Proposed OT Exemptions For White House Review
By Tammy McCutchen Back in March 2014, President Obama ordered the U.S. Department of Labor to revise the “white collar” overtime exemption regulations. … Read more
Study Finds Link Between Talent, Leadership and Financial Performance
The relationship between talent and financial performance has been an “intuitive” given to enlightened leaders for a long time. Thanks to recent work by … Read more
Follow the Leader: How Successful Companies Attract Talent
Wouldn’t it be great to know what successful recruiters – companies that are finding it easier to find the talent they’re looking for – are doing that may … Read more
Court Won’t Give Legal Relief From NLRB’s “Quickie” Election Rule
By Nelson D. Cary and George Stevens Last Thursday, the National Labor Relations Board won its first courtroom victory in connection with its “ambush” or … Read more
The Win-Win When Companies Start Leveraging Baby Boomers
I’m a Baby Boomer, born smack-dab in the middle of my generation. And I’m beginning to concretely think about the answers to questions like: What is the … Read more
Is 2015 Becoming the Year of the Employee?
A clear pattern is emerging, and perhaps you already see it. New legislation, greater enforcement, high-profile court cases and shifting policies and … Read more
Protected Workplace Conduct Is “As Simple as Telling a Supervisor to Stop.”
By Eric B. Meyer When I think about retaliation, I think about who gets fired after complaining about discrimination to an HR Manager or the EEOC. These … Read more