The dog days of August were upon employers last month, slowing their new nonfarm hiring to a modest 151,000. At 4.9%, unemployment was unchanged from July. … Read more
Can You Enforce the Confidentiality of Employee Settlements?
A reader emailed me yesterday. “Hey Eric, Clients are wondering about value of settlement NDAs after ex-Fox News HWE victims go public despite contracts. … Read more
Randstad To Acquire Monster for $429 Million
Yes, each time you’ve turned around this year, there has been more big news in the recruiting field. If you didn’t get whiplash from the news we broke in … Read more
Wages Rise In July As Employers Add 255,000 More Workers
Whatever caused May’s payrolls to grow hardly at all now looks like a bad blip after the Labor Department’s report this morning showing hiring … Read more
Your Seating Chart Can Make a Million Dollar Difference
Could the secret to boosting your human capital — the economic value of your employees’ skill sets — be as easy as rearranging a few chairs? … Read more
What HR Pros Had to Say About Recognition Programs
As employee recognition programs continue to be a critical element of employee engagement strategies, Michael C. Fina Recognition conducted its second … Read more
What CEOs Look For In Their CHRO
CEOs are actively upgrading their CHRO talent with talent management needs driving much of that change. Board members are increasingly prominent in the … Read more
It’s a Homecoming Here at ERE Media
The last time I wrote a post like this one, I called ERE Media a labor of love. That is still as true today as it was then. It was a labor of love for me … Read more
Here’s How HR Should Handle the Pokemon Craze
Pokemon GO fever is sweeping the nation — and increasingly, the world. It’s a craze that is prompting all sorts of incidents by the millions of … Read more
The HR Bots Are Coming! Will You Be Ready?
The robot revolution has arrived. With major companies Facebook, Google, Microsoft, and Yahoo all launching some version of a chatbot or virtual assistant … Read more