What do you do when you mess up at work? The gamut of responses runs from “lie and hide” to “sweep it under the rug and hope no one notices” to “confess … Read more
Survey: Employee Referrals Are Really More Effective Than We Think
Employee referral programs may produce more hires — perhaps many more — than surveys would suggest. Over the years it has come to be accepted that the … Read more
Forced Ranking: Good Management, or Just a Flawed and Arbitrary System?
It’s not good to pull me into the debate over “forced ranking” performance appraisal system, known more commonly as … Read more
Managing Millennials: 3 Keys to Engagement – and 3 Common Mistakes
A colleague of mine who routinely speaks to college students accepts an offer to present a webinar to a company who employs a lot of young talent. Even … Read more
Why Are We So Obsessed With Finding “Passive” Job Candidates?
Here’s a question that begs for a good answer: are we overdoing it with the search for passive job candidates, already? It’s something worth … Read more
Labor Dept. Proposes Expanded FMLA Rules for Military, Airline Flight Crews
By Eric B. Meyer The U.S. Department of Labor announced that it is issuing proposed rules that would expand military family leave provisions under the … Read more
Twitter Just Made The Greatest Recruiting Video of All Time
As a person who sees a ton of recruiting videos (and I just got done judging ERE’s Recruiting Excellence Awards so you can bet I’ve had my fill … Read more
EEOC: Retaliation Discrimination Charges Continued to Rise in 2011
Complaints of retaliation by employers trumped race for the second consecutive year, according to the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. The … Read more
Why Do We Survey and Report Salary Ranges?
A debate with a would-be client last week reminded me of a particular pet peeve, so I thought I’d trot it out here for discussion. (The would-be … Read more
Survey Points to 5 Critical Talent Management Trends for 2012
I’m always interested in surveys that look ahead and give some sense of where we might be going, even if they don’t always seem to get the … Read more