Life, and work, beyond the holidays is just a dream for most seasonal workers. Each year, an army of Americans are hired to work during the Christmas … Read more
Data Coaching: Is It the Next Big Step in Human Capital Measurement?
As the quest for the “right” human capital metrics continues, there has been a quiet detour to the overall evolution taking place in a workshop we have … Read more
Performance Evaluations? If People Are Cynical, You Have a Problem
A friend was telling me a story about the performance review process at his company that I had to share. So, we are in the midst of our performance reviews … Read more
CareerBuilder Survey: Dogs Rule, Snakes Earn, and Fish Go Into HR
Catbert, the “evil” head of HR at the business where famous comic strip character Dilbert works, is a feline. Having cohabited with cats over … Read more
Credit or Debit? It Matters For Employees With Dependent Care Costs
Paper or plastic? Credit or debit? These are common questions you hear at the grocery store, but do your employees consider what is the best way, credit … Read more
Leadership Development: 10% of Organizations Offer it to Everyone
We get a lot of surveys here at TLNT, and you generally see the best of the ones we get. Some are really insightful, some pretty obvious, and others, well, … Read more
Sound the Alarm: More People Are Quitting Than Being Laid Off
We’ve heard warnings about how our workforce is disengaged and being artificially kept in jobs due to fear of changing employers. And, we’ve … Read more
Mercer on Health Benefit Costs: They’ve Gone Up 6.9% in 2010
The year 2010 may be rapidly winding down, but the accounting of health care costs continues. This is especially true in the wake of the passage of health … Read more
What Today’s Young Job Seekers Say They Really Want
At last month’s ERE Expo in Hollywood, Florida, Mark Mehler and Gerry Crispin of CareerXroads assembled a panel of four of today’s sharpest young job … Read more
3 Keys to Business Success (or, 3 Things to Avoid That Will Screw It Up)
I had a mentor teach me that that business success was based on these three things in this order: People, Process, Profit. Do things on purpose: From … Read more