Family-owned talent management vendor Softscape has been acquired by SumTotal Systems, a talent development and e-learning provider. The announcement was … Read more
Survey: Only 11% of Companies Still Giving Cost of Living Increases
This won’t be a surprise to most of you given all the bad stuff that happened during the recession and ongoing economic downturn, but it still bears … Read more
How to Make Better Hires: Do You Go for Creative Thinking, or Job Skills?
OK, so I am stealing a story I read about 15 years ago in an airline magazine (If anyone out there recognizes it and can help me attribute this, please let … Read more
Just What is Diversity, Anyway?
By Michelle T. Johnson Not to get all Bill Clinton, but I feel the pain of anyone who thinks diversity is a synonym for political correctness. Diversity … Read more
Weekly Wrap: Big Brothering Freelancers, the Terrors of Testosterone, Torching an Employer
Have you noticed a big change this week? Now that summer and Labor Day is behind us, people seem really serious about getting back to serious work. That’s … Read more
Six Things You Should Consider When Making A Counter-Offer
Earlier this month, we heard about some of the extraordinary counter-offers that Google was making to its departing employees (specifically engineers). In … Read more
Can You Use a Mob Statute on a Worker Who Takes Confidential Info?
By Reyburn W. Lominack III So the former employee who walked out the door with your company’s “secret recipe” is not in the mob. Does that mean the … Read more
The Latest You Should Know About Managing Health Care Reform
Little by little we’re learning more about the complex piece of legislation called the PPACA (the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act). Over the … Read more
Is Social Recruiting Maturing As A Technique?
Earlier this week, I attended the #socialrecruiting summit put on by ERE (TLNT’s parent company). I know I’m biased, but the event itself is … Read more
No Surprise Here: Double-Digit Health Care Increases Expected Next Year
* See updates below. It’s not exactly a news flash that health care is expensive, so it won’t come as a big surprise to most that, despite all the noise … Read more