New surveys this week are stoking optimism that the worst of the worst recession in (insert your choice of years here) really may be behind us. The … Read more
Need to Cut Labor Costs but Avoid Layoffs? A Checklist of Cost-cutting Options (Part 2 of 2)
Last week in Part 1 of this series, I mentioned that as the global economy continues to emerge, many organizations may find themselves needing to cut labor … Read more
Need to Cut Labor Costs but Avoid Layoffs? A Checklist of Cost-cutting Options (Part 1 of 2)
When many organizations are faced with the need to cut labor costs, the approaches taken are generally unscientific and poorly researched. Many simply do … Read more
12 Ways to Keep Recruiters Busy
If you’re like some corporate recruiting leaders before the current downturn hit, you had your staff balanced with a solid mix of regular full-time … Read more
If You Haven’t Laid People Off Yet, You Probably Won’t
From the department of maybe-things-are-getting-less-bad: “layoffs, hiring freezes, and salary freezes may have finally peaked” in the U.S., … Read more
Fewer Fancy Food Jobs
It’s a good time to bring the kids to Friday’s, Applebee’s, or Chili’s. It’s also a decent time to be a shareholder in Panera … Read more
HR Got Caught With Its Pants Down…Once Again!
Let me apologize upfront for this “rant” on HR’s failure regarding workforce planning, but I can’t think of another time where … Read more
Corporate Alumni and Boomerang Recruiting Programs Are Hot Due to Layoffs
Economic downturns, mergers, and acquisitions all place pressure on organizations to curb labor costs. No time in the last decade has that tenet been more … Read more
The Slashing May Slow
The last we time we were the bearer of bad news from a Watson Wyatt survey, 23% of companies were planning more layoffs. That percentage is way down: 13% … Read more
Employee Furloughs Can Be a Bad Alternative to Layoffs
You can’t read a newspaper these days without reading about organizations that are implementing employee furloughs in order to save money and to … Read more