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
Why is Unemployment So High, and How to Emerge a Winner
Why is unemployment higher than it has been for decades and massive layoffs announced daily? Is something going on that is deeper than a recession? In past … Read more
Time to Say Goodbye: Are You Keeping the Bad and Terminating the Good?
Any manager who takes an honest look at individual performance knows all employees are not created equally. About 20% of employees rise to the top of the … Read more
HR Getting Cut In Microsoft Layoff
Microsoft this morning said it would lay off 5,000 of its nearly 100,000 workers over the next 18 months starting with 1,400 today. The layoffs will be … Read more
Out-of-Work Sourcers
I am getting one or two calls a day and three to five emails a day (on average) from sourcers looking for work. Sourcers who have been “let go” … Read more
Managing Change: When S.A.R.A.H. Met S.A.L.Y.
Of all of the issues that are discussed in the ERE communities, at ERE Expos, and at other HR and Recruiting conferences, the one that I find most … Read more
Bleak Jobs Report Offers No Hope For Early Recovery
With all due respect to Lou Adler, there’s not much evidence in today’s labor report that there’s any recovery in sight. Besides … Read more