In case some of you are wondering who the best is, they are up here on this plaque. That line from the 1986 film Top Gun — a film about Navy aviators … Read more
Have a Great Staff? Then Why Aren’t You Treating Them Better?
Ah, the first day on the job. It starts off like a whimsical wonderland for the bright-eyed and bushy-tailed new hire. Everything is fresh and waiting to … Read more
Hiring Wisdom: Exit Interviews – Usually Too Late to Do Any Good
Exit interviews are about as effective as closing the barn door after the horses are out. The best time to learn how your valued employees feel about their … Read more
Is Your Office a Breeding Ground for Gangs?
In today’s roundup we tackle the complicated and totally interrelated issues of lunchtime neighborhood shopping and the retention rate of hourly … Read more
What Are You Doing To Hire Idea People? Probably Nothing!
Innovation = Ideas + Collaboration + Execution As a result of the dramatic business successes of firms like Google, Apple, and Facebook, almost everyone … Read more
How to Become an Employer of Choice
A recent Gallup study found that only 47 percent of American workers are completely satisfied with their jobs. A MarketTools study found that 21 percent of … Read more
Develop a Hiring Manager Scorecard … to Make Them More Accountable (Part 2 of 2)
If you’re going to measure and perhaps reward individual hiring managers for excellence, you will need to work with a sample of them to determine which … Read more
Turnover Can Be Good, or Why Great Gardeners Know to Pull a Few Weeds
Two of the most direct, measurable people metrics affected by strategic, social employee recognition are employee engagement and employee retention. Nearly … Read more
Develop a Recruiter Scorecard … Because Champions Demand That You Keep Score (Part 2 of a 2-part series)
How to develop a recruiter scorecard for assessing individual corporate recruiter performance Champions insist that you keep score. If you understand that … Read more
Hiring Wisdom: Feedback on “Ways to Guarantee Your Best People Quit”
We received the following comments from a reader in response to my monthly Hiring Hint entitled Top 10 Ways to Guarantee Your Best People Will Quit. … Read more