WorldatWork surveyed more than 2,700 organizations; members are employed in the HR, compensation, and benefits departments of mostly large North American … Read more
Yahoo! Execs Walk, But Not At HotJobs
With the Carl Icahn proxy fight averted and the Microsoft buyout dead (today, but check back tomorrow), Yahoo! can resume the reorganization it announced … Read more
6 Ways to Measure Your Contribution to Retention
For as long as HR has been a separate function from the business, there has always existed a certain tension when it comes to who is primarily responsible … Read more
Organizational Values As Primary Recruiting, Retention Tools
Ask HR professionals to identify the core of a company’s success and chances are, most will point to the recruiting and selection process. Performed … Read more
Rising Gas Prices Impact Recruiting and Retention
Will flexible employers be the ultimate winners in the war for talent now that gas prices are in the stratosphere? Employers offering transportation … Read more
Why are Recruiting and Retention Always Lumped Together?
Over the past few years, the term “recruiting” has increasingly become almost automatically appended with “and retention.” The … Read more
You Didn’t Pick Things Up Quickly Enough
My friend was released after just 20 days on the job. She was given work assignments to complete that had never been discussed in the interview. At her … Read more
Hiring Future Water Carriers
At Herman Miller, 1,300 of the company’s 6,000 employees are water carriers. The designation comes from American Indian tribal life, where the role … Read more
Retention Problems Begin During the Hiring Process
In most organizations the recruiting function is entirely separate from the retention effort, yet the design of the hiring process has a dramatic and … Read more
Improving Productivity?Really!
Decreasing turnover and increasing productivity can be a natty problem. Solutions usually come in one strength: weak. That is, incentive programs, public … Read more