In case you haven’t noticed, the economy has gone to hell. It’s been up and down like a yo-yo for the last decade, a fact that led Time to … Read more
2 Employee Morale and Engagement Killer Apps
Wouldn’t it be great to have access to an off-the-shelf, easy-to-execute morale-boosting program, one that includes two “employee engagement killer apps”? … Read more
Who’s Responsible for Quality of Hire?
Over the past few months I’ve been describing a new approach for determining quality of hire, and using changes in this to justify any new expenditures on … Read more
Survey Shows Disconnect Between Workers and Bosses
A survey released this morning says employers are fooling themselves believing workers are content simply to have a job. According to the survey conducted … Read more
Quality of Hire: The Missing Link in Calculating ROI (Part I of a Series)
Every vendor in the recruiting space touts their latest recruiting and sourcing tool as the next killer app. If you were there, you saw many of them at the … Read more
Integrated Talent Acquisition – It’s Time to Tie This Hodgepodge Together
It’s hard to argue against the concept of strategic integration. Having related business units working closely together, rather than operating as … Read more
How Lousy is HR Perceived at Your Company?
Kristen Carroll, of Elliot Health System, provides six questions to ask yourself about the role of human resources in your organization. We don’t … Read more
Why Not Trade Surplus Talent with Other Firms? A Lesson Learned From Sports
If you want to be strategic and make quantum steps in performance, look outside your familiar zone. Step beyond the best practices in your industry and … Read more
Is There a Future for Work/Life Balance?
Jack Welch, former CEO of General Electric, created a stir at the SHRM conference in New Orleans this year by stating: “There’s no such thing … 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