The first casualty when war comes is truth. – Sen. Hiram Johnson (R., CA), 1918 The looming passage of the Employee Free Choice Act has the business … Read more
Sustainable Talent Planning, and a New Role for Recruiters and HR
Past talent initiatives have generally not aimed at people, but at improving efficiency, managing work flows, and ensuring quality. Now, service, … Read more
The ROI of Cheap Training
Co-written by Shally, Maureen Sharib, and Glenn Gutmacher. Have you noticed a slew of emails lately for free or cheap training? Is it tempting, when … Read more
Managing Contingent Labor Strategically
by Dr. John Sullivan & Master Burnett For many in corporate staffing, contingent labor management is an unpleasant activity often relegated to the … Read more
Stop Passing the Buck!
It has been like shooting fish in a barrel. The HR profession has been under fire from all quarters lately for not being “strategic” or a … Read more
Don’t Trust HR, Professor Tells CFO Gathering
The stuff’s just now beginning to hit the fan over the incendiary comments of Rutgers University academic Richard Beatty to a conference of CFOs … Read more
The Hidden Gift Your Gen Y Employees Are Offering You
Yesterday, I read one of those “10 Tips for…” type of articles on how to manage the Millennial or Gen Y employee. They included … Read more
Workforce Planning Is Hot; Are You Lagging Behind?
What’s hot in talent management changes quite often. Right now, there’s no hotter topic within the talent management community than workforce … 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