Tag: human resources

January 17, 2020

I was reminded of this recently at my nine-year-old son’s soccer game. It was the second game of the tournament and our boys weren’t playing very well. The team we played against was coached by five adults who were all […]

January 13, 2020

An employee who has been here only three months just quit. In his exit interview, he said there wasn’t enough work to do within his department, and he was bored, so he looked to move on. I asked why he […]

December 27, 2019

Record-low unemployment, a growing skills gap, artificial intelligence (AI), and the gig economy—what do these have in common? They were some of the most common topics employers discussed throughout 2019 and for the latter half of the past decade. As […]

December 27, 2019

Slowly but surely over the last few decades corporations have begun to value a variety of pro-employee and pro-community ideas. This includes the rise of diversity initiatives, flexible benefits, casual dress codes, and an ever more creative list of employee […]

December 26, 2019

Imagine a scenario in which an employee clicks a link in an e-mail and costs his or her employer $600,000. Unfortunately, this situation does not require one’s imagination. This is exactly what happened in Riviera Beach, Florida, when an employee […]

December 13, 2019

Today is the era where HR is transforming with the help of data analytics. Data-driven is a real fact; HR managers can outsource for getting quality candidates and know who can perform well in their roles. Traditionally, recruitment was mainly […]

December 10, 2019

Employees are an indispensable resource – and in this competitive hiring market, companies can’t afford turnover. So now more than ever, businesses must work on retaining their best employees to ensure they’re running as effectively and efficiently as possible. There […]

December 5, 2019

The current U.S. unemployment rate, which recently hit a 50-year low, is requiring recruiters to get creative in their searches for qualified candidates. LinkedIn is a powerful resource for HR professionals, but reading between the lines of job experiences, education, […]

December 4, 2019

How are you simplifying your recruitment process? The current competition demands a new outlook and approach. That’s the reason why HR professionals follow the latest recruitment trends. One particular reason for following the latest trends is that they lay the […]

November 22, 2019

Training programs can fall victim to the same trap as many other company initiatives: Someone identifies a gap or a need; an initiative is put into place to address that shortcoming; and, without anyone taking ownership of that initiative, it […]