Where Did Everybody Go?
Here are some ways to avoid ‘quick quits’ and strengthen retention efforts.
Unearthing Recruiting Gold
By rooting through different databases, data mining connects the dots of candidate and employee data to speed up recruiting and improve sourcing.
Map Out a Detailed Yet Simple Telecommuting Policy
Before offering telecommuting as a work option, establish clear guidelines for employees so you don’t end up on the defensive or involved in a legal battle.
Improving the Hiring Process One Word at a Time
Job postings often miss the mark because employers pay too little attention to the way they’re written. When that happens, high-quality candidates may not respond.
Metrics that matter
Staffing metrics have evolved from rough estimates on absenteeism to complex studies that evaluate every aspect of human-capital measurement. Along the way, the issue of what to measure has become as important as the old issue of how to measure.
Culture clash leads to age discrimination claim
One problem for foreign-based companies in the U. S. is that managers from the home country may not realize that comments completely acceptable abroad are evidence of discrimination here. The most recent company to learn that lesson was Mitsubishi Electronics America.
Various questions and answers about the work (Part 2)
What are the Laws of Independent Contracting? I’ve worked for a Fortune 500 company with thousands of employees for 6 years. They furnished the equipment, told me what hours to work and not to work so basically I was an employee without the benefits(medical, retirement vesting after 5 years, sick leave, vacation, etc.). Do I
Various questions and answers about the work (Part 1)
Can they force managers to take a pay cut? My husband is a meat manager in a meat packing plant in Ohio. His employer has asked him to take a $3000.00/yr. pay cut. There have been layoffs throught the plant for the hourly workers, and now they are asking the managers to take a
Why We Won’t Scold Other People’s Kids
Sara Roberts may be the most mortified teenager in America. Against her will, her mother and stepfather placed a bumper sticker on her car. It asks, “How’s My Teen Driving?” and has a toll-free number for motorists to call.
Career Entrepreneurs Know When It’s Time to Move On
The concept of career entrepreneurship is that each of us is responsible for our own careers. Midlife career transition is the time to become an entrepreneur, to “own” your career, creating it with vision and imagination and managing it by using your talents and skills to their greatest advantage. That might mean taking on a
Common Mistakes Made by Job Seekers
After 10 years as a state unemployment counselor, it’s clear to me that job seekers are wont to follow their same old routine every day, yet they expect it to yield different results. In doing so, they set themselves up for rejection. Most of us are allergic to rejection. The adverse reaction causes our thinking