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Top 5 Tips to Lower Employee Turnover

Minimize turnover and ramp up engagement with these 5 essential strategies. One in four employees will leave their organization this year, according to a report by the Work Institute called 2018 Retention Report: Truth and Trends in Turnover. Why? Jobs outnumber job seekers, the report found, and that gives today’s employees a plethora of […]

10 Ways to Improve the Candidate Experience

Recruitment is a two-way street–put your best foot forward to impress your top candidates! Too often, companies forget that recruitment and hiring is a two-way street–companies interview the candidates, but candidates are interviewing them too, as the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) points out. Up until 2016, A full 47% of candidates wouldn’t hear […]

13 Ways to Upgrade Your Onboarding Process

Take your onboarding process from “gets the job done” to “primes tomorrow’s leaders for success.” Just 41% of recent hires believe their organization’s onboarding primed them for success, a 2016 Oracle study found. “Employees ultimately decide if they would like to stay with a company within the first two weeks of employment,” says Gretchen […]

Upskill Your HR Team: 10 Essential Trainings for Your Staff

Take your HR staff to the next level with these 10 key trainings. According to Deloitte, reskilling the HR team should be a critical area of focus for most organizations. “Only 7% of HR leaders surveyed feel their teams can consistently deliver innovative programs that drive business impact,” Deloitte states. “Business leaders agree: Only […]

Ten exceptional books for your 2018 business reading list

As 2017 draws to an end, there’s a brief period when a busy professional can take a breather before the ambitions and challenges of the new year come into view. It’s a great opportunity to sort out some of the little things, like catching up on your reading. Here are 10 highly-rated books that can […]

Understanding Employment Compliance

Everyone knows that the laws and regulations dictating employment standards are necessary for our country to be able to provide fair and safe workplaces for all. Without them, and without compliance, we put people at risk of harm or their right to earn a living. In the United States, most regulations are set at the […]

The Rise of the Skill Pool

According to Psychology Today, a job is traditionally conceptualized as fulfilling a clear function consisting of particular tasks that require a defined set of competencies. Such jobs are sometimes referred to as “static jobs.” The traditional view of a job also places it on a distinct career ladder, where the step below and the step […]

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Three ways to make your employee training program more meaningful

Training employees is a complex undertaking. First, a business must define the subjects and activities that need to covered. Then it’s time to figure out how to convey the material in a manner that will hold workers’ attention. And lastly, the company must overcome the many unforeseen practical obstacles that can emerge on the road […]

10 Creative Recruitment Tactics That Really Deliver

You’ve set up booths at job fairs. You’ve posted ads on job boards. You’ve taken out an ad in a trade magazine. Yet you still aren’t getting the candidates you’re looking for – or worse, perhaps you’ve made the wrong hire. You’re not the only one experiencing this challenge – according to a 2017 Jobvite […]

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Frequent One-on-Ones Boost Employee Engagement and Productivity

Companies are working hard to find a way to manage a four-generation workforce and keep employees happy at the same time. This can be particularly challenging when each generation has a different preferred method of communication. Once tech-savvy Millennials began to make up the largest proportion of the US labor market (with Gen Y not […]

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The essential five-point checklist for rehiring former employees

Businesses are finding increasingly creative ways to recruit talent. One particularly noteworthy trend is the growing practice of rehiring former employees, a phenomenon that has generated quite a bit of press in recent years. It may seem counter-intuitive in some respects, but can be a powerful complement to traditional recruitment channels when applied correctly. Understanding […]

Get the Most from Your Meetings with These 14 Facilitation Tips

Meetings are the most universally dreaded aspect of work, but as organizations increasingly rely on teamwork, meetings are likely to become even more pervasive. Think of all the time and energy wasted on inefficient meetings – not to mention the frustration they create. Moreover, bad meetings don’t only lead to bad decisions (or a lack […]

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