Hire Today, Gone Tomorrow?
Tough question: How can you hold onto your best people? Honest answer: You probably can’t. The real goal is to keep great people working with you, even after they’ve stopped working for you.
Content: Article | Author: Scott Kirsner | Source: Fast Company | Subjects: Best Practices, Human Resources
Follow these guidelines for new employee orientation
Most managers don’t utilize a standard procedure for employee orientation. But when you wing it, you risk setting the wrong tone. These helpful guidelines will help you cover your bases and get new employees started off on the right foot.
Content: Article | Author: Toni Bowers | Source: TechRepublic | Subject: Human Resources
Aligning Pay and Results: Compensation Strategies That Work from the Boardroom to the Shop Floor
Content: Book | Author: Howard Risher | Source: American Management Association (AMA) | Subjects: Human Resources, Management
Accounting For the Difference: Who You Are and What You Earn
Gender impacts wage, as many studies have proven. But Professors Marta Elvira and Mary Graham take that fact one step further and ask why. In this recent research, they consider the degree of formalization of the pay type, exploring the link between numbers of men and women in a job and the level of earnings. Discover the direct implications for the design of pay structures … [ Read more ]
Content: Article | Authors: Marta Elvira, Mary Graham | Source: INSEAD Knowledge | Subjects: Human Resources, Women in Business
Leadership and Human Resources in the 21st Century
Leadership is getting tougher, and will continue to do so. Human Resources managers must form a new partnership with leaders. Babson professor Allan R. Cohen reviews some of the forces at work creating this change and the steps HR must take to adapt for success.
Content: Article | Authors: Allan R. Cohen, David R. Bradford | Source: Babson Insight | Subjects: Human Resources, Leadership
Another God That’s Failed
Contingent work arrangements were supposed to help companies avoid mass layoffs. What went wrong?
Content: Article | Author: Shari Caudron | Source: Across the Board (ATB) | Subjects: Human Resources, Management
Gone, but Not Forgotten
No company likes to dismiss its talented employees because of a rotten economy. But there’s a way to keep people working with you even after they stop working for you. Here is a five-point program on how to build a successful alumni network for your company.
Content: Article | Author: Christine Canabou | Source: Fast Company | Subjects: Best Practices, Human Resources
Fast Organizational Growth: Ten Insights From Successful Managers
Entrepreneurial managers give 10 insights on how to quickly grow an organization and still keep employees focused on what it takes to be successful.
Content: Article | Author: Keith Rollag | Source: Babson Insight | Subjects: Human Resources, Organizational Behavior
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Creating Employability: How Training & Development Can Square the Circle Between Individual & Co.
In an era of job insecurity, how can organizations motivate their employees? And how can individuals reduce their vulnerability to restructuring and job loss? Creating employability suggests a training approach that may match the needs of both parties.
Content: Article | Author: Michael Bagshaw | Source: ManagementFirst | Subjects: Human Resources, Management
How to Avoid Hiring Fruits, Nuts, and Flakes!: Ensure Hiring Success in Every Situation
The interview process should determine if there is a match between the individual and the job. Furthermore, a good process allows you to understand the applicant’s behavior, values, motivations, and qualifications.
Content: Article | Author: Gregory P. Smith | Source: ManagerWise | Subject: Human Resources
Hiring the Best and the Brightest: A Roadmap to MBA Recruiting
Content: Book | Author: Sherrie Gong Taguchi | Subjects: Human Resources, MBA Related
True or False: You’re Hiring the Right People
If you answered “False,” you may need Unicru’s smart-assessment program — a fast-paced, real-time screening system that quickens your hiring process, improves your hit ratio, and boosts your employee-retention rate. And that’s the truth.
Content: Article | Author: Alison Overholt | Source: Fast Company | Subject: Human Resources
Transforming the Culture is Part of the Work/Life Puzzle
“It’s time to look at work/life benefits as a strategic initiative to drive cultural change.”
Content: Article | Author: Ann Vincola | Source: CEO Refresher | Subject: Human Resources
Out of Options
High-tech companies and their investment bankers have a cozy symbiotic relationship regarding stock options. Caught in the crush is a new victim: the worker.
Content: Article | Author: Neil Weinberg | Source: Forbes | Subjects: Finance, Human Resources | Industry: Investing
How Design of Pension Plans Influences Employee Investments
With the collapse of Enron, lawmakers, regulators, financial advisors and working people are taking a hard look at 401(k) plans, which employees in many U.S. companies use to save for retirement. In a recent study entitled “Defined Contribution Pensions: Plan Rules, Participant Choices, and the Path of Least Resistance,” Wharton finance professor Andrew Metrick and three co-authors analyze the impact of a plan’s design on … [ Read more ]
Content: Article | Source: Knowledge@Wharton | Subject: Human Resources
Employee Suggestions Contribute to the Bottom Line
Many organizations have seen the effectiveness of an employee suggestion program. It can be a positive force to motivate, improve performance, productivity, safety, and add to the bottom line.
Content: Article | Author: Freda Turner, Ph.D. | Source: CEO Refresher | Subjects: Human Resources, Management
Uniform Guidelines on Employee Selection Procedures
Good employee selection techniques were described in 1978 when the Uniform Guidelines on Employee Selection Procedures were published. The ‘Guidelines’ incorporate a single set of principles which are designed to assist employers, labor organizations, employment agencies, and licensing and certification boards to comply with requirements of Federal law prohibiting employment practices which discriminate on grounds of race, color, religion, sex, and national origin. They were … [ Read more ]
Content: Online Resource | Source: Department of Labor | Subjects: Human Resources, Legal