When Hiring Marketing Applicants, Don’t Forget to Ask These Two Questions
When you’re interviewing new marketing professionals, make sure they have these skill sets.
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Identifying Leaders During Recruitment
A focus on individual experience as a primary means of determining the right candidate might just be a big mistake.
The True Source of Company Culture
Yesterday we began to explore the source of company culture in any organization. Today we’ll look more into where that culture comes from.
Employee Engagement Is an HR Priority—But Needs Key Resources to Succeed
The votes are in. A new study from StaffConnect found that HR leaders—alongside C-level executives, corporate communications, and other business professionals—are prioritizing employee engagement. Specifically, the 2018 Employee Engagement Survey found that around three-quarters of organizations surveyed plan to implement initiatives to improve their employees’ experience (EX) in 2018.
Build Engagement With Summer Fun
Summer is often a busy time with vacations, and it’s also a great time for teambuilding and an opportunity for employee engagement. Here are five ideas.
What Is the Worst that Could Happen?
So your organization doesn’t have a perfect safety record. Maybe some of the equipment is out of date or expired. But what is the worst that could happen? Well, your entire workforce might quit!
Missourians Vote to Reject Right-to-Work Law
Missourians went to the polls August 7 and soundly defeated Proposition A, the state’s right-to-work law that has been on hold for almost a year. Voters rejected the law by about a 2-to-1 margin.
What Makes Company Culture Really?
Even when a company doesn’t try to cultivate its culture, that culture is there. It’s the personality of an organization from the perspective of its employees and includes things like the company’s mission, expectations, and overall work atmosphere. Whether it’s officially documented, symbolized in the business logo, or merely an unspoken but understood definition, culture […]
Financial Leaders Influence in HR and IT Expanding, Finds Study
For years HR professionals have struggled to gain a seat at executive table. New research shows that that trend works the other way too.
How to Find the ‘Explainers’ and Turn Them into Your L&D Warriors
There’s lots of noise out there around which skills people should gain in order to get good jobs and have successful careers. If nothing else, the debate has yielded one irrefutable conclusion: We all need to be lifelong learners. We all need to get good at adapting and maintaining our skill sets to stay relevant […]