Category: Talent

Employee feedback, compliance, government forms, leave policies, recruiting: the list of tasks that an HR professional have to perform is nearly endless. Just as important as any one task is how professionals put them all together into a united front. Welcome to the Strategic HR topic.

The Search for Leaders Might Be Too Narrow

Yesterday we began an interview with Adam Canwell, the Global Leader for EY’s leadership offering in Melbourne, Australia to discuss their recent Global Leadership Forecast survey. Today we’ll look at the rest of that interview.

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Employee Friendly Schedules Might Boost Retention

With unemployment rates inching ever lower, employers are becoming more and more concerned with employee retention. Vacancies are getting tougher to fill, making it even more of a concern when an employee leaves.

Why Your Leadership Program Should Focus on Servant Leadership

Regrettably, some professionals have negative associations come to mind when they think of a servant leader. They think of a servant leader as being someone who is a pushover, weak, or passive. And how can someone who is any of those things inspire employees to innovate and grow a business? Fortunately, studies have proven that […]

Employee Experience Designer: The New Role of HR

The role of HR is undergoing a transformation. Where HR traditionally focused on compliance and risk management, over the past few decades, with the growth of culture-forward companies, it’s evolved to encompass the entire experience. HR managers are now, arguably, also designers and keepers of company culture.

8 Tips for Quality Testing Practices (Part 1)

According to research highlighted in The New York Times article, tests can make us smarter because they force learners to recall and use material they’ve covered. And other research highlighted in a Scientific American article shows that tests make learning more effective and can boost learning initiatives.

Infographic: What Works for Women in the Workforce

International Women’s Day (March 8) is a global day celebrating the social, economic, cultural, and political achievements of women. This year’s theme was #PressforProgress, which focused on motivating and uniting friends, colleagues, and whole communities to think, act, and be gender inclusive.

HR Works: Why Content Marketing Should Be Part of Your Recruiting Strategy

Talent acquisition has quickly moved front burner for many organizations and most realize that they’re going to have to do more to attract—and keep–top candidates than they’ve had to do the past few years. Our guest for Episode 55 of HR Works: The Podcast for Human Resources  has some great ideas and practical tips to […]

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Diversity in the Tech Industry

As America’s information technology industry strives to build a more gender and racially diverse workforce, a new report from the Computing Technology Industry Association (CompTIA), one of the IT industry’s top trade associations, finds contradictory viewpoints on the current state and future goals for workplace diversity.