Avoid Making These 8 Common Human Resources Mistakes
Continuing from yesterday’s post, here are the remaining eight common human resources mistakes that you’ll want to avoid.
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Despite Labor Shortage, Businesses Can Benefit from Hiring and Training ‘On Demand’
With the U.S. unemployment rate at an all-time low and job openings at a 17-year high (with a reported 6.6 million openings as of June 2018), it’s hard to imagine that job growth has slowed and even stagnated in parts of the country. The fact is, rural areas and smaller cities are scrambling to find […]
5 Common Human Resources Mistakes to Avoid
Mistakes that happen within an organization’s human resources department have the potential to cost it millions of dollars each year. And while mistakes will inevitably happen regardless of what department you work in, there are certain mistakes that every HR professional should work to avoid altogether.
Exit Interviews: Pros and Cons
Does your organization routinely conduct exit interviews with departing employees? Some employers swear this is a great way to garner knowledge about how to improve the organization and reduce future turnover. Others feel it’s unlikely to gain real insights because departing employees no longer have an incentive to help. Let’s take a look at some […]
Why Performance Management Is Shifting from Individuals to Teams
Work has changed and with that comes a need for a change in performance management.
Business Continuity Planning: Training Staff on Your Mitigation Plan
Business continuity planning is an important part of strategic planning and long-term risk mitigation. Continuity planning focuses on those risks that may be relatively unlikely to manifest themselves but will have catastrophic, potentially company-ending impacts if they do occur.
Simplify Your Recruiting Process with Best-of-Breed Recruitment Software
In a hiring environment marked by low unemployment rates and widening skills gaps, recruiting teams across the board are coping with heightened visibility, pressure, and candidate volume resulting from intensified competition for top talent.
RecruitCon 2018 Speaker Discusses the Future of Job Postings
In part one of this article series, HR Works sat down with RecruitCon 2018 speaker Elena Valentine to discuss creating engaging video job postings. Here is the remainder of that interview.
RecruitCon 2018 Speaker Explains How to Add the ‘Wow Factor’ to Your Job Posts
In a recent episode of HR Works: The Podcast for Human Resources, Elena Valentine, CEO of Skill Scout, offers advice on how to add the “Wow Factor” to all your posts. A workplace storyteller and design researcher, Valentine spends her days leading the team at Skill Scout to bring jobs to life on video.
Why a Marketer Mind-Set Is Essential in Fueling Your Employee Referral Program
The best source of hire continues to be employee referrals.