Pros and Cons to Rehiring Former Employees
Would you rehire an employee who previously quit? What if he or she was laid off? Does your answer change if the employee left many years ago? What if that person was fired?
Tag: HR
Important Steps for Creating a Candidate Persona
In yesterday’s Advisor, we discussed the idea of creating candidate personas to assist in your recruiting efforts and why employers may want to do so. Today, let’s take a look at how to create a candidate persona.
3 Ways AI Tools Can Make HR More Effective
Voice-commanded assistants from Google and Amazon have quickly become standard in our homes, but the next space artificial intelligence (AI)-powered tools are entering is our workplaces—including the HR department.
What American Employees Want for the Holidays
A recent survey from HR services provider Randstad US explores workers’ attitudes and preferences about the holiday season in the workplace. Predictably, it finds some employees enjoy the season, while others struggle with workplace merriment.
How Recruiters Can Eliminate Gender Discrimination in Hiring
Gender discrimination in the workplace has been a topic of discussion for decades. The Equal Pay Act of 1963 theoretically means that men and women must be paid equal amounts (a primary concern when it comes to gender-based discrimination), yet hiring discrepancies and pay discrepancies remain—so this topic continues to be in discussion at the […]
7 Ways to Get More from People Analytics
New research from Bersin by Deloitte, the research-based HR arm of Deloitte Consulting LLP, finds that people analytics, the use of employee data to help optimize business and management decisions, is strongly related to improved talent outcomes and an organization’s profitability. In fact, high-maturity organizations, or those using people analytics in a sophisticated and insightful […]
Case Study Underscores Why HR Change Management Skills Are Critical
It is easy to lose your focus with all of the demands on Human Resources today. While your day-to-day duties make demands on your time, don’t neglect your most important HR responsibility: helping your organization plan and manage changes essential to the organization’s growth and future. You need to develop your change management and organizational […]
New Research on Finding and Retaining Top Performers
Today we are joined by Rachel Barker, employee experience manager at Qualtrics. Barker will answer some questions about grooming and developing top performers. Qualtrics recently released survey research entitled, Qualtrics Research: How to Groom and Develop Top Performers. Let’s get started.
Leaders’ Toxic Behaviors—And the Courage Required to Stop Them
There seems to be a similar haunting refrain in many of today’s headlines: Leaders who have spiraled out of control – victimizing employees, abusing power, and generally reproving the time-tested principle that “absolute power corrupts absolutely.”
Domestic Violence Doesn’t Always Stay at Home
We often hear of violence in the workplace. Employers should also be aware that employees are not always the source of such violence. Domestic abuse can, and has spilled into the workplace, sometimes with tragic consequences. It’s a situation all too familiar to Lynn Fairweather, MSW, president of Presage Consulting and Training, LLC.