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HR professionals consistently name recruiting top talent and retaining valued employees among their toughest challenges. Developing a strategy to meet those challenges may entail a number of elements, but establishing and communicating the employer’s “brand” should never be overlooked.
A study from the International Coach Federation (ICF) and Human Capital Institute (HCI) explores how first-time people managers and emerging leaders—many of whom are Millennials—can benefit from partnering and receiving training on how to use coaching skills with their peers and teams.
The practice of screening applicants through the internet – particularly by using Google and social networking sites – is becoming more and more commonplace. But employers need to understand there are times when they just shouldn’t look.
On Friday we heard from Lindsay Sanchez from Kore about how bots can be used to streamline the onboarding process. Today we’ll look at what bots can do at the 30 days-hired-or-more mark.
There’s no denying social media is here to stay, and its impact on the workplace can’t be ignored. So employers are smart to be proactive and have policies in place to help them avoid potential liability connected to employee use of social media.
Even in the best-run organizations, things go wrong and employees mishandle their assigned tasks. Sometimes those mistakes are significant and costly, infuriating managers who come down hard and with perhaps a bit of righteous fury on the hapless offender. But as most HR professionals know, such managerial venting just makes matters worse in the long […]
Almost 75% of recruiters do not use data driven processes for making decisions. There are many reasons why this happens and one of them is intimidation. They rely only on other human resources strategies. The work is done manually.
The first year at a new job is usually reserved for learning the ropes. We’ve all been through the expected bumps and growing pains. It’s exciting, nerve-wracking, humbling, and uncomfortable. Unfamiliar names and faces. Unknown office and conference room locations. Different technology and applications. New policies and processes. Unspoken acronyms and cultural dynamics. But what […]
Social media in the workplace presents the age-old dilemma: Can’t live with it, can’t live without it.
In yesterday’s Advisor, expert Bob Corlett shared recruiting tips based GRIM—the dominance of Google, the Impact of Reputation, and the importance of Mobile. Corlett is the founder and president of Staffing Advisors. His remarks came at BLR’s RecruitCON conference, held last year in Las Vegas.