Tag: HR

The Results of our 2015 HiPo Survey Are In!

Yesterday’s Advisor began to take a look at the results of BLR’s 2015 High Potential Employee (HiPo) survey. Today we’ll examine the rest of those results. Talent Management 55.3% of respondents make use of succession planning, and 51.1% use talent pipelines as talent management strategies. 39% of survey takers said that they make use of […]

The Best Way to Prevent Bullying

Yesterday’s Advisor explored the very real problem of bullying in the workplace. Today we’ll continue to discuss workplace bullying—specifically, what we can do to help prevent it. What Can We Do? Waiting around for legislation to fix this very real problem in the workplace might not be your best bet. The line between bullying and […]

Hiring Vets Isn’t Just Plug and Play

Yesterday’s Advisor, highlighted a unique on-the-job training program for veterans and their spouses created by Prudential Financial, Inc., and the El Paso Workforce Opportunities Services. Today we present an article by Nick Swaggert, director of the Genesis10 veterans’ program, explaining the unique hiring situation when it comes to vets. An infantry officer with the U.S. […]

Workplace Bullying: A Serious Problem

According to the most recent research report from The Workplace Bullying Institute, 27% of employees have directly experienced or continue to experience bullying at their place of employment. That’s almost one in three employees, an unacceptably high percentage occurring at what is supposed to be a professional work environment. Take a look at the highlights […]

Are Your Recruiting Metrics Helping?

In yesterday’s Advisor we heard from Cathy Gray, JD, senior managing editor of HR and Compensation at BLR® about making sure you are measuring the right recruiting metrics and making the most of them.

Don’t Hire New People, Engage your Current People

In yesterday’s Advisor we explored how damaging high employee turnover can be, and some ways to combat it. Today we’ll talk about more strategies for ensuring that you don’t have to hire replacements for your current employees any time soon. As we discussed yesterday, a recent survey states that one in three employees is likely […]

Are You Using Recruiting Metrics to Their Maximum Potential?

You can take metrics on pretty much anything. But getting the right metrics and then interpreting them correctly is both tricky and important. Today Cathy Gray, JD, senior managing editor of HR and Compensation at BLR® shares her thoughts on the topic.

How to Minimize the Destructive Power of Employee Turnover

One in three of your employees is likely to leave in the next 6 months. The costs of replacing him or her extend beyond the monetary, and are better avoided if possible. What are you going to do about it? Do you have a plan to retain your employees? Today we’ll explore the damage that […]

What’s Easier than Hiring Replacements? Retaining Current Employees

The numbers are in, and one in three of your employees is likely to leave in the next 6 months. That means finding employees for new and old positions—potentially doubling your work. Never mind the steep costs of having to fill a suddenly vacant position—it also means starting the process all over again for something […]