Practices even recently par for the course in workforce management are becoming ineffective, according to results from the “2010 Workforce Management Trends Survey,” WorkForce Software’s survey of more than 800 human resource professionals. Respondents report new challenges in employee leave management. Additionally, in response to organizations’ continuing mentality of “doing less with more,” overall employee fatigue is beginning to take root.
September 30, 2010 | Posted in
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It is a fact of life when the economy goes down, mental health problems tend to go up. However; there is more to the rising demand for psychiatrists than the recession. A combination of factors is driving a psychiatrist shortage which could soon reach crisis levels.
When it comes to finding the best candidates, it makes sense to ask the best candidates who work for your company. Employee referrals can be used to fill a variety of positions from entry level to upper management. In order to get the most from employee referral programs, deciding on the metrics needed to measure the quality of the referrals, will help you be able to determine how useful they are and how much of your time you should spend following up on them.
Members of Generation Y are getting a dose of reality during this recession: despite their indoctrination during the self-esteem movement, they may not be so special after all…
Shrinking and frozen compensation budgets haven’t stopped nonprofit organizations from employing innovative tactics to keep their employees happy, recent research finds…
September 22, 2010 | Posted in
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Timing is everything when it comes to recruiting. It’s always the recruiter with the candidate who wins! That is why you need to develop a proactive approach to recruiting. Often the top talent you attract today will be a perfect fit for future searches.
According the latest survey into the matter, hiring of recent college graduates is projected to rebound by more than 10 percentage points in 2011, and their starting salaries have apparently stabilized. Notably, however, those starting salaries are down, slightly, year-over-year…
September 15, 2010 | Posted in
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Final (Part 3 of 3): Continuing the Interview with Yves Lermusi, CEO, Checkster. This is the third and final part in the series on the effect and challenges of measuring Quality of Hire.
Recruiters can gain great credit for finding and securing top international talent – and rightly so. The whole world is a talent pool today, and the best people may be located down the street or on the other side of the world.
This is part two of a three part series on the effect and challenges of measuring Quality of Hire. Just imagine you hire a new executive assistant. You wait 90 days down the road and rate how happy you are with the person. This is a measure that is interesting, and that drove Checkster to look into this issue in more detail.
