The Multi-Generation Workplace: A Simple Solution?

From the large, multinational corporations to SMEs, the pool of experienced, executive- level workers is diminishing, and new blood will have to come from the distinctly different generations, dubbed Generation Y, and Z. There are gloomy and confusing predictions of the difficulties of working and adapting to future multi-generational workplaces, combining Baby Boomers, Generation X, Generation Y and the upcoming Generation Z.

How to Measure and Improve Quality of Hire

Quality of hire is a strategic metric and an integral part of the future of talent acquisition. Checkster organized a roundtable with leading companies in the San Francisco Bay area to discuss the quality of hire. Among the participants were talent acquisition leaders from: Agilent, eBay, Facebook. Healthnet, Hitachi, Intuit, Juniper, Kaiser Permanente, Lawrence Livermore Labs, Logitech, NetApp, Plantronics, Safeway, Sunpower and Yahoo. Some lessons were gathered from recent employers of the talent acquisition leaders, including Microsoft and Bank of America.

The 2011 Five Domains of High-Performance

Over the course of the past few years, i4cp has concentrated its efforts on studying the practices of high-performance organizations. From the research we conduct to the companies with whom we connect, the inner workings of high-performance organizations, especially how they relate to human capital, have been the sole focus of our organization and member network.

High-performance companies are the role models of the organizational world. They represent real world versions of a modern managerial ideal: that of an organization that achieves excellence in so many areas that it consistently outperforms most of its competitors and sustains that performance for extended periods of time, regardless of industry or economic conditions.

How to Measure and Improve Quality of Hire

Results from a roundtable with Silicon Valley companies uncovering: Quality of hire is a strategic metric and an integral part of the future of talent acquisition. A 10% improvement in quality is 100 times more impactful financially than a 10% cut in costs. Quality of hire is measured by less than half of companies today, and even less have it as a key KPI (key performance indicator). All companies have practices & initiatives to impact quality, but rarely validate their effects.