Despite early signs of a hiring cool-down in certain sectors, many business leaders are still reporting higher-than normal turnover. To combat this, many companies have turned to offering more competitive salaries and benefits packages, as well as flexibility in how, where, and when employees can...
Meetings can be useful, but only when meeting organizers aren’t doing these things. When it comes to common work complaints, “having too many meetings” often tops the list. But what if the problem isn’t meetings themselves? What if the planner and attendees are making them worse than they have to...
College degrees are a common signal for hiring managers. They’re better thought of as noise. So argues Dan Finnigan, whose career spanning many of the web’s largest early online hiring platforms — from CareerBuilder and HotJobs to a decade as CEO of Jobvite — led to him being called the “godfather...
Part of the development process for high potentials should include a focus on wellness and the importance of work/life balance. Although it may seem like a modern problem, the truth is that employers are always in drastic need of more inclusive and collaborative leaders who can drive business...
Here's what your business can do now to avoid problems in the future. On a weekly basis, I have the opportunity to work with business owners in a variety of ways. Unfortunately, I am often helping them to overcome a challenge that they really didn't need to have happen in the first place. For...
Entrepreneurs and business owners are usually optimists by nature. After all, they started or have built a company. But you might have the tendency to say 'Yes' too often, which can be a bad habit since it may result in wasted time, becoming over-committed, losing focus and getting burnt out. In...
As employers tried to combat the Great Resignation and compete in the ongoing war for talent over the past two years, increases in salaries, additional benefits, and flexibility served as attractive incentives for some. However, for others, despite their best efforts, they continued to experience...
Rethinking talent recruitment post-“Great Resignation.” The Great Resignation, where millions of people quit their jobs to seek out different opportunities, suddenly caused the job search and recruiting process to become an employee marketplace. Although a challenging time to find talent, as a...
Learn what causes employee turnover and how to improve retention. Employee turnover is the rate at which employees leave a company within a set period of time. Calculate employee turnover by dividing the number of employee departures by the average number of employees. Reduce employee turnover by...
As a business owner or manager, you are constantly battling with how to boost profits and productivity without increasing costs. Commonly, the first adjustment that comes to mind is within your own team. Finding quality staff members is valuable, though these workers often come at a higher price. ...
Regardless of the economic climate, hanging onto top talent is always a balancing act. Add in the Great Resignation (aka the Big Quit), and you have a recipe for extra high turnover rates. The good news is a whopping 94% of employees would stay at a company longer if it did one thing: invest in...
They're usually an afterthought, but these check-ins on the way out can uncover a multitude of issues that are hurting retention and keeping you from hiring the best. If you’ve seen any news in the past year, you know we’re currently knee-deep in one of the tightest labor markets in years. It all...