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The Great Attrition is Making Hiring Harder. Are You Searching the Right Talent Pools?
People keep quitting at record levels, yet companies are still trying to attract and retain them the same old ways. New research identifies five types of workers that employers can reach to fill jobs. It’s the quitting trend that just won’t quit. People are switching jobs and industries, moving...
It’s Time to Streamline the Hiring Process
A bad hiring decision is expensive. Replacing an employee costs companies anywhere from thousands of dollars to hundreds of thousands of dollars. And this might just be the tip of the iceberg, as a poor hire will also have indirect costs, for example in regards to morale and company culture. But...
Outdated Assumptions That Undermine Employee Retention
Despite recent high-profile examples of rescinded offers, it’s still a seller’s employment market with two jobs for every unemployed American. And even as inflation rages and economic contraction looms, employee retention remains a pressing issue. In fact, a study of 87% of human resources...
5 Things All Employees Want. How Many Do You Offer?
Leaders should pay close attention to the following needs their teams are afraid to negotiate. A study from Oxford University found that employees are 13 percent more productive when they are happy — even when their mood is affected by things unrelated to their job, such as the weather. Many...
The Leading Way to do Performance Ratings
Numerical performance ratings provide important data points for improving performance, both at the individual and organizational levels. But how we’ve historically determined those numerical values hasn’t always been effective or accurate. And when compensation decisions are at stake, developing...
B2B Marketers, Please Stop Asking: ‘Does it Scale?’
Somewhere along the way, business-to-business marketers have become ‘consumerized.’ I’m not exactly sure when it happened, but I do know where to place the blame – MarTech companies, writes Carbon Design founder Scott Gillum. He explains what bad habits B2B marketers must squelch immediately....
Turn Your Managers into Your Biggest Asset for Winning the Great Resignation
Investing in your company's managers will always yield a high return on your investment, but even more so now with The Great Resignation. Fostering growth in these six skills will help set your managers apart. The Great Resignation is still unfolding around the world. And with headlines touting...
Recognition Revolution
Companies are figuring out how to include all employees – onsite, hybrid, and remote – in their recognition and rewards efforts, and once they do, they can expect the results to increase tenfold. Most people spend a large portion of their day at work, and for some, that time is spent within the...
10 Free Things Business Owners Can Do Now to Engage and Retain Talent
According to a recent Wall Street Journal survey, small businesses are losing confidence in the United States' economy, with 57% bracing for economic conditions to worsen in the next 12 months. Among the challenges of inflation, supply chain issues, rising interest rates and labor shortages is the...