Human Resources
Guide: Measuring the Return on Investment of Talent Management
One of the biggest hurdles of talent management – more so than many other departments – is justification. Sales teams have easy sales reports and conversion data to share. Marketing can easily report their spend versus revenue. Talent management? Well, measuring and showcasing their return on investment is a bit more complicated. Measuring your return…
Read MoreWhat is The Best Way to Politely Reject a Job Candidate?
We’ve written a lot about how to hire the perfect candidate for any given role in your company. A lot of that process involves starting with a large pool, narrowing it down through progressively steeper requirements, and then finally arriving at your chosen candidate. What happens to those who make it most of the way…
Read MoreThe Complete List of Human Resources Job Titles and Descriptions
Your job title is important. It’s important as an indicator of where you stand on your career path within your company. It’s important when communicating with others outside of your organization. It’s important if you leave your company, so the hiring managers at other companies know what role you held. There are, though, quite a…
Read MoreThe Top 100 Tools for HR and Talent Acquisition
Sometimes it seems as though there are as many different HR tools and apps as there are businesses out there. There are so many that it’s difficult to contain them all in a single list, but we’ll try. No matter what size business you run, what the needs of your HR team are, or what…
Read MoreList of 50+ Remote Team-Building Exercises and Activities
One of the biggest drawbacks of a remote workforce is the lack of team unity. Physical separation leads to mental separation, but the effects can be mitigated with the use of regular team-building exercises. In fact, Jeanne Wilson, professor of organizational behavior, has researched the subject. Her conclusion: “…Communication and shared identity within a team…
Read MoreStaffing vs Recruiting vs Hiring: Which Should You Choose?
Any time you have an open position for a company, and you need that position filled, you go through a particular practice. That practice of filling an open position is known as something, but the exact term used varies. Some people calling it staffing. Some people call it recruiting. Some people call it hiring. Most…
Read MoreChanging of the Guards: Ways to Appeal to the Millennial Workforce
Millennials compose 35% of the labor force, making it the largest workforce in U.S. history. And although many businesses still think of millennials as young professionals, the oldest ones are almost 40 years old. As older generations retire, millennials will become an even more important source of employees.That’s why your business needs to appeal to the…
Read MoreWhat Makes a Good Employee? 10 Qualities to Look For in Job Candidates
What makes a good employee? Among employers, the traits of a good employee are almost universal. Find out ten qualities to look for in job candidates here. Did you know that employee turnover can cost a company up to twice the value of that employee’s annual salary? Having a revolving door of workers is expensive and inconvenient…
Read MoreHow to Recruit in 2019: 6 Tips for Employers
The process of recruiting new employees has changed a lot over the years. Learn how to recruit talent for your business here. It costs companies over $4,100, on average, to hire a new employee. That’s obviously no small sum of money, which makes every new starter a definite investment. Like any investment, the only way to…
Read More7 Reasons Why Your Business Should Outsource Recruitment
Outsourcing recruitment could save your business valuable time and resources. Find out seven reasons why your business should outsource recruitment here. In April, the U.S. unemployment rate dropped to 3.6%; the lowest figure since 1969. With more people finding their dream jobs, it’s difficult to find the right talent for your team. How do you make…
Read MoreRecruitment Process Outsourcing Benefits: Enterprise Vs. On-Demand
Your company has way too many jobs to fill and not enough internal support to do it. Alas, you’re looking into an external agency to supplement or even take over your hiring process from the corporate side. So, what’s the best avenue for your growing company? Recruitment Process Outsourcing Benefits Recruitment Process Outsourcing (RPO) comes…
Read MoreUse Training to Increase your Employee Retention
It’s official – it’s a candidate market out there. Recruiting and company review site Glassdoor reports that 84 percent of employees surveyed would leave their jobs to work for companies with excellent reputations. That means companies today have to work continuously at engaging and retaining top talent, providing what they want or…
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