New Survey Reveals Employee Productivity Boosted by Strong Leadership, Not Reward Programs
A new article entitled, "The Morale and Motivation Myth...No Strings Attached!" discusses the correlation between employee engagement, or happiness, and productivity. Impact Achievement Group, a training and performance management consulting company, is behind this new study that surveyed human resource professionals on the topic. Results show that 85 percent of those surveyed feel that as...
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Mutual Force Launches Forum for Employers and Ex-Employees
When an employee leaves a position, whether it is retiring, quitting, or getting laid off, it costs a company money. Hiring costs, training, and a decrease in productivity can range from 50-250% of employee annual compensation. With the economy still lagging, many are being forced to retire or are getting laid off. This can cause lost productivity and revenue, as they take subject and job...
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Backgrounds Online Helps HR Departments Cut Costs With Applicant Self-Submittal Service
With nearly every company performing background checks on job candidates, Backgrounds Online has released a new service that will save HR departments time and money. The new service in the employment market is called Applicant Self-Submittal and puts more responsibility upon job candidates to see that their background check is done and less responsibility on hiring managers. Christopher...
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DOL Allies with Facebook to Bring Job Opportunities to the Masses
Partnering with the National Association of State Workforce Agencies (NASWA), the DirectEmployers Association, and the National Association of Colleges and Employers (NACE), the Department of Labor (DOL) seeks to directly offer its employment services directly to the 132 million Americans who use the social media platform on a monthly basis; that's almost half of the country's population....
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Have Recruiting Expertise, Will Travel: How to Become a Hired Gun
So, you decided to throw caution to the wind and offer your recruiting services as a hired gun. You've paid your dues learning the business inside and out, from sourcing to recruiting, the offer stage and retention. And you have become a recruiting software and social media ninja. You've compiled an extensive and impressive personal, and professional network of valuable contacts that should...
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Featured Case Study: The Importance of Integration
Oftentimes, growing companies have an urgent need to simply get their Applicant Tracking System up and running. They implement the ATS, and begin posting jobs and accepting resumes. However, down the road, they discover a need to integrate their ATS with third party solutions, such as job distribution, background checking, assessments, screening, and payroll solutions. Many companies...
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Interaction Associates Helps HR Promote Leadership Development
Interaction Associates, a company dedicated to developing leaders in companies around the world is helping ShoreTel, Inc. develop excellent leadership with its innovative leadership program entitled, "Leaders Developing Leaders." Interaction Associates brings has 40 years' experience and helps companies excel in ROI-Return on Involvement. ShoreTel is leading the way with Unified...
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The Riverside Company Adds Avatar and HR Solutions
The Riverside Company, global private equity firm, has added to its portfolio recently by acquiring Avatar International and HR Solutions. Avatar is leading the way in improving services in the healthcare industry and offering solutions for excellent patient care. HR Solutions is a company that specializes in employee and physician engagement, but also caters to industries such as hospitality,...
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Better Engagement for Employees Who Use WorkSimple
For companies looking for better engagement from their employees, WorkSimple is able to help with talent management by offering a social platform for goals, recognition, and feedback. Once customers are up and running data is automatically imported with all goals and customer data transported fast and easy. Employees can track their goals and accomplishments and can receive feedback from everyone...
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How to Tell if a New Recruiter Will Sink or Swim in the First 90 Days
The recruiting industry is not for the faint of heart. Agency recruiters must exhibit rock star-sales abilities while juggling a myriad of other responsibilities. And corporate recruiters must excel at headhunting while keeping an eye on the bigger picture of the economic health of an organization. It's no wonder that nine out of ten rookie recruiters wash out in the first ninety-days. Some...
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Unemployment Rate Falls
The national unemployment rate shrank slightly in November, edging down to 8.6 percent from the previous month's 9 percent rate. Growth was limited to the civilian and private business sectors where employment rose by 120,000 nonfarm jobs. Greatest gains were made in the areas of retail, health care, hospitality, and business services. Federal, state, and local government job rates continue...
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No(t) Fit: Job Hunting in a Type I vs. Type II Darwinian Recession
The current recession may seem Darwinian in terms of its scale and merciless weeding out of job seekers struggling to survive. However, there is a second, contrasting sense in which a process of elimination is underway. The Darwinian rule of "survival of the fittest" is itself losing out to a competing principle: "elimination of the fit"—the elimination of the "fit", not as...
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