Today’s guest post comes from Michael Angstadt, Co-Founder and Managing Partner of atomni. Every organization, no matter how large or small, inevitably has turnover in personnel. Whether it is due to changes in lifestyle, career moves, or just plain attrition, …
The latest BLS report came out Friday, and it’s no more promising than it has been all year. Worse, there are indications that the workforce continues to contract, meaning top performers are in high demand. The basic statistics for August …
Today’s BLS employment report offers a number of reasons for cautious optimism regarding the strengthening economy. The challenge for many companies is balancing this optimism with the reality of the resources and costs for finding and keeping good, skilled workers. …
When it comes to recruiting, culture counts. Sometimes, in order to attract top talent, you need to do something a bit wacky. Even in this economic climate, which might seem ripe for attaining superstars at competitive prices, attracting the right talent …
A recent article on CFO.com got me thinking about how important employee engagement is to your talent strategy. The article quoted the results of a survey that revealed the #1 reason employees might want to leave: stress. While the results …
Let’s call today the tech edition of In Case You Missed It. There’s no doubt that as technologies come and go, the American labor force is impacted, both in terms of the skills needed by employers and also in terms …
Methods of recruiting have changed significantly over the years. The industry has matured from cold calling and resume database searches to using social media as a recruitment tool. Social media sites such as LinkedIn, Twitter, and Facebook have had a …
With several generations in the workforce today, creating a viable workforce strategy can be challenging. If it were only that (and you had all the resources you needed), it wouldn’t be so bad. But most HR practitioners find themselves dealing …
Although he always denied it later in life, when asked why he robbed banks, Willie Sutton is reported to have said the obvious, “Because that’s where the money is.” I have a similarly obvious opinion of mobile recruiting. There are …
Early in March, Dice, the IT-focused job board, put out a three sentence post referencing some data they accumulated through a poll of hiring managers. The sexy takeaway from those three sentences? Fifty-four percent of hiring managers and recruiters surveyed …
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