To retain high-potential employees, the conventional wisdom is deceptively simple: Identify, develop, and nurture them. By paying special attention to the very best people, they will stay with the firmand eventually emerge as key leaders.
Compliance – is a former employee entitled to a copy of his or her personnel file?
I am surprised by the number of times this question comes up. Here’s how it arises. John worked in your marketing department for six years. He was terminated for falsifying expense reports in early 2011. The departure is filled with the typical denials but, in the end, John is gone and life in marketing is […]
Google’s Anuj Chandarana To Speak At People Analytics Summit In Toronto
Google will deliver the keynote address at the People Analytics Canada Summit being held on October 27th & 28th 2015 at One King West Hotel Toronto. In this session, Anuj Chandarana, a Manager in Google’s People Analytics team, looks at what it means to use data to drive decisions and action in the HR function, […]
New Names And More Networking Than Ever At HR Tech Conference
2015 Shaping Up To Provide Lots Of Innovations And Networking The HR Tech Conference and Expo is just a week away and we at the Gazette are getting very excited. This year’s conference is shaping up to be bigger and better than ever. The Annual HR Technology Expo will, once again, be the world’s largest HR technology […]
Training – The internet changes everything
Through customized online learning courses, members can now transcend the four walls of a traditional classroom and learn at any time and any place, effectively redefining the landscape of education.
How to respond to an inappropriate request for acess to personal social media
The Employer’s Issue: “You can’t ask that.” Fourteen states have passed legislation that “prohibits an employer from requesting or requiring an employee or applicant to disclose a user name or password for a personal social media account.” Employment lawyers and social media consultants have spent the last year hammering home the message, “You can’t ask […]
The employee lifecycle
The employee life cycle continues to shorten with each generation. The current expected tenure for junior roles is 18 months to 3 years. For intermediate roles the average tenure is 3-5 years, and for VP or C-Level executives the average tenure is only 3 years. It is important for job seekers and hiring managers to […]
Exit management: steps in handling employee resignations
“What do you do when someone resigns?” For someone who has been in HR for a long time you just don’t think about that anymore, you just do it.
Performance management: 33 unwritten rules of management
These rules are credited to Bill Swanson. In a news story several years ago, it was revealed not all the rules are original. Whatever the source, they are useful aphorisms for life management.
Claiming disability benefits based on cognitive disability? Show me your brain
Two federal cases underscore the importance of neuroimaging technology in disability benefits cases. Two relatively federal cases should put benefits attorneys on notice that courts may require plaintiffs who claim disability benefits based on cognitive impairment to present objective evidence of brain function using neuroimaging technology.