How To Decline The Wrong Job Applicant
One of the worst things for an interviewee is not hearing back after an interview. Not only is it unprofessional to leave someone waiting and wondering, but it makes your company look bad.
Three Critical Skills Needed To Survive HR Disruption
Due to added challenges from rapid technological developments and the changing needs of the new generation of workers, HR is really having difficulty
There Are Only Two Real Criteria To Judge Job Seekers On
If you’re out looking for a job it usually feels like you’re being judged on every little thing you do, have done or potentially will do in the future.
Quantifying Your Company’s Emotional Culture
Managers tend to view emotions as something “soft” that can’t really be measured. But you can — and should — track emotions quantitatively, the same way you’d track employees’ other attitudes and behaviors: through surveys. There’s a key difference in approach, however. In a survey we’ve used in many organizational settings, people don’t tell us how they feel. Rather, […]
Think Like A Workplace Futurist
In the first quarter of 2015, Millennials finally overtook Generation X as the largest cohort in the workplace — there are more than 53.5 million of them working today. Their massive size and economic power has had marketers and business leaders tracking the “Millennial mindset” for years. And yet, nipping at their heels, here comes […]
6 Reasons Employee Engagement Scores Are Vanity Metrics vs. Real Analytics
Businesses and their HR teams have measured employee engagement as a way of trying to improve business performance. Millions have been spent conducting engagement surveys, and their follow on programs, targeting areas that measure low in employee engagement. It can be satisfying to see reports that highlight areas in the organization with and without engagement. […]
How To Coach Difficult People Right Out Of Your Office
#HRPA2016 Session With Vanessa Judelman Set To Help Managers And HR As Marnie walks toward me, I cringe. What is she going to complain about this time, I wonder? Sure enough, Marnie approaches my desk and starts complaining about a colleague’s behaviour in a team meeting. We’ve all worked with difficult people like “Marnie”. Whether these individuals […]
Nonprofits Can’t Keep Ignoring Talent Development
Is your social venture losing its homegrown talent — often to other social ventures? In the past two years, only 30% of open C-suite positions in the nonprofit sector were filled by an internal candidate (the rate at for-profits is 60% of positions). And almost half their replacements came from other nonprofits. This comes at a significant […]
Could you pitch your hiring strategy – Part I
Every company seems to have a well thought out marketing strategy, but why don’t they have an equally well thought out hiring strategy?
Don’t lose track of high performing employees who take a hiatus
One of the most effective tools to increase the odds of re-hiring a high performer returning from career break is by conducting well-crafted exit interviews and skillful post-employment follow-up.