Six Strategies That Take Weeks Off Your Hiring Process
Do you think your hiring process takes too long? Have issues with timing cost you time, money and the chance to hire top talent?
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When Negative Employee Feedback Leads to Tears, Leaders Need Patience
It's an awkward situation many managers have faced: giving negative feedback to an employee who becomes emotional and cries. Keeping calm and showing empathy can make the situation bearable and even ...
At Friendsurance, Continuous Performance Evaluations Help Employees Learn and Grow
Here's an idea for insurers seeking to inspire and retain their talented, and younger employees: continuous performance evaluations. Friendsurance, the Berlin-based peer-to-peer insurance broker, ...
Turn Departing Employees Into Opportunities for Improvement
Losing a worker can be a setback, but the silver lining is that exit interviews can offer employers the opportunity to obtain useful feedback to help them improve their organizations and avoid ...
Why Anonymous Employee Feedback Is No Longer Beneficial
According to David Hassell, CEO of employee engagement software firm 15five, the concept behind anonymous feedback is a holdover of a bygone era where, in many organizations, the leadership of a ...
Symantec’s Example Offers One Way Employers Can Address Transgender Issues
Meetings at Symantec's Springfield campus tend to revolve around technical issues, so when Cass Averill asked his boss for a sit down six years ago, the manager assumed they'd be talking about ...
Benefits Are the New Salary
In lieu of higher salaries, employers are offering plusher benefits packages to attract and retain talent, a new survey suggests. In a report on more than 450 employers surveyed by the Society of ...
HR Issues Can Overwhelm CEOs of Small, Midsize Businesses: Survey
CEOs of small and midsize businesses spend a significant amount of time dealing with human resources issues, according to a new survey from HR solutions provider TriNet. Respondents to the company's ...
Recruiting and Retention in the New Economy
We made it! We survived the economic instability of the past few years and have more than rebounded. The insurance industry is well ahead of the greater economy; and the picture painted by our labor ...