Why Using Metrics Is Essential In a highly competitive world dominated by performance driven organizations and CFO's that want to cut your budget, it is no longer optional to demonstrate your value. The environment dictates that everyone be accountable! If you are in a situation where “charm” has run out …
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DIVERSITY RECRUITING IS A FAILURE – IT’S TIME TO RAISE THE BAR!
Given that businesses today are faced with greater and greater challenges, the ability to strategically leverage the benefits of an effective DRP can provide firms with a valuable competitive advantage. The global business arena is faced with overwhelming pressure for constant innovation and reinvention. Successful DRP’s provide the potential to …
Read More »The Case Against Outsourcing HR
There are many day-to-day "things" that can go wrong when outsourcing any portion of an organizations processes, let alone a major segment of any function. It is not the purpose of this article to highlight each of them, but rather to take a step back and look at why, as …
Read More »Metrics — The Future of HR
In addition, the increased access to the Internet coupled with better hardware and software means that metrics can be calculated almost instantly and reported to almost anyone at minimal costs. Fields that used to rely on intuition such as marketing, purchasing (now known as supply chain) and manufacturing have made …
Read More »Upgrading or Reenergizing Your Referral Program
Action Steps for Reenergizing Your Referral Program Reinforce the employee's role in building the team. Great referral programs are not about money; they're about empowering employees to play an active role in building an all-star team for them to work with. Exceptional employees understand that working with the very best …
Read More »The Worldwide War for Talent II Is Coming: Are You Prepared?
Do you remember the war for talent in the late 1990s? Well get ready, because it’s about to return with a vengeance. If you read my articles and books, you are aware that I do a good deal of forecasting. In the past, I’ve forecasted the beginning and the end …
Read More »The Future Of Recruiting, Part 6: Recruiters Will Change
This is the final installment in a six-part series on the future of recruiting. In the first five parts of this series, I looked at how the recruiting department, the Internet, corporate websites and recruiting metrics all will change in the future. In this last part, I will explore how …
Read More »The Future of Recruiting, Part 5: Metrics Dominate Decision Making in Recruiting
Most recruiting departments currently get by with a minimal use of metrics ó and the metrics that they do utilize are insignificant from the strategic standpoint. But as time passes, most VPs of HR will no longer tolerate such silly metrics as cost per hire, interviews per offer, and the …
Read More »Expanding the Scope of Your Retention Efforts
As the economy heats up and firms once again look to build up their talent strength, it’s only logical that senior leaders, managers and HR professionals will increasingly look at retention as a major business imperative. But as a professional who has been designing retention solutions for corporations for well …
Read More »Re-Thinking Diversity Recruiting, Part 3
Diversity recruiting is becoming more and more important as the world becomes more global. At first, legal compliance was the primary driver behind most diversity recruiting. But now organizations have learned that if they want to operate around the world they must be able to recruit and retain individuals who …
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