Calculating the Cost of a Vacancy in a Revenue-Generating Job A revenue-generating job is one that when vacant, no revenue is generated. Obviously, this category includes sales jobs, but it also includes a large number of jobs that can potentially halt the revenue stream if left vacant, like pilots or …
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The New “DNA” of HR
WHAT DOES THE NEW DNA LOOK LIKE?What is the first step? We need to turn HR people into business leaders (rather than “partners”) who are not satisfied just to be invite to business meetings. What VP’s of HR who hope to be CEO’s will need is a new, much more …
Read More »Refusing To Hire “Job Jumpers” Is Silly
If you have been involved with recruiting for more than six months, then you have probably experienced a wide variety of “dumb” things those connected to the process do with regard to screening candidates. From hiring managers who insist upon basing their judgment of candidates’ abilities on the quality of …
Read More »Steps in Making the Business Case for HR Programs
Human resources functions have always undergone intense scrutiny by executives and financial officers. But lately, HR programs have come under siege by the “cost cutters” in particular. If human resources professionals are to survive and prosper, it is essential that they refocus their efforts on building the business case for …
Read More »Characteristics of a World-Class Internship
A World-Class Internship starts with a written internship PLAN.
Read More »The Ten Tenets of the 21st Century HR
It is a solver of business problems. It directly impacts the business, it’s products and it’s profitability.It’s primary role is to be a productivity consultant that helps managers recruit and retain the best workers and to develop and motivate all employees so they are the most productive they can be (per dollar spent) …
Read More »e-HR – A Walk Through A 21st Century HR Department
As I enter the HR department I notice it’s distinctly different than when I retired as a VP of HR way back in 1998. It was quieter, smaller and had much less people than I had remembered. There were only a few HR staff people in the office – there …
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