Employee recruiting has been likened to hunting, and there is a saying that you go hunting where the ducks are. Translated into recruitment, you go looking for candidates where you are most likely to find them. These days, that means the internet and social media.
How to market your office culture as an attraction for new employees
The successful passage of tax reform is enabling Aflac Inc. to boost its U.S. investments by about $250 million over three to five years, the carrier announced last week.
While demand for top flight cyber talent is hotter than ever, top line recruitment is often hindered by outdated and uninspired compensation planning. Let’s go inside the latest report findings from cybersecurity search firm CyberSN.
As we move towards a paperless -- and email-free workplace, how will the office of the future look in five years time?
How accepting change and adversity have served as secret allies in business for Veera Sekaran, founder of Greenology.
Managers are often worried about remote teams being unruly or untrustworthy, but I’ve found that the opposite is true. If you’ve done your due diligence when hiring members of a remote team and made sure they’re both qualified and motivated, you’ll have a much easier time keeping them focused on the company’s interests.
The next competitive frontier is employee experience (EX) and the signs indicate so strongly that EX will become the next priority for organizations that I’m calling 2018 The Year of Employee Experience.
HR tech, meet HR’s vast life cycle. And it takes a special kind of manager these days to marry the two.
Benefits communications can be overwhelming and difficult for workers to understand. Benefits Open Enrollments may be a stressful and dreaded experience for some employees. As a result, they give their employers low marks when it comes to communicating benefit communications and open enrollment.
You’ve heard about it. You’ve seen the results. Maybe you’ve even been part of a rebranding effort. But do you really understand what branding means?
As employers continue to battle healthcare costs, many are changing to consumer-driven plans, such as health savings and health reimbursement accounts. For the shift to be successful, employees must understand it is more than shifting costs on to them.
I moved to California in January 2017. I had worked for the international office of an East Coast university for several years and landed the Bay Area with hope for a change.
“Ninety-one percent of Millennials (born between 1977-1997) expect to stay in a job for less than three years, according to the Future Workplace ‘Multiple Generations @ Work’ survey of 1,189 employees and 150 managers.” - Forbes
When it comes to giving performance feedback why wait until an annual review? Seems almost ridiculous to wait a WHOLE year to give feedback on every little thing but the crazy thing is, a lot of companies are still doing this.
Lifestyle-management programs can help people with, or at risk of developing, Type 2 diabetes
A few books on business that stood out above the rest this year.
PeoplesBank was in news again recently, bringing more ‘top employer’ honors, this time from both the Boston Globe, again, and the Employers Assoc. of the NorthEast, also again.
The climb toward a $15 minimum wage in Minneapolis begins Jan. 1, when workers at the city’s largest employers will start earning no less than $10 an hour.
It’s the week between Christmas and New Year’s and everyone wants and needs time off. How can we manage vacation time off and workloads to make the holiday times pleasant for all?
Fifth Third Bancorp announced plans today to raise its minimum hourly wage for all employees to $15, and distribute a one-time bonus of $1,000 for more than 13,500 employees.
The drastic pay disparity between Catt Sadler and her E! News co-host Jason Kennedy — who she learned was making “double” her salary for “several years” — is the result of a “cultural norm,” according to a human resources expert.
What new Microsoft Teams' new voice calling software adds to the platform and how you can use it.
Whether due to economic uncertainty, changes within the business or simply a need to improve efficiency, all businesses will at some point need to implement people-related change. Our webinar focuses on two key areas of change management: redundancy and changes to terms and conditions.
The word of the day was ‘firestarters.’ An unusual expression for the more often used ‘brand ambassadors,’ firestarters captured the imaginations of attendees at the Employer Brand Management conference last week.
Due to increased connectivity, communication and collaboration, there is a growing importance for businesses to adopt new digital tools.
The shifting retirement plan landscape offers advisers a chance to rethink the range of solutions they use with clients.
The holiday party season is upon us. Here’s how to make your event work for you.
Are your employees satisfied with your company’s benefits? A 2016 SHRM study found that while three-quarters of HR professionals believe employees are happy with benefit offerings, only 27% of employees reported high satisfaction.
When seasoned attorney Artie McLaughlin started his law firm in 2016, he found that robust employee benefits were a must for retaining legal support talent, especially in a recovering job market.