First impressions are crucial for new employees. A recent Equifax study showed that forty percent of employees that left their job voluntarily did so within the first six months of starting their job, and 16 percent left …
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A 2016 SHRM survey of more than 2,300 HR professionals reported that recruiting was their top challenge. When it comes to talent acquisition, originality is far from the key factor. If you come across a strategy that …
A succession plan is simply the result of HR planning and management of its employees as they move throughout the company. It provides a plan and process for the inevitable departure of employees at all stages of …
The minimum cost of a new hire is approximately $50,000. In a study done by Bamboo HR with over a thousand people, 31 percent 0f respondents had quit a job within six months of starting it. And …
Three years ago, a workforce-development agency in Massachusetts known as Commonwealth Corporation studied the reason for the sharp fall in youth employment rates in that state. The group’s president, Nancy Snyder, stated that pre-employment assessments were a …
Workforce assessments go hand-in-hand with workforce planning. The data provided by workforce assessments gives you the tools and knowledge you need to effectively implement a number of necessary workplace processes involved in workforce planning. There are 8 …
Two key terms related to bench strength are continuity and adaptation. Bench strength equips your team with the necessary tools for adapting to surprise turnover or illness and maintaining continuity in your business. A strong bench also …
According to Adecco Staffing’s second annual Way to Work Generational Survey, a worrying 74 percent of millennial and Gen Z respondents claimed that they felt as though their colleges and universities did not fully prepare them for …
The dialog between interviewer and interviewee during a modern-day job interview is more in depth than a simple “tell me about yourself.” It is necessary to plan out the right questions to ask so that you can …
BusinessDictionary.com defines succession planning as the “identification and development of potential successors for key positions in an organization, through a systematic evaluation process and training. Succession planning is largely predictive in judging an individual for a position …