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How to Build Workplace Positive Relationships | CAREEREALISM
Building workplace relationships is an important component of being successful in your career… Here are a few additional tips to encourage positive workplace relationships: Be friendly and encouraging to co-workers. Be responsible – if you say you’re going to do something, do it. If you’re unable to complete a task for some reason, make sure … Continue reading
Hiring Trends – Only 6% prefer a one-page executive résumé but page length not an issue
Career Directors International (CDI) had become weary of rumors and folklore when it came to hiring trends. This was especially true as it related to the many ways that résumés ‘could be’ and ‘should be’ written. For example, something said to one job seeker by a recruiter, suddenly becomes a fact quoted by all! These ‘facts’ take on a life of their own … Continue reading
UK – Two-thirds of employers rate the cost-effectiveness of their recruitment and selection practices as good or very good
UK employers have mixed views as to the effectiveness of the recruitment processes used by their organisations, XpertHR benchmarking research on key recruitment metrics in 2012 (XpertHR Benchmarking subscription required) finds: Two-thirds of UK employers rate the cost-effectiveness of their recruitment and selection practices as good or very good. In total, 96% say their levels … Continue reading
Performance – We won’t have time to do all this management stuff
Employee engagement invariably leads to higher performance – true or false? When I train managers from different kinds of organisations in leadership and management, I’m astonished to find out how many companies don’t actively manage performance. When we do exercises around what makes for engaging leadership behaviours, assessing their own self-awareness and emotional intelligence, or … Continue reading
UK – Employers reluctant to invest in training during tough times
But organisations cut training despite believing in benefits The majority of executives believe that training boosts productivity and profits, but are reluctant to back this by investing in it during tough times, research has shown. A survey of UK and US senior executives by the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) found that 90 per cent agreed … Continue reading
Are People Really Working From Home ? 43 percent watch TV or a movie
A new survey by Citrix (CTXS), the Fort Lauderdale (Fla.) company that designs technology for employees to work remotely, shows that many people sneak in other activities while working from home. Based on a survey of 1,013 American office workers, conducted in June by Wakefield Research, 43 percent watch TV or a movie and 20 … Continue reading
UK – £1,500, the cost of filling a vacancy in 2012
The median cost of filling a single vacancy stands at £1,500 in 2012 via What is the typical cost of filling a vacancy in 2012? (XpertHR – Employment Intelligence).
First generation of employers with no widespread military experience makes finding a job hard for veterans
Matt Pizzo has a law degree, can-do attitude, proven leadership skills, and expertise in communications and satellite technology from his four years in the Air Force. Yet the 29-year-old has been told that he’s overqualified, too old, too “non-traditional,” and that he’s fallen behind his civilian contemporaries. “It was disheartening, to say the least,” he … Continue reading
Equal Employment Opportunity | New rules on job seekers with criminal records
The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission voted Wednesday to revise its long-standing guidance to employers on how to properly evaluate job applicants’ criminal histories in pre-employment screening. The issue became a controversy because an estimated 65 million Americans have some type of criminal record, which can make it very difficult to get a job. Researchers … Continue reading
Keep your friends close, but your prospective employees closer | Facebook, LinkedIn Used for Screening
: Social media circles can reveal a lot about a candidate. With the pervasive, worldwide adoption of social media platforms like Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn, job seekers know that the all-important first impression is potentially made well before the first interview. But just how many hiring managers browse social media profiles, and what types of … Continue reading
Employers and Young Talents | Do not rely on the market for talent writes ManpowerGroup
As a series of demographic and economic shifts intensely converge, creating a “Human Age,” a range of population groups are being alienated from work opportunities in the global economy writes ManpowerGroup in Wanted: Energized, Career-Driven Youth. (Adapted excerpts by Job Market Monitor following) Young workers are most affected and have been labeled a lost generation of … Continue reading
Older Workers | Swedih Companies | Among the worst
Despite a large share of Sweden’s senior work force en route for retirement in the next few years, Swedish companies are among the worst in the world at recruiting and keeping people over fifty in employment. According to a study carried out by recruitment agency Manpower, only eight percent of Swedish employers have a strategy … Continue reading
Strategies to Attract, Engage and Retain Older Workers
The Sloan Center on Aging & Work conducts research on innovative practices that address the needs of older workers and business. In 2011, the Centre launched a project titled “Flex Strategies to Attract, Engage & Retain Older Workers”. Report main findings. Continue reading
US Manufacturers | Hiring Practices | Killing Them
The United States is at a dangerous juncture: Manufacturing jobs are on the rise, but the growth is still fragile. Given the hypercompetitive nature of global manufacturing, it wouldn’t take much to kill this momentum and put the U.S. back to where it was a couple of years ago. That’s why it’s critical for American … Continue reading
Co-Workers Get a Chance to Change Places – WSJ.com
Employers are mixing it up. Jobs, that is. Some U.S. businesses are giving employees the chance to complete a stint in a different department or temporarily swap places with a colleague overseas. Companies have long provided job rotations for higher level executives to give them a sense of how different departments operate, but now they … Continue reading
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