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Ah, engagement and retention. It’s that time of year when employees are restless and sniffing around for new jobs. As the economy improves, many employers will face the challenge of hiring and keeping top employees with the right skills. What motivates employees and keeps them engaged in their jobs? This infographic dissects employees’ intentions in […]
Continue reading …Human resources trade publication and website Workforce Management has been by sold Crain Communications to Chicago-based MediaTec Publishing Inc. for an undisclosed sum. An integrated media company covering the human capital, management and workforce development industries, MediaTec publishes Certification, Chief Learning Officer, Talent Management and Diversity Executive magazines. MediaTec also operates the online industry resource HumanCapitalMedia.com. Workforce Management and […]
Continue reading …From Paul Smith— A month ago, Welcome To The Occupation had its 3-year anniversary. For those three years, I have put a great deal of effort into effecting change in the Human Resources field. Unfortunately I have recently realized that changes in my professional life have limited my ability to continue to deliver my message. […]
Continue reading …What Does It Take To Recruit A New Employee? This infographic is really selling the merits of interviewing job candidates by video. However, it does give an interesting and informative view of the employees recruiting process and and its costs. To repare the inforgraphic the HR Tech Blog partnered with Video Interviewing Provider Wowzer. They surveyed hundreds […]
Continue reading …From Paul Smith’s Welcome to the Occupation blog- Is HR right for you? This was the title and subject of a small article in the Metro newspaper. (Click here for the online article.) Despite my skepticism, the article offered some realistic, albeit general, advice that I concurred. “Solid analytic and math skills“, “strong sense of ethics […]
Continue reading …The future workforce will need higher levels of education than today’s workers, a new survey of human resources professionals found. A new survey from the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) and Achieve shows that technical and educational requirements are rising across job categories. “Today’s tough job market means that many individuals are currently in […]
Continue reading …Twelve percent of U.S. executives say they will be hiring professional-level staff in the fourth quarter fo 2012, according to the Robert Half Professional Employment Report. More than three quarters, 77%, of executives surveyed said they will will make no staff changes. That isn’t universal. Of U.S. executives surveyed, 17% said they will add professional-level staff […]
Continue reading …By KIM PARKER, Senior Researcher, Pew Research Center– Women now make up almost half of the U.S. labor force, up from 38% in 1970. This nearly 40-year trend has been fueled by a broad public consensus about the changing role of women in society. A solid majority of Americans (75%) reject the idea that women […]
Continue reading …Employers are apparently waking up to the fact that millions of older workers will begin retiring soon, and they’ve done relatively little about it — other than layoff older workers. A joint poll released 09 April 2012 by the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) and AARP shows that “U.S. employers are ramping up skills training and employee benefits aimed […]
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