Articles tagged 'HR management'

HR News & Trends, Recruiting and Staffing

College Job Seekers Say That Company Career Sites Are Most Important

by John Zappe on May 17, 2012, 9:28 AM | 1 comment

When American college students and recent graduates go looking for a job, they want quick answers, trustworthy insights, and evidence the employers know how to use the various social media channels to add value to their search.

So says PotentialPark, a Swedish recruitment market research firm. Its annual survey (U.S. results were not posted as of this writing) of 3,552 U.S. college students and recent grads found young job seekers are comfortable with social media and expect that you will be too. While 86 percent of them make use of company career sites, more than half (56 percent) expect to find a company on Facebook, and 69 percent expect you to be on LinkedIn.

What PotentialPark found when it audited the corporate career sites of almost 500 U.S. firms was that only 57 percent link to their Facebook page; 79 percent connect to LinkedIn or some other professional network. The career site itself, says PotentialPark, “rarely offers any interaction.” Read more…

HR Management, Talent Management

Why You Should Really Avoid Making That Counter Offer

by Dan Monarko on May 17, 2012, 9:05 AM | 3 Comments

Think about it: an employee successfully went through the process of finding, interviewing and accepting a new job, only to be pulled back in by the company they already committed to leaving.

Whether their reason is salary, position, a better company, or sheer boredom, there are very few instances, if any, when a counter offer should be made — or accepted.

The reality is that even if a counter offer is accepted, the employee will soon fall back into the funnel of unhappiness or doubt that originally caused them to look for a new job. More often than not, the offer just delays the inevitable. Read more…

HR News & Trends

Company That Powers College Career Sites Searched by the FBI

by John Zappe on May 17, 2012, 8:35 AM | No comments yet

The company that powers campus recruiting services, including NACElink, is under investigation by the FBI for allegedly attempting to hack into the computer systems of two competitors.

The investigation doesn’t involve NACE, the National Association of Colleges and Employers. Nor is there any evidence that NACElink was ever hacked or that any attempt was made to illegally access the system. However, Marilyn Mackes, executive director of the nonprofit association, says the organization is monitoring the situation and has been sending periodic updates to its member schools and employers.

“Is NACE going to be looking out for the interests of its members,” Mackes said rhetorically. “Of course it is.”

At this point, she says, it is “kind of premature” for the organization to make any decisions about the hosting of its career services network. Read more…

Recruiting and Staffing, Talent Management

Rookie Hiring Mistakes: Holding on to Bad Hires Too Long

by Tim Sackett on May 17, 2012, 7:17 AM | No comments yet

The New York Times recently had a good article titled “The Top 10 Rookie Mistakes for Entrepreneurs,” and it looks at the top reasons people usually fail when starting a new business.

As you can imagine many of the reasons were typical: expense control, fiscal responsibility, having a strong value proposition, etc. But out of all 10 mistakes, there was one glaring omission to why so many new business owners fail when it comes to hiring, particularly with the HR side of the business:

11. Holding on to bad hires too long. Read more…

Compensation, Rewards & Recognition

When You Reward, Make It About the Employee – Not the Employer

by Carol Schultz on May 16, 2012, 11:27 AM | 7 Comments

If you have ever had occasion to reward talent there is one question you must ask before you can begin to answer the question of how to reward high performers:

“What motivates the employee you’re looking to reward?”

Different things motivate different people

Is the person you’re rewarding an hourly employee? Salaried? Commission based?

If it’s a money-motivated type, cash is typically king. Read more…

HR Insights, HR Management

3 Great Questions to Ask Your HR Business Partner Candidates

by Linda Brenner on May 16, 2012, 10:25 AM | 1 comment

One of the most common questions I am asked is: “Do you know anyone who’d be great for our open HR Business Partner role?”

And it’s no surprise. As more and more companies “transform” their HR function, the need for a specific-type of HR generalist has become more acute. And the aggressive networking (“who do you know for this job?“) underscores a talent problem we have in our industry: the dramatic need for strategic HR partners.

Many companies thought that announcing a new organizational structure and changing titles would be enough to “transform” the function. But now it’s clear that those changes have no bearing on whether the incumbents can really do the job. Hence, the flurry of interviewing as the role sees more and more attrition and the struggle continues to match a person to this new, sometime ambiguous, and challenging role. Read more…

Recruiting and Staffing

5 Recruiting Lessons from Ferris Bueller

by Laurie Barkman on May 16, 2012, 9:28 AM | No comments yet

Imagine if Ferris Bueller, from the iconic 1986 movie Ferris Bueller’s Day Off by John Hughes, had a technology start-up.

The idea of Ferris the entrepreneur isn’t so far fetched. He was an inventor, after all. Remember the slumbering snoring Ferris-dummy he hooked up to his bedroom stereo and successfully fooled his own mother?

What would Ferris do to find the right talent? Read more…

HR News & Trends, Legal Issues

Why the NLRB’s Quickie Election Rule Got Tossed (and Why It May be Back)

by Steven Bernstein and James Walters on May 16, 2012, 8:40 AM | No comments yet

Earlier this week, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and the Coalition for a Democratic Workforce dealt yet another blow to the National Labor Relations Board, securing summary judgment in their challenge of the NLRB’s expedited union-election rule.

In striking down the rule, the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia declined to rule on the merits of the case, choosing instead to focus upon the absence of a lawful quorum at the time of the rule’s passage.

This comes on the heels of a recent decision from the U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia enjoining the NLRB’s notice-posting requirement, pending briefing scheduled over the summer and oral arguments later this fall. We reported on that development in a prior Legal Alert, which you can view here. Read more…

Rewards & Recognition, Talent Management

Employee Loyalty? No, It’s Not Dead – It Just Changed Hands

by Derek Irvine on May 16, 2012, 7:17 AM | 5 Comments

Employee loyalty is one of those topics that can divide a room.

Well, at least room full of HR Pros who live and breathe recruiting, retention and productivity. Some argue loyalty is long dead, thanks to corporate actions begun in the 1970s and ’80s. Others believe loyalty is alive and well, but to fellow colleagues and managers, not to the organization per se.

Regardless of your position, employee loyalty can have a profound impact on organization culture and business results, not to mention individual employee engagement, performance and productivity. Read more…

Culture, Recruiting and Staffing

Is There a Gap Between Your Culture and Your Recruiting Practices?

by Bob Duffy on May 15, 2012, 12:10 PM | 1 comment

Is there a gap between your recruiting practices and your culture?

In today’s economy, even organizations of modest scope can expect many willing and qualified applicants for every open position. So if your small to mid-sized company is hiring, you may think you’re sitting pretty, and you may be tempted to snap up candidates who appear most qualified by reason of their resumes.

A word of caution: in bringing talented performers in the door, you shouldn’t forget the workplace environment into which you’re releasing them. No matter how impressive a candidate’s background and apparent qualifications, a mismatch with your corporate culture can turn a seemingly stellar candidate into a sullen short-timer or, worse, a disgruntled naysayer. Read more…