Shouldn’t it be hiring and inspiring, rather than hiring versus inspiring? If companies were in optimal conditions, then yes. But most companies are not … Read more
Technology Can Smooth the Way to Gig Worker Benefits
When choosing to be a gig worker rather than a traditionally employed employee, one of the compromises made is to forgo the protection and economic … Read more
Why I Say Refugees Make Some of the Best Workers
At Amplio Recruiting, we work every day to place outstanding refugee talent at American companies. And every day, we’re met with more and more … Read more
Managers As Coaches Is No Longer Optional
These days we keep hearing about the disengaged workforce and the struggle to retain talent. Coupled with that, millennials are a growing segment of … Read more
Are the Words You Use Inclusive?
Diversity isn’t hiring goals and well-balanced EEO-1 reports. Inclusion is more than making sure everyone is invited to the meeting and encouraged to … Read more
Take Short Vacations. Long Ones Are Too Stressful
Feeling burned out at work is an all-too-common condition in the workplace today. Employees spend up to 2.6 hours a day checking their email, more than … Read more
Why You Need a Strategy for Managing Your Gig Worker Experience
External workers are employees who work for a company but who are not on its formal payroll. This includes temporary staff, contract employees and … Read more
Don’t ‘Solve’ a Problem Before You Surround It
“Change is not going to come from a single person or a ‘traditional committee’ but from people who actually want to make it happen.” The … Read more
HR 101: You Have to Be Mobile-Friendly From Start to Finish
Recruitment marketing has one primary goal, to reach the right potential candidates, at the right time, and in the right place. Increasingly, that means on … Read more
CEOs Recognizing Importance of ‘War Time’ CHRO
There’s an interesting analysis from The Talent Strategy Group that suggests CHRO tenure is closely tied to their CEO. This recently released report … Read more
Employers Could See Benefits From Healthcare Bill Making Brokers More Transparent
A bipartisan bill to reform the cost of health care for American is making its way through the US Senate s. In a nutshell, the Lower Health Care Costs Act, … Read more
What Do You Really Know About How Training Is Being Done?
Let’s look at two employees and compare their career paths. Both are the same age, both college graduates, both recent hires with an aircraft company. … Read more
Incentive Systems Won’t Substitute For Good Management
For two decades I designed compensation and performance management systems for large and medium companies. I always had this nagging thought that after two … Read more
New Illinois Law Puts Limits On AI In Video Interviews
By its very nature, recruitment has always involved collecting and storing large amounts of candidate data to make informed hiring decisions. Technology … Read more
Encourage Work BFFs and See Retention Improve and Stress Decline
Friendship is an unparalleled force: It can forge ties in ways other methods of relationship-building — like networking, negotiations and strategic … Read more
Change Begins With the ‘First Follower’
Before I co-founded a company to help HR and people leaders transform their businesses, I was a consumer marketer – both agency and client-side – crafting … Read more
Total Rewards Aren’t Total Without Factoring In the EX
The prospect of becoming irrelevant and marginalized in the digital age is increasingly incentivizing organizations to look for ways to attract and retain … Read more
If You Do Any Work In NY State, You Must Train Employees About Sexual Harassment
New York employers and those out-of-state organizations who just sometimes have employees working in the Empire State have until October 9 to provide New … Read more
Ex-Offenders Can Be Great Employees If You Give Them a Chance
You’ve heard all the reasons why employers shouldn’t shun candidates with a criminal record. Just as a reminder, here are a few: 30% of … Read more
Successful Digital Transformation Takes Planning, Training and Transparency
We come across the topic of digital transformation or digitalization in countless conferences and professional articles. Hopefully, no one needs an … Read more