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To Engage Your Workforce, Invest in Managers
Bad managers are a big deal. The effects of poor management on employee productivity, morale and attrition are well examined and regularly reported. Fifty percent of employees have left their job to escape their manager at some point in their career, according to Gallup, and the Predictive Index People Management Study from 2018 found 77% […]
BY Emily McCrary-Ruiz-Esparza | February 25, 2021
How to Make Your Recruiting Metrics More Transparent
Company recruiting metrics were once fairly simple. They consisted of reactive data that measured such factors as the time to hire, the cost per hire, and the number of hires made in a given period. This was considered a one-size-fits-all approach for companies across the board. The problem is, those metrics didn’t really work. They […]
BY Emily Nonko | February 11, 2021
Five Strategies for Digital Recruiting Success in 2021
Talent acquisition did not come to a halt during the pandemic, but attitudes changed among both the job candidates and recruiters. The hiring process now needs to reflect the remote-work revolution. “Most office workers (83%) want to work from home at least one day a week, and half of employers (55%) anticipate that most of […]
BY Angelica Frey | February 10, 2021
HR and the CEO: a Newly Critical Relationship for Success
It’s safe to say that the past year has expanded the role of HR–and probably in an enduring way. The onset of the pandemic, the abrupt shift to remote work, and the social-justice movement all brought human resources front and center. Among other things, companies had to face an issue–employee well-being–that could simply not be […]
BY Emily Nonko | January 11, 2021
What It Takes to Build a Truly Transparent Workplace
One employee posted a photo of her young son at her desk, explaining why the demands of homeschooling were prompting her to temporarily switch to part-time work. Another very bluntly shared that she’d be late for a meeting–after staying out too long the night before and oversleeping. The disarmingly honest and personal posts by Kintone […]
BY Sheila Flynn | January 8, 2021