Becoming an employer of choice
A couple of weeks ago, Wayne Turmel spoke to Joyce Gioia, President of The Herman Group, for our last podcast of 2009, about the ways your organization can become an employer of choice in 21010 – and why, despite the recession, this matters. Knowing just how quickly most New Year's resolutions get forgotten, here's a reminder of her salient points.
Why helping your redundant workers is the right thing to do
Supporting redundant workers through outplacement services is not just morally right, its a highly effective way of retaining and motivating those left behind.
Green credentials can boost employee loyalty
With rising fuel prices hitting workers' wallets, an employer's green credentials are becoming an increasingly important retention tool as well as something nice to have from a brand perspective.
If they like the brand, they'll join you
Even for senior managers, a company's reputation is almost as important as the amount of money they are offering when it comes to deciding whether or not to accept a job.
Poor interviewers driving away talent
Many organizations are fatally undermining their recruitment and retention efforts because inept or downright rude interviewers are making a negative first impression with job seekers.
Job seekers give thumbs-down to lazy employers
For all the talk about the importance of employer brands and the difficulty in attracting talented staff, the depressing reality is that a quarter of job seekers believe that they have been badly treated by a prospective employer.
Younger workers benefit from departure of Baby Boomers
Short-sighted hiring practices are meaning that U.S companies are shooting themselves in the feet when it comes to attracting talented staff.
Culture and reputation count more than money in war for talent
A company's reputation and its workplace culture are more important than pay and benefits when it comes to attracting top talent, new research has suggested.
Bad recruitment methods alienate graduates
Almost a quarter of British graduates hunting for jobs have walked away from potential employer because they had been put off by the organisation's behaviour during the recruitment process.
Surviving Generation-Y
If you really want prepare your organisation to deal with the havoc that the newest generation of workers is causing in offices across the globe, try taking your leadership team and the HR Director shopping.
Avoiding the stress of Generation Why
Companies are just beginning to wake up to the havoc that the newest generation of workers is causing in offices across the globe. And adapt they must, because it is they who will dominate the workforce for the next 70 years or so.
Not bad for a McJob?
As a new study is published suggesting that working at McDonald's has a positive impact on the development of young people, the fast food giant is also using the iconic location of Piccadilly Circus in London to promote itself as a good employer.
Rude, aggressive, bad mannered: welcome to the modern workplace
British workplaces are becoming infested with aggressive, rude, bullying behaviour at all levels, a new study has suggested.
UK employers failing to take complaints seriously
Private and public sector organisations in Britain are failing to keep pace with their customers' complaints, at a time when the volume of complaints and sense of urgency are rising sharply.
Finding an organisation worth working for
Hidden behind the endless talk of organisational values are profit-driven, high-pressure labour camps trading paychecks - and diminishing perks – for your soul. All of which means that uncovering a company's corporate culture is a critical task for today's job searcher. As important as the job itself.
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