Click through for the articles from the past week on the HR Daily Advisor.
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The Results of Our HR Metrics Best Practices Survey Are In!
The HR Daily Advisor’s HR Metrics Survey, conducted in April 2015, sought to gain a better understanding of how metrics are being utilized in the field of human resources. We all know how the C-suite loves to see hard data: Which HR arenas (and what aspects of them) are the most measured? Does HR use metrics to gauge its own performance as a department? What metrics do respondents find to be the most useful?
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What’s Your Most Useful Metric? More Results of Our HR Metrics Survey
In yesterday's Advisor, we shared some of the results of our nationwide survey on HR metrics. Today, more of our findings, including measures of turnover, compensation, and training.
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Employment Applications—What to Avoid!
Has your organization considered your employment application from a legal standpoint? Sure, it needs to have enough questions to get all the information needed to assess the candidate, but what questions may present legal problems or employee privacy issues? Business consultant Bridget Miller has some advice for our readers.
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Get Out the 10-Foot Pole … and Make Sure It Doesn’t Touch These Questions
In yesterday's Advisor, consultant Bridget Miller shared some application questions to avoid, including those that reveal age or disability information. Today, Miller covers more protected classes, private information, and other areas of inquiry that your application shouldn’t touch with a 10-foot pole.
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Brevity Is the Soul of Wit
President Woodrow Wilson was once asked how long it took him to prepare his speeches, and his answer was quite telling. “That depends on the length of the speech,” said Wilson. “If it is a 10-minute speech, it takes me all of two weeks to prepare it; if it is a half-hour speech, it takes me a week; if I can talk as long as I want to, it requires no preparation at all. I am ready now.”
