Tag: AP

Continuous Learning Continues to Create Opportunities

By Heather Hunt Sep 13, 2013 Learning & Development

Updated: Sep 13, 2013

According to a survey commissioned by Academic Partnerships (AP), human resources (HR) executives agree that advanced academic degrees are important for employees looking to advance in their companies. The advantages of advanced degrees include: Upward mobility (89%), Promotion (86%), and Increases in salary (71%). However, these executives report that only half of their employees hold […]

Bell Curve, or Everyone’s Excellent?

By HR Daily Advisor Staff Jun 22, 2012 Benefits and Compensation

Updated: Jun 22, 2012

Oswald, CEO of BLR, offered his thoughts on performance evaluations and bell curves in a recent edition of The Oswald Letter. Here’s my colleague’s point, Oswald continues. Our performance evaluation system includes ratings of outstanding, exceeds expectations, meets expectations, needs improvement, and unsatisfactory. As a company, we expect the distribution of the appraisals to be […]