Tag: Best Practices

New Benchmarking Analysis Identifies Recent Trends in Balancing Benefit Costs and Attracting Top Talent

By HR Daily Advisor Staff Mar 7, 2017 Benefits and Compensation

Updated: Jan 7, 2018

When employers have a sense of how their peers’ benefits and compensation approaches measure up to their own, they can more confidently identify opportunities for improvement. The Best-in-Class Benchmarking Analysis produced by Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. (Gallagher) examines the strategies and tactics used by high-performing organizations to control healthcare cost spending while competing for […]

Best Practices for Performance Reviews

By Guest Columnist Jan 18, 2017 HR Management & Compliance

Updated: Jan 18, 2017

By Bridget Miller As we enter the new year, it’s performance review time for many employers—or it soon will be. While the annual review is one of the most universally dreaded times for managers and employees alike, training your managers with a few best practices can help. Here are some tips from business writer Bridget […]

Best Practices for Successful Reverse Mentoring Programs

By HR Daily Advisor Staff Dec 15, 2016 Learning & Development

Updated: Jan 7, 2018

What are some best practices to ensure success with reverse mentoring? As with any mentoring relationship, it is important to educate employees in advance about their roles, to create a plan up front for the mentoring partnership (e.g., what the mentee wants to learn, how frequently the mentor and mentee will meet), and to follow […]

Mixing Diversity, Inclusion, and Business Objectives for a Better Bottom Line

By Steve Bruce Dec 23, 2015 Recruiting

Updated: Dec 23, 2015

New research shows that 70 percent of organizations surveyed are missing out on benefits associated with leading talent activities. It turns out that if you combine diversity and inclusion practices with your company goals, you stand to make a lot more money. Organizations that align diversity and inclusion practices to business objectives are more likely […]

Video Interviews Continue to Capture the Attention of Recruiters

By Guest Columnist Dec 9, 2015 Recruiting

Updated: Dec 9, 2015

Video interviewing has rapidly become a mainstay of the recruiting and talent acquisition process. In fact, according to a recent Aberdeen Report, surveyed companies said they were 61 percent more likely to use video at some point in their talent acquisition process. By Dave Imbrogno, president, ADP® National Account Services HCM Organizations are implementing video […]

Adding a Personal Touch for Improved Hiring

By Steve Bruce Nov 25, 2015 Recruiting

Updated: Nov 25, 2015

ManpowerGroup Solutions has released a report, “Making the Connection: Best Practices in Candidate Experience,” based on research into candidate preferences, behaviors, and motivators. The report finds one in three prospective employees wants to receive more detailed information—not only about the specific job opportunity, but about the company itself—as well as more frequent, human connection. The […]

Bad Company: They All Know Your Name

By Steve Bruce Nov 18, 2015 Recruiting

Updated: Nov 18, 2015

A recent survey states that the majority of Americans would not want to work at a company if that company has a bad reputation. Interestingly, nearly 20% more women would refuse to work at such a job than men! According to a recent survey by CR Magazine and Cielo Talent, 86% of America’s females do […]

Making the Most of Recruiting Metrics

By Nov 17, 2015 Recruiting

Updated: Nov 17, 2015

Yesterday’s Advisor began to explore some advice from Cathy Gray, JD, Senior Managing Editor of HR and Compensation here at BLR®, on recruiting metrics. Today, we’ll continue to explore how to make the most of your recruiting metrics. Quality of Hire When we look at quality of hire, we’re getting into metrics that look at […]

Recruiting Metrics: Make Sure They Are Meaningful

By Steve Bruce Nov 16, 2015 Recruiting

Updated: Nov 16, 2015

Metrics are a way to measure or quantify a particular concept, such as employee engagement or turnover, but if you are not careful, you may find you’ve been measuring the wrong thing, says expert Cathy Gray, JD, Senior Managing Editor of HR and Compensation at BLR®. The value of the metric depends on several things, […]

Seven-Figure Sales Reps—Final Best Practices

By Justin Scace Oct 2, 2015 Talent

Updated: Oct 2, 2015

On Wednesday and Thursday, sales guru Joseph DiMisa looked at what organizations can do to help their reps push closer to the million-dollar threshold. To wrap up the week, Dimisa presents some final best practices of seven-figure sales reps. Once an organization has reps with the right competencies and has “decontaminated” their time, the next […]