Does Your Company Encourage Continuing Education?
A new survey focused on accountancy has widespread implications for workplace learning in all fields.
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Senior Leadership and Employee Satisfaction
How would employees rate your company’s CEO? Is he or she an award-winning leader?
When It Comes to Volunteerism, the Citi Never Sleeps
An earlier Recruiting Daily Advisor article looked at research that suggests a culture of volunteerism has a positive impact on employee recruitment, engagement, and retention. Volunteerism is also about giving back to the community, as global banking giant Citi well knows. The Advisor provides a look at Citi as a best practice example, and to […]
Employees Seek Greener Pastures
Summer’s here and employees are eyeing the exit door. And it’s not with yearning for fun in the sun. One-fourth of the workforce plans to look for a new job this summer, according to a study from Spherion Staffing Services.
How to Keep Top Talent
Employee retention efforts are often focused on the employee population as a whole, when, in truth, you would prefer that some people head for the exit door.
Empathy: The Solution to Employees’ Engagement Crisis
I love coming to work every day. You might say I’m lucky—especially when you consider Gallup finds that only one-third of U.S. employees are engaged at work. But I’ll let you in on a secret: Creating a positive workplace that you and your employees love is attainable—and more critical than ever.
Train Hiring Managers to Be Realistic About Jobs During Recruiting Process
While trying to woo job candidates, it is only natural to highlight the organization’s strengths, internal growth opportunities, and positive work environment. However, exaggerating the positive can create unrealistic expectations. As a result, you’ll experience turnover once new hires figure out that they were promised more than the organization can deliver.
Workers Want Flexibility
Forget the trendy perks and flashy benefits. One of the things job seekers want most is flexibility.
Employers, Your Salary Ranges May Be Outdated
All the talk about stagnant wages may have employers thinking they can keep position salary ranges the same. Unfortunately, that thinking will make it difficult to hire and retain workers.
Retaining Military Veterans: The Next Battle for Employers
The unemployment rate for military veterans who served on active duty in the U.S. Armed Forces at any time since September 2001 has been trending downward in recent years. As of April 2017, it stands at 3.9 percent—the lowest rate since the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics began keeping statistics on the population as a […]