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Preparing your staffing needs for an uncertain business climate can be challenging. You cannot know whether to plan for leaner times, increased growth, or both. However, even when the anticipated future is unclear, you must complete strategic workforce planning for how you imagine things might be. You also may need to update key aspects of… Read more »
Your onboarding process significantly impacts your employee attraction and retention rates. It shows new hires what your company culture is like, how they fit with their team, and what is expected of them. As a result, providing the best possible onboarding experience is essential. Everyone involved with onboarding must show new hires they are welcome… Read more »
In the current highly competitive hiring market recruiting new top talent is very important to ensure quality candidates for your company. As a company you need to make some decisions up front and prepare before you begin the process of looking for candidates and then hiring them. There are some key things you can do… Read more »
Good attendance involves closely following your company’s attendance policy. This includes being at work on time and staying productive throughout the day, appropriately calling in sick, or properly taking a personal day. As a manager, you can model good attendance for your team by starting work on time and reaching your objectives throughout the day.… Read more »
Providing competitive compensation is more important than ever in 2023. Rising inflation and changing employee expectations are among the top reasons why. According to the 2022 National Salary Budget Survey by Survey.com, approximately 50% of US employers plan higher year-over-year budget increases for 2023 as compared to 2022. The typical 3% raise will be replaced… Read more »
The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics stated that over 4 million employees quit their jobs in July 2021. Since then, resignations continue to increase. Among the reasons why employees quit their jobs are poor compensation, disengagement in the work, and no opportunities for professional growth. Other reasons include bad managers and a lack of employer… Read more »
When it comes to the important task of hiring for your company, you need to adopt some best practices for improving candidate experience. Candidate experience is the way the people who apply to work at your company view the hiring process. This begins from the first time they come across your company either on a… Read more »
Your company workforce plan involves how you plan and manage your employees. This includes analyzing your available human resources and forecasting your needs for employee working hours and tasks. Having the necessary information helps maximize your employees’ abilities and fill gaps in skills or working hours. This helps reach company goals. Your company workforce plan… Read more »
In 2020 it became essential for companies to find a way to conduct interviews with prospective candidates when Covid prevented in person interactions. According to a study commissioned by HireVue, a video interview and assessment provider, 41 percent of 1,140 hiring leaders said they plan to use a combination of in-person and virtual interviews. The… Read more »
Your company brand is your reputation among the workforce. This helps your organization stand out from all others. How your business is marketed impacts your company branding. This affects how others perceive your organization. Your company branding must be reinforced by your employees. This increases the effectiveness of your branding efforts. The majority of job… Read more »