When Companies Take a Stand
A survey conducted last year by job site Glassdoor finds that 84 percent of Americans believe employers today have an important voice in politics.
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Looking for Ways to Improve Training?
Gaining award-winning status for its learning organization has helped Jiffy Lube® International improve its training function even more, says Kenneth Barber, the company’s manager of learning and development. Jiffy Lube (www.JiffyLube.com), a 100-percent franchisee-owned and -operated store chain, has placed in the top five in a dozen national and international training competitions, Barber says. He […]
How to Avoid Starting a Disastrous Hiring Process
Today we’ll look at an infographic that shows the talent management solution that helps companies identify, hire, and retain more A Players and looks at how a bad ATS affects companies and what they can do to get their recruitment process back on track.
Creating a Breastfeeding-Friendly Environment ‘Not Difficult’
Most employers want to offer support for new mothers returning to work, including those who choose to breastfeed. But finding and providing a private place for expressing milk has been a problem in many facilities. Nevertheless, that private place has to be found, because the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) and the U.S. […]
The ABCs of ASTD Becoming ATD
Here’s how the American Society for Training & Development (ASTD) explained its recent name change, to the Association for Talent Development (ATD): This change recognizes the dynamic growth and influence the broader training and development profession has today and will in the future. The scope and global impact of the field has grown dramatically since […]
How to Turbo-Charge Your Sales Incentives
Three “turbo-charged” sales incentive techniques will accelerate your sales performance, say experts Jerome A. (“Jerry”) Colletti and Mary S. Fiss. They shared their tips at the WorldatWork’s Total Rewards Conference and Exhibition, held recently in San Diego. The three turbocharged techniques Coletti and Fiss suggest are: Fast Start Bonuses, OA incentives, and SPIFFs. Colletti is […]
4 Ways to Create a Winning Candidate Experience
As a recruiter, there are many mind-sets and principles one must adopt in order to seek out top talent. One of these principles is the Open-Source Talent principle. In part one, we looked at how recruiters are using this principle as a new mind-set to recruit tech talent.
First HIPAA Enforcement Action for Lack of Timely Breach Notification Settles for $475,000
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office for Civil Rights (OCR), has announced the first Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) settlement based on the untimely reporting of a breach of unsecured protected health information (PHI).
Cracking the Customer-Employee Connection
Just how customer-focused are you? Have you asked your employees lately?
Quickie election rules are coming—are your managers and supervisors ready?
by Robert M. Vercruysse In February 2014, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) once again announced that it was going to change the rules for Board-conducted elections. This time, there is a properly appointed five-member NLRB. The Board’s previous attempt to change the election rules failed because the courts held that it didn’t have a […]