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Let’s face it—the recruiting metrics you use at your company are either non-existent or stale. Sure, you tried to roll out the basics—time to hire, cost per hire—but all that did was put the focus on your HR/Recruiting function, not the people who actually make the final hiring decision. Flash forward 12 months since the launch of those basic recruiting …
Today, for Christmas or whatever December-ish holiday you celebrate, I give you the present of a cool sounding but not yet overused buzzword: “System Agility.” Sounds slick, right? We all use buzzwords because we want to sound smart. There’s a fine line, however, between a phrase sounding new and smart before it turns into a buzzword. “War for Talent” was …
Your CEO loves HR. He is your number one fan. When it comes to initiatives such as performance management and wellness, he believes in your ideas. He knows you have potential. It’s his direct reports—the lazy ones, the cynical ones, the ones who have been bypassed for the role of CEO—who are your biggest enemies. They don’t like you. They …
I was in Canada recently to speak at an HR conference. Upon returning, I wrote a post regarding the differences in pregnancy leave policies between the two countries, and I got a strong reaction from the Canadian side. Let me break it down for you: United States Pregnancy Leave: FMLA: 12 weeks, no pay to Mother or Father, upon eligibility …
A lot of you probably don’t know this, but I met my husband when I was a senior in high school. We got engaged in college and married a year after I graduated. Due to our humble beginnings and surviving on the salaries typical of retail workers, my engagement and wedding rings are beautiful but modest. My husband’s brothers married …
