According to the US Department of Labor, the unemployment rate for March 2010 stood at 9.7%. At a time when the unemployment rate is so high, imagining too few workers could prove difficult. However, a seismic workforce change is looming…

According to the US Department of Labor, the unemployment rate for March 2010 stood at 9.7%. At a time when the unemployment rate is so high, imagining too few workers could prove difficult. However, a seismic workforce change is looming…

Social media is transforming the business landscape. It allows people to connect in an online world to forge business relationships. As the prevalence of social media continues to grow, organizations of all types and sizes will benefit by using this…

There’s a perception that most people would be happy just to have a job during times when company layoffs are in the news every day. You might also think that employment would be enough to motivate your people to perform…

Recruiting and hiring during normal economic periods is often challenging but in an economic downturn there’s a tendency to cut back on recruiting efforts making it even more difficult to locate and land top talent. From our experience, firms that…

It’s not all doom and gloom in the New Year for employers and candidates even though we are experiencing an economic downturn. Companies haven’t stopped looking for good people but are taking time to assess current staff as well as…

According to the US Department of Labor and Statistics, turnover can cost an organization 33% of an employee’s total compensation including both salary and benefits. But the impact is not only financial it also affects employee morale. Therefore, it would…

• Time kills deals. Time can be your enemy if you procrastinate on hiring decisions. Companies need to close candidates at the peak of their interest, i.e. from the time they hear about the job through their second and third…

Retaining Generation Next Kudos to all those resellers, systems integrators, manufacturers, and distributors who have followed this series about the Millennial Generation and are currently implementing new hiring initiatives to meet the fierce competition for Millennial talent. No doubt, having…

Attracting & Recruiting Generation Next  In the first article of this 3-part series regarding the Millennial Generation, I encouraged our audience of resellers, systems integrators, manufacturers, and distributors to prepare for the invasion of nearly 80 million new age thinkers…