The Year of Great Change is Dawning
We come close to the end of another year, and a good time for a look at where we have been and where we are going. ERE has been around now for more than six years! And what a six years it has been. I remember the day ERE's president David Manaster called me to ask if I would write a column or two for ERE, and I remember that, even though I didn't really know what it was, I agreed to do a few and see how it went.
Now, 300 or more columns later, I guess it has gone pretty well.
From Succession Planning to Scenario Planning
Last week I was once again confronted with a hiring manager who was frustrated, and frankly angry, that his organization's recruiting department had not found him the engineer he needed after a six-week search.
Too Fast to Fathom?
Are jobs changing in nature so rapidly that it is impossible to determine the specific competencies that each one of them will require to ensure success? How does a recruiter, an HR generalist, or a hiring manager deal with discontinuous change, vaguely defined jobs, and constantly evolving strategies?
I once had a recruiter working for me who thought that the time we spend interviewing and screening candidates for specific jobs was a waste.
How Do the Best Recruiters Add Value?
Paul is a recruiter who is committed to his profession. He is hard working and handles a huge number of requisitions. Over the past year, despite the recession and corporate layoffs, he has survived and even hired a few people. But in a recent conversation with some of the management team in his company, I learned that he was not perceived as adding much real value.
A Head Start: How To Keep the People You Hire and Promote Retention at the Same Time
Turnover is growing slowly but will explode as the economy picks up. Word over the past few weeks is that things are actually?? for the first time in three years?? getting better. As employees choose to leave and new employees come on board, assimilating the new people becomes a major chore.
Most organizations do a fair job at giving new employees the basics. They teach them how to access the email systems, use voicemail, get office supplies, and so forth.
Are You Ready? The Coming Turnover Boom
American workers are unhappy with their jobs. The number of employees who are considered to be under "high stress" has increased by 15% from just six months ago, according to a survey by ComPsych Corporation, a leader in guidance resources such as employee assistance and work life.
The primary cause? Several years of slow economic growth has translated into no salary increases and increased workloads.
The Five Most Important Recruiting Steps
A complete staffing process is complex and contains multiple steps with numerous variables. Each week my colleagues and I write about some of these steps and sub-steps, almost always offering illuminating suggestions and new ideas to improve the way you do what you do.
But I think that somewhere in the articles and words that make up 80-90% of what a successful staffing department does.
Really great recruiting functions are constantly honing, improving, refining, and adjusting how each step is carried out.