How often have you had someone ask, “What’s our cost per hire?”
Do you care? How important is it? Too often organizations link staffing efficiency with cost per hire or time to fill believing this will determine return on investment (ROI) and tell them if they are making the right hires. Not true.
Your cost per hire […]

The value chain is basically a model of how a business receives its input – generally in the form of raw material – adds value to it through internal processes and then sells the finished product to customers.
The people value chain is an extension of this in that in order to have a successful business […]

Too often when companies design reward systems for their employees they don’t take into account the three main elements that are important to consider – desired outcome, employee motivation and company budget.
According to Mercer Human Resources Consulting “there is no one-size-fits-all solution” for a total rewards system because there are differing perspectives depending on if […]

I can’t help it. My brain fuzzes over when I hear this term as thoughts of snowboarding and “baby on board” signs fill my mind.
Guess people got tired of using three words – new hire orientation – to describe the process. Or was it that NHO didn’t really convey the significance and breadth of the […]

Recordkeeping is a critical part of the Human Resource function. The right documentation can make or  your defense against employee lawsuits not to mention fines and penalties from government agencies.
So I thought I would respond to a recent question from a reader about how to determine what should and what shouldn’t be kept in an […]

Okay, why not? We have video dating. And college hopefuls have been known to send videos as part of their application package. So why shouldn’t candidates submit a video resume in order to secure employment?
Well, according to the just-released survey by Vault.com 89 percent of respondents indicated they would watch a video resume if it was submitted. […]

Man’s main task in life is to give birth to himself, to become what he potentially is. The most important product of his effort is his own personality
- Erich Fromm
Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI), DISC Personality Profiling Assessment, Work Style Profile, True Colors Personality System…
Personality profiling is a process that most of us have gone through […]

Soft skills – that great unknown quality.
For most managers and recruiters, identifying whether or not a potential employee has more than technical abilities to do the job can be difficult. It’s fine to be a programmer analyst and to have knowledge and work experience with specific computer operations. But are you also capable of working […]

I just read an article about rewarding employees for good attendance and nearly fell off my chair laughing.
Reward employees for something they should do as a matter of course?
Then I thought back to my previous blog about the students who were rewarded for taking and passing advanced placement classes and wondered about the difference.
But there is a […]

I do not like this person. I must get to know him better.
–Abraham Lincoln
The topic of respect recently came up when a group of my friends got into a discussion about their current organizations and how they felt about the way employees are treated.
What the discussion came down to was that they all felt that […]