Here’s some news for you: the war for talent is back. I’m not kidding, I just heard a keynote speaker mention it at an HR event, so it must be true. Are you just as tired as I am of hearing the same thing over and over again? Especially when…
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Recently, some articles appeared warning us of imminent labor shortages. They look at the retirement of baby boomers and claim that due to the future, smaller labor force, the “war for talent” will intensify as soon as the economy turns around, so companies better use all their resources to bind…
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I have been reading Walter Isaacson’s biography on Steve Jobs and if there’s one thing that stands out in my mind, it’s Jobs’ everlasting quest for simplicity. He applied that to every stage of the design and every inch of his products – not to mention his personal life. You…
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Imagine, if you will, your company without an HR function. Now suppose you’re asked to set up HR: What would you do? Would you create something similar or radically different? Would you create it at all? We’ve arrived at a turning point in history where new technology is profoundly changing…
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Those who read my blog know that I have been writing about Klout a few times before (Do you have Klout? & Klout revisited) to understand how online influence can be determined. This week I am adding to that because I went away for a few days and was unable to tweet.…
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This month’s Carnival of HR is titled “the talent race” and asks for ideas how we can win this race, meaning how we can convince the best and brightest to come work for our company instead of for our competitor. There are a lot of “best practices” in recruitment to…
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There was a time when weekly pay was all employees received for their service. In most industries, those days are long gone. Pension and health plans, benefits and other perks have been introduced to keep employees happy and engaged. Personal income has risen over many years, but due to the…
Continue ReadingIn many of my trend articles, you’ll find a mention about the move we are making to a service economy. In the service economy, access to talent is important and those talents are in the hands of the employees. There are workers of many kinds, but the group that is…
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