By Edward E. Lawler III - Forbes Performance appraisals are one of the most frequently criticized talent management practices. The criticisms range from their being an enormous waste of time to their having a destructive impact on the relationship between managers and their subordinates. Criticizing performance appraisals...
2/3 of Companies Now Recruit via Facebook, Over Half Use Twitter and Almost All Use LinkedIn Jobvite, the leading recruitment platform for the social Web, today announced the results of its annual Social Recruiting Survey. The data reveals social recruiting has become an essential HR...
By Dr. Marshall Goldsmith - MyLinkage.com/Blog Dr. Marshall Goldsmith is a world authority in helping successful leaders get even better – by achieving positive, lasting change in behavior: for themselves, their people and their teams. He is also a featured keynote speaker at the 2012 Global...
By The HR Specialist - Business Management Daily Shuffling candidates between one-on-one interviews with different managers is time consuming and can produce assessments that are vastly different or inaccurate. That’s why more businesses are including panel interviews as a tool in their hiring belts. The method is...
Traditional management tools may work for simple, repetitive tasks, but beware their impact on creative work. By Terry L. Mathis, founder and CEO, ProAct Safety - IndustryWeek.com There is no denying that we have learned a lot about performance management from B.F. Skinner. His experiments, and the...
By Paul Hagen - 1to1media.com At Corner Bank, Jana Dawson is the company's CMO and senior vice president of HR. At Volusion, the head of HR reports into David Mitzenmacher, the company's chief customer officer (CCO). Why? Because a company's customer experience (and therefore its brand)...
By The Telegraph Businesses are rethinking their IT and HR strategies as the transition from desk-bound to mobile working increases. The steady transition from desk-bound to mobile working has forced businesses to rethink their IT and HR strategies, throwing up questions as diverse as "what technology do...
Parker’s, an innovative leader in the convenience store industry, and PeopleMatter, the only comprehensive talent management solution specifically designed for the convenience store industry, today announced results from the companies’ partnership. PeopleMatter’s easy-to-use Platform streamlines HR processes for the company’s 27 locations throughout Southeast Georgia...
By: Nathan Eddy - eWeek.com The rise of social media, particularly Facebook and LinkedIn, is changing the way businesses find new talent. Social media sites are changing the way businesses look for talent, according to a survey of more than 150 human resources and recruiting executives, directors...
By Martin Couzins - TrainingZone Leaders and managers prefer to learn informally, according to a study on leadership development carried out by GoodPractice. The GoodPractice research looked at the key challenges faced by managers in UK organisations today, where they go for support and to understand the...