Create A Corporate Career Website

A recently popular topic in talent management refers to talent branding. How can your organization develop talent branding to carry your workforce through this tough economic time? A recent article from TalentManagement.com author Brian Platz notes that a strong talent brand is imperative to attracting top talent. A strong talent brand is critical to attract top […]

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Future Business Success Depends on Talent Branding

How does one become an employer of choice? According to a recent article from TalentManagement.com author Jay Jamrog, it takes top-notch recruiting, branding, and an individualized approach to development. During a time of economic chaos, between hiring freezes and an abundance of unemployed candidates applying for any job available, why would an organization want to […]

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Effectively Handle Employee Mistakes

Making a mistake is one thing – how you deal with it is quite another. As a manager, effectively handling mistakes is crucial to success. When an employee makes an mistake, the line between over-correction and under-correction can be tricky. A recent TalentManagement.com article from Kevin J. Sensenig addresses this very issue. There are often […]

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Ask eBay About How To Do It Right

In a recent interview with Lou Sanchez, vice president of global talent acquisition, management and development at eBay, TalentManagement.com author Ladan Nikravan finds out what it takes to manage such a fast-growing company. TalentManagement asks, “What’s eBay’s approach to talent management?” and finds that eBay’s philosophy is tied to the organization’s purpose and values. eBay has […]

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The Best “We Need To Talk” Tactics

It’s never easy to ‘have the talk’ with the one employee that just doesn’t seem to fit into the workplace. TalentManagement.com author Charles Sujansky shines some light on how to avoid ‘we need to talk’. Sujansky notes a few scenarios where a manager might have to talk with an employee who is under-performing. It’s nerve-wracking […]

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Are Pay Raises Enough To Maintain Employee Engagement?

With the economy beginning to warm up again, employees may be expecting pay freezes to thaw as well. A new article from TalentManagement.com contributing author, Thomas O. Davenport, discusses how employees expect reciprocation from years in a slump. Is the thaw in pay freezes enough to rebuild and sustain employee engagement? In the last quarter […]

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New Study Reveals Insight Into Employee Retention

A recent TalentManagement.com blog post from BlessingWhite, a Princeton, NJ consulting firm, provides insight into the top reasons employees give for staying with their employer. The number one reason is “My work. I like the work that I do.” BlessingWhite executed a global study to find out why employees will stay for a simple job […]

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Intuition-Based Decisions

A new article featured on the Harvard Business Review website suggests that intuition is not about trusting your gut feeling. The article, written by Modesto A. Maidique, covers an interview with Micky Arison, Carnival CEO, about a research project on CEO decision making. Over the course of 20 interviews with various leading CEO’s, often the […]

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Unemployment Discrimination

A recent TalentManagement.com article from Deanna Hartley, associate editor for Talent Management magazine, shows that even though recruiting efforts are increasing, the pool of candidates is smaller. Why? It seems as though many organizations are stipulating that a candidate must be currently employed or has not been laid off in the past. The running idea […]

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R.O.C. (Return On Compensation)

Compensation isn’t just something you offer to your employees, it’s also an investment that expects returns. Don’t believe me? Believe Jason Adwin and Jim Kochanski – Adwin is a vice president in the New York office of Sibson Consulting and Kochanski is a senior vice president in the Raleigh, N.C., office of Sibson Consulting. The […]

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