Glassdoor released its Q3 Employee Confidence Survey this past Friday and the results continue to show growing employee confidence. 15% of surveyed employees are less concerned about being laid off in the next six months, this % hasn’t been recorded since Q4 2008: On top … [Read more...] about Be Afraid: Employee Layoff Fears At the Lowest Level in Five Years
Retention
Like a fish out of water
This blog post is part of a collection created by various Human Resources professionals. This "Carnival" of HR posts centers around the theme of HR and Home. To read the rest of the collection click here. You'll be glad you did! When I first started in HR I would … [Read more...] about Like a fish out of water
Quality Character = Quality HR
Last week I wrote a post about crappy HR. It could have been construed as a rant. I didn’t write it to rant but I could see where someone might get that impression. Fast forward to later that day, post publication when I got this Tweet: Stuart brings up a good point. One … [Read more...] about Quality Character = Quality HR
The Smallest Minority
I was reading an article about Ayn Rand the other day (don't worry this is not about laissez faire capitalism) and came across this quote, which is one of my favorite quotes from her: Individual rights are not subject to a public vote; a majority has no right to vote away the … [Read more...] about The Smallest Minority
Hire For the Long Term
I've been hearing a lot lately about the "skills" gap" that is preventing employers from hiring qualified workers. Employers have jobs but they don't have people to fill them. I don't believe the skills gap plays a large role in the the problem of high unemployment but I … [Read more...] about Hire For the Long Term