As employers, we’ve all experienced that oddly miffed feeling that comes with finding a great candidate, extending a job offer and having the candidate react with reluctance, accept a counteroffer or take too long to respond.
Today’s tips focus on how to create a job offer they can refuse (we’re not the Mob!) but would never want to because it’s so well-tailored to address the candidate’s needs, wants and pain points. Continue reading “Making a Compelling Job Offer”
There are so many amazing employers sharing ideas on LinkedIn, we wanted to shine a little light on a few of the best things we saw this week.
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Congratulations to these companies on standing out in their efforts made at optimizing talent management and staying employee focused.
What inspiration have you encountered on LinkedIn recently? Share it here.
Your company’s public-facing application process is a huge part of how many qualified professionals you will successfully pull through your process.
If your application is time consuming, invasive and mute once the app is submitted, these are the qualities your applicants will associate with your company. If your application is simple, quick, polite and frequently responsive to applicants, they will associate those feelings with your company as an employer. Continue reading “Hiring Managers: Frustrating Online Applications Can Kill Recruiting”
There are so many amazing employers sharing ideas on LinkedIn, we wanted to shine a little light on a few of the best things we saw this week. Continue reading “AppleOne Salutes Weekly Top Posts”
There are so many amazing employers sharing ideas on LinkedIn, we wanted to shine a little light on a few of the best things we saw this week. Continue reading “AppleOne Salutes Weekly Top Posts”
In this infographic from Pepperdine’s Graziadio School of Management, the top traits of successful and effective managers are outlined.
The traits of a successful manager fall into the following categories:
Continue reading “Do You Have What It Takes To Be A Successful Manager?”
In December 2013, LinkedIn surveyed 18,000 employed professionals in 26 countries to gather insights on jobs and careers. The results provide a fascinating snapshot of today’s global workforce.
Several insights popped out of the analysis: Continue reading “Getting Inside the Hearts and Minds of Your Employees”
Employee retention is a hot topic as we head out of the “Great Recession” and employment opportunities for your employees start to increase. It is more important now than ever to take steps to ensure that you retain the employees that are critical to your business. The costs to replace an employee varies by wage and role, from $3,000 to replace a $10/hour retail employee up to 6 to 9 times the annual salary for salaried employee. High turnover rates also have a negative impact on employee morale, productivity and revenue that push these costs even higher. Continue reading “Are You Appreciating Your Employees Enough?”
Janice Bryant Howroyd, CEO of the ACT-1 Group (parent company of AppleOne) and Agile-1, was highlighted in the February issue of Black Enterprise as one of the “Incredible Women of Power” – see page 62 to view the profile or check out the screenshots below. Continue reading “Janice Bryant Howroyd Highlighted in Black Enterprise’s “Incredible Women of Power” Issue”
Did you know that most people spend more time per day sitting (9.3 hours) than they do sleeping (7.7 hours)?
Many of us have sedentary jobs and the impact sitting too much has been documented in multiple medical studies, and includes higher risk of heart disease, diabetes and a number of other undesirable health problems. Even among people who regularly exercise, the exercise benefits may not counteract the effects of too much sitting during the rest of the day.
What can we do about the problem of sitting too much? Continue reading “Improve Your Creativity, Productivity and Health with Walking Meetings”
