Research for the 2018 SCALE revealed that 78% of employees feel disengaged. Employee engagement is a critical predictor of organizational success, and according to Gallup, slipping employee engagement is costing companies around half a trillion dollars annually.
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Competition for talent is heating up, and 68% of employers have responded by changing the way they hire to make themselves more competitive.
TORRANCE, Calif., November 6, 2017 – AppleOne Employment Services is pleased to announce the release of its annual hiring and compensation guide, the SCALE (Standards for Compensation And Leadership Excellence).
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November is a special month for us. As the month when gratitude is center stage, it is when we can fully express our appreciation and thankfulness.
You’ve all read the articles and heard the stories: Millennials are so different from the previous generations. If you were to believe everything you heard, you would imagine that Boomers and Millennials wouldn’t agree on anything. The funny thing is, in a recent study we found that Millennials, Boomers, and that oft-forgotten about generation in the middle, Gen Xers, agree on most things including what keeps them happy at their job.
AppleOne Employment Services is pleased to announce the release of its latest annual compensation and leadership guide, the 2017 SCALE (Standards for Compensation And Leadership Excellence). Continue reading “56% of Employees Are Ready to Resign!”
September is International Self Improvement Month, so it’s time to start on the road to a better you. Throughout the month we’ll be sharing tips on how to make real progress on your personal development goals, but we’re getting you started with some general tips for easy and successful self-improvement. Continue reading “Let’s Commit to Get Better in September!”
Congratulations to our Founder and CEO, Janice Bryant Howroyd! Janice’s key appointment by President Obama to serve on the Board of Advisors for the White House Initiative on Historically Black Colleges and Universities is a huge honor and pathway to directly advise the President and the Secretary of Education on methods, programs and strategies to strengthen Historically Black Colleges and Universities. Read more about this key appointment here: http://bit.ly/1T7IGay.
Smart employers recognize the importance of culture and complementary work styles on employee engagement, retention, and team effectiveness. Increasingly, prospective employees are also prioritizing fit and appreciate employers who demonstrate they take question of fit seriously. So, with everything else you need to accomplish in an interview from selling the opportunity to evaluating the candidate’s skills and experience, how can you best determine fit? Here are some sample questions that can help you. Continue reading “6 Quick Questions that Determine Cultural Fit”
April Fool’s Day can be fun, thanks to harmless office pranks and the like. What isn’t fun is when employers get fooled into hiring less-than-qualified people, thanks to resume fraud. With more candidates jockeying for interview time, you are likely to come across resumes containing white lies – or even downright fraudulent information. Undetected resume fraud can cost you, your team and even your company down the road. Here are warning signs to watch for so it doesn’t happen on your watch. While many of a candidate’s claims can be verified with background checks, these checks aren’t usually conducted until late in the hiring process, after you have invested time and energy in interviewing the candidate – and your team is most likely invested in their future colleague. Here’s what to look out for so that the joke’s not on you: Continue reading “Don’t Get Fooled by Resume White Lies”
Including members of the team for which you are recruiting can significantly improve your identification and assessment processes. Team members will provide keen insight into the culture fit of your potential hires and may have a clearer understanding of the skills the team needs to achieve current and future goals. Here are three steps to get the best results from team recruitment: Continue reading “The Secret to Faster and Better Recruiting? Leverage the Team You Are Recruiting For”
