Over the years, I’ve worked for many companies who put on great employee appreciation events, and many more who offered referral bonuses when they were hiring. Few, however tied these programs together to clearly communicate and reinforce their Employment Brand. If you’re going to put in place an incentive for your employees to speak with their friends and family about working for your company, you should ensure that your core values and unique programs are [...]
First, a word of thanks to the MaineHR Cafe for giving me this great idea. You can see the MaineHR Cafe elevator pitch by clicking here. As I read that recently, I was reminded that it’s important to routinely share the motivation, purpose, and hopes associated with a blog to let help new visitors and subscribers understand the intended perspective. Here’s a go at why I write the Recruiting Front Lines, and why you might [...]
It crossed my mind recently that employers should pay very close attention to which companies are hiring employees away from them. These companies represent your market competition. Two things you should be asking yourself: 1. If you are losing top talent to one specific competitor, why and what can you do about it? 2. Are you also hiring away top talent from you competitor, or is this a one way street? There's really no way [...]
(Continued from an article posted on April 8, 2009. Click here to see Part 1.) Through careful and thoughtful analysis of the skills that are required to carry out your business functions, and the ancillary or unused skills present in your workforce, you can begin to build engagement while operating more efficiently. During staffing reductions, either by layoffs or attrition, there is often a work gap left behind by the departed employees. That is, when [...]
We are all on the same path…finding ways to do more with less. It is widely known that workforces are becoming leaner and leaner, while most are still faced with maintaining and even growing market share and productivity. It seems like an impossible task: reduce the number of people working for you, and increase your revenue. Unfortunately, as markets have become more crowded and competitive over time, most businesses have routinely been increasing expectations and [...]