Category: Employee Attraction
1 in 5 Workers to Pull a “Sharon from ‘The Bachelor’”
January 7, 2009
That is…they plan to leave their current job in pursuit of better opportunities.
As you might not admit that you know, Sharon is a contestant on the new season of “The Bachelor” who resigned her position as a high school Spanish teacher to be on the show. Likewise, according to this press release by CareerBuilder.com, 19 percent of American workers also want to leave their current positions in search of better offers this year.
And - much like the reality TV contestant who isn’t intimidated by the knowledge that 29 other girls are competing for her crush’s affections - they’re not letting predictions of slower hiring in 2009 discourage them from going after their goals. (Okay, I’m done with this analogy now.)
- Categories: Employee Attraction, Employee Retention
How Much Do You Really Want to Know About Candidates?
January 5, 2009
Okay, don’t be jealous, but I totally have a fan.
Last week, what appeared at first to be a spam comment on my post turned out, on second glance, to be a legitimate (if slightly off-topic) comment/question from someone who’d found on MSN an article I wrote last year, geared toward job seekers.
After reading “10 Ways Your Résumé Irks Hiring Managers“ (one of which is including personal or nonessential information like interests, activities, and links to personal Web sites), reader Sonia Zuzartee posed the question:
- Categories: Employee Attraction
7 Major Hiring Trends in 2009, Survey Shows
December 30, 2008
Today, while others are reflecting on the most memorable events and accomplishments of the past year (for me, 2008 will always be remembered as the year I learned how to spell “Blagojevich”), CareerBuilder.com looks ahead with the release of its 2009 U.S. Job Forecast.
According to the annual survey of hiring managers and HR professionals conducted by Harris Interactive® (spoiler alert!), employers will be slower and more cautious about hiring in the coming months. But wait, there’s more…
- Categories: Employee Attraction, Survey Results
Get Passive (Candidates, that is.)
December 19, 2008
Back in Q3, nearly one in four workers (24 percent) said they were fearful of layoffs at their firms, according to a CareerBuilder.com survey (conducted among 2,922 hiring managers and HR professionals and 7,960 U.S. employees).
Not surprised? I’m not either. And I would venture a guess that in light of recent layoffs at many U.S. companies, the percentage has increased since this survey was conducted.
- Categories: Employee Attraction, Employer Advice, Innovation, Survey Results
What’s So Cool About Your Company?
December 8, 2008
Great office environments can not only boost creativity and out-of-the-box thinking, but they can also promote higher attraction, engagement and retention of your employees. We recently talked about the best fictional places to work, and our own VP of marketing Jason Ferrara wrote about making your company a best place to work.
What is it about your company that makes you stand apart in today’s workplace? A creative and nurturing environment? Pingpong tables? An amazing health plan? Unlimited coffee refills? Diversity initiatives? Lunchtime yoga sessions? We want to know.
- Categories: Building a Best Place to Work, Employee Attraction, Employee Engagement, Employee Retention, Innovation
What You Don’t Know About Innovation Won’t Hurt Your Competitors
December 3, 2008
Every year, when I’m home during the holidays, I try – and fail – to explain to my mother that if she would invest just a little time in learning how to use the digital camera my sister gave her, she wouldn’t have to waste any more money on disposable cameras that, from everything I’ve seen her produce, have about a 20 percent (and I’m being generous here) success rate of producing a decent picture.
It’s not that her hesitation isn’t understandable. It’s the same reason hiring managers and recruiters insist on the old way of doing things to attract talent: they want to stick to what they know, and while their systems might not be perfect, they get by. So why change? Well, for one thing – at least in terms of business – “getting by” is no longer enough.
- Categories: Employee Attraction, Innovation, Products
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