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Why Your Onboarding Should Be More Than a PowerPoint Presentation

Ninety days is the amount of time most new hires have to lay the foundation… Continue reading

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Pay Scales and Job Descriptions: Two Ways to Break the Bad Hire Blues

 It’s true that your company, no matter what other aspects you may excel and grow in, is only as good as its people. Yet, your people are only as good as your process of selecting them. As a company currently growing or preparing for future growth, how can slow down enough to reverse the cycle and improve your selection process to bring in better people–and see better business results? Continue reading

By in Employee Engagement, Retention, Selection, Talent Acquisition

Reskill workers

What Skills Gap? 5 Ways to Get the Qualified Workers You Need

Finding workers with the right skills can be a skill in itself.

If you find yourself complaining that you can’t find the qualified candidates you need for certain positions at your organization, the good news is you’re not alone – by a long shot. Continue reading

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Budding growth

Is Your Company Prepared for a Growth Spurt? Start by Getting the Right Policies in Place

Growth can obviously be a huge boon to your company, but it can also lead to some stumbling blocks you weren’t exactly prepared to encounter. Well, detach the nails that you’ve just dug into your office chair in panic: CareerBuilder and Inc. Continue reading

By in Employee Engagement, Small Business

On a personal call with the state governor

“I Had a Personal Call from the Governor”: Employees’ Strangest Late-to-Work Excuses

Just when we thought we’d heard it all — employees getting locked in the car trunk, dogs swallowing cell phones, and Botox appointments taking longer than expected — the results of this year’s CareerBuilder survey on employees’ unusual excuses for arriving late to work arrived — and we saw that this year, even a state governor was involved in an employee’s excuse for being late (more details about that one below). Continue reading

By in Employee Engagement, Insights & Trends, Survey Results

Recruiters

5 Things Every Recruiter Should Know

If any of you recruiters out there, like me, obsessively watch have ever seen an episode of Bravo’s Millionaire Matchmaker, you may have noted the similarity between recruiting and matchmaking. Both jobs entail trying to deliver the best candidates possible to a customer in hopes to make the perfect match (and end up happily ever after). Continue reading

By in Employee Engagement, Staffing & Recruiting

The future of recruiting

Back to the Future (of Recruiting): Is Your Company Prepared for What’s Ahead?

In CareerBuilder’s recent webinar, Future of Recruiting, hosted by Beth Prunier and Chuck Loeher, area vice presidents at CareerBuilder, it became clear just how much recruitment has changed since — well, since shows like M.A.S.H. (you ‘ll just have to listen to know what I mean). Continue reading

By in Building a Best Place to Work, Emerging Media, Employee Engagement, Insights & Trends, Retention, Talent Acquisition, Trends, Webinars

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Looking Back: CareerBuilder’s Top 10 Posts of 2011

Yesterday we released our 2012 Job Forecast, including some of our employment predictions for the New Year. But, before we jump into the future, let’s take a look back at the most read posts of 2011:

#1 – Workplace Bullying and Your Employees: What Can You Do? Continue reading

By in Employee Engagement, In Review, Insights & Trends, Talent Acquisition, Year in Review

Employee surrounded by falling gifts at the office

Office Holiday Cheer Outlook: More Merry, More Bright for 2011

The holidays are upon us, and you know what that means: A lot of wide-eyed excitement, crackling fires, fresh-baked treats, gatherings with loved ones, snowball fights, and more perks at work like bonuses, parties and gifts.

Wait, what was that last part? Continue reading

By in Employee Engagement, Infographic, Insights & Trends, Survey Results

cash-gift

What’s the Price of the Perfect Employee Holiday Bonus?

Less than you might think, actually.

Despite what Oprah may have you believe, $10,000 bonus checks, iPads and lavish Mediterrannean cruises aren’t the only way to say “thank you” to your employees. A new survey from Parago,  indicates that even a little bit can go a long way when it comes to recognizing employees this holiday season. Continue reading

By in Employee Engagement, Insights & Trends, Survey Results

Behind the Boss: CareerBuilder Takes a Peek at Company Leaders’ Personal Style

CEOs, COOs, CFOs, senior vice presidents and other company leadership figures recently donned monogrammed robes, gathered around a bonfire in an undisclosed location, and answered a series of questions about their personal habits, including preferred style of dress, Bieber versus non-Bieber hairstyle, lunchtime brain wave patterns, and favorite martini garnishes. Continue reading

By in Employee Engagement, Infographic, Insights & Trends, Survey Results

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