Job Experimentation – Is This How You Increase Employee Retention?

It’s natural to want to grow as a person, so it’s only natural for your employees to want to grow as professionals. By providing employees with career growth opportunities, a company is giving them a chance to grow and satisfy this natural inclination. In turn, employees are more likely to stay with a company that…

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Finding the Underperformers in the Job Interview – How Can You Do It to Save Thousands in Future Hiring?

As a hiring professional, you will likely have to look at many types of candidates, some of which will be low-performing individuals. Most underperformers will be filtered out before they get to the interview process. However, that does not mean you will not have these individuals on the short list of potential hires. This can…

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What Really Improves Diversity Among Leadership Positions?

More and more research-based evidence is showing that diverse leadership generates better results than leadership groups that lack diversity. Diverse teams tend to perform better financially, be more efficient at hiring top talent and oversee less worker turnover. Clearly, striving to create a diverse leadership group isn’t just the right thing to do, it’s also…

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Your Delivery of Criticism Makes a Bigger Impact Than You Think

Praising an employee for a job well done is easy; everybody likes to get a compliment. However, employees aren’t perfect all the time and the tough task of delivering constructive criticism comes with the territory of being a business leader. If you’re uncomfortable with criticizing your staff, welcome to the club. Even seasoned executives find…

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Do You Have to Pay Employees for Online Training Completed After Hours?

Employers know they must pay their staff members for all hours worked. However, many employers are unclear on whether employees should be compensated for various training programs, lectures and other activities. In particular, should employees be paid for online training done after hours? Generally speaking, a staff member’s time spent gaining job skills and knowledge…

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How Is Artificial Intelligence Going to Impact Your Supply Chain?

As with other data-driven industries, supply chain businesses are increasingly incorporating disruptive artificial intelligence solutions to deal with their biggest challenges. Enterprises of all sizes are dabbling in AI innovations ranging from machine learning algorithms to automated robotics. A failure in logistics severely hurts any supply chain operation, so businesses are continuously looking for better…

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Improve the Onboarding Process When Hiring Outside the Supply Chain Industry

Most companies like to hire candidates from inside their industry, often from a competitor or adjacent organization. This rather conservative hiring tendency results in a limited pool of candidates to select from. Supply chain departments and companies can and should hire from outside the industry. However, if someone from outside the industry is hired, it’s…

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The Correct Way to Handle a Social Media Controversy with Your Employees

While American political and social debates have always been contentious, social media appears to have turned up the heat on issues that used to be talked about mostly around the kitchen table. A side effect of online debates has been the “outing” of various employees as political activists. For instance, images of many Charlottesville protestors…

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Which Trends Are Hot in Manufacturing Right Now?

While automation and connectivity are the bright, shiny objects being talked about all over the manufacturing world, there are big demographic trends emerging that could have much larger impacts than the latest bit of equipment to come down the pike. Here is a look at a few trends that should affect manufacturers in the coming…

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A Supply Chain Recruiter Finds Great Talent in a Candidate Shortage

With the unemployment rate as low as it is, there are very few job seekers out there, and the top talent often isn’t actively looking for a new job. This can make finding skilled workers hard for companies. Working with a recruiter can help a company to reach passive candidates – those individuals who are…

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