It’s disheartening to learn that an employee is choosing to leave your organization. Turnover leaves your HR team and organizational leaders scrambling to find a replacement, and if the employee leaves the organization on a sour note, the experience can be especially awkward and even leave some professional relationships in jeopardy.
HR Strategy
Planning for 2022: Incentives, Bonuses, and Variable Compensation
As with our review of 2022 compensation budgeting in the last Astronology®, predictions on how variable compensation will unfold are challenging.
Upskilling in 2021
A recent PricewaterhouseCoopers survey showed that 68% of companies invested in reskilling or upskilling to handle changes within the organization. 65% invested in training employees on new technologies.
The Skills Gap is Real – Skills-Based Hiring, Not Pedigree
Guest article from Joan Andrews on behalf of Ready to Work Business Collaborative.
At a time when the skills shortage has never been more acute, can skills-based hiring help employers find hidden talent through objective measurement of skills?
The Skills Gap is Real — Businesses Invest In the Future of Work by Investing In Education
Guest article from Ashley Smith in behalf of Ready to Work Business Collaborative.
The Skills Gap From 30,000 Feet
‘The ‘‘skills gap’’ in the United States is serious” and “the land of opportunity” is its fundamental promise!’ McKinsey reports that ‘40% of American employers say they cannot find people with the skills they need’.
Five Ways Nonprofit Leaders Can Maximize Coverage without Spending More on Insurance
By guest author: Michael Santocki for Crystal & Company. This guest article originally appeared on Crystal & Company Viewpoints
As recent events—from the Harvey Weinstein scandal to near-daily mega-cyber breaches—illustrate, risk concerns continue to shift.
Save Your Employees from the Dark Side: Human Resource Lessons Learned from Star Wars
Written (circa 2005) by Astronology® Alumni Sharon Terry-Fletcher
Through George Lucas’ storytelling, filmgoers have come to know Darth Vader as the epitome of evil.
Giving Constructive Criticism
It’s a fact of life we can’t avoid. Whether it’s working in a professional environment, learning in the educational realm, or interacting with friends or family, at some point in time we all have to face criticism.
Why Soft Skills Are Harder Than Hard Skills
By guest author: Jack McGrath of Digitec Interactive.
Competencies are critical in today’s business world. Being able to quickly determine what your employees know and can do will allow your organization be more responsive and determine skill gaps.
3 New Rules to Protecting Employer Brand in the Social Era
Guest article by: CareerArc
Amazon’s employment practices were under fierce scrutiny last month after the New York Times published a scathing piece on the company’s “bruising workplace,” as described in full testimony by ex-Amazon employees.