I Quit! Top 10 Reasons Why Employees Leave Their Job
A checklist for retaining your top people.
Whether it’s a high-profile tech company like Yahoo! or a more established conglomerate like GE (my first job was at GE), or Home Depot, businesses large and small have a hard time keeping their best and brightest in house. Recently, GigaOM discussed the troubles at Yahoo! with a flat stock price, vested options for some of their best people, and the apparent free flow of VC dollars luring away some of their best people to do the start-up thing again.
Boosting Summer (and Year-Round) Productivity
Many employers are serving up such red-hot benefits as flex time and early Fridays.
With Fourth of July celebrations just over, and summer officially here, many of us are kicking off our shoes in favor of flip-flops. And many employers are serving up some red-hot benefits, according to a recent article in TalentManagement magazine.
Three out of four HR managers who responded to an OfficeTeam survey released in June said their companies offered flexible schedules during summer months, and 63 percent of them said employees could opt toleave early on Fridays.
Top Hiring Practice Trends
6 things to know before you hire.
1. Employment Eligibility Verification, the Form I-9, and E-Verify
With increasing worksite investigations, significant penalties and fines, and the expansion of E-Verify, managing Form I-9 compliance is becoming an even more critical task for HR organizations across the U.S.
The number of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) worksite inspections more than doubled from 1,191 in 2008 to 2,746 in 2010. Fines issued by the agency skyrocketed from $675,209 to almost $7,000,000 in the same time frame.
How To Make A Job Offer
7 Critical Factors to Consider Before You Make a Job Offer.
Let’s assume you’ve gone through all of the expected steps to prepare to make a job offer. You’ve:
- Reviewed applications and resumes to select the most qualified candidates to interview.
- Got three-year salary and compensation history.
- After pre-screening, invited your best candidates in to interview with your interview team.
- Held second and even third interviews with your candidates who appear to be the best fit and most qualified for your position.