If you are wonky about economic indicators and labor market stats, this is your lucky week. No fewer than than three reports came out today; one came out Monday; a fifth — the highly anticipated monthly unemployment report — is due out Friday morning. Today’s reports, considered a harbinger of the Bureau of Labor Statistics’ unemployment report, are decidedly positive in that... (more...)

Did you know that ERE has a group on LinkedIn? Check it out! Here’s what’s going on in the ERE community this week: The only danger in mobile recruiting? Is your recruiting quaint? Talent acquisition metrics The big disconnect Whose responsibility is it to check references? Featured group of the week: Recruiting leadership forum 1. The danger of mobile recruiting? Not doing it. Kristine... (more...)

Participating in an interview for an education resource recently, I learned about teachers and absenteeism. The editor, who interviewed me, shared that research indicates that students do better academically when their regular teacher is present, so there are compelling reasons to encourage teachers to come to work. For our purposes, however, these thoughts can apply to people who work in any professional... (more...)

I have spent days with clients who are struggling to find a balance between the demand being placed on them and the resources they have. While this is a very old story, it is being written in a new way. Prior to this recession, most organizations were willing to add people — whether contractors or regular — without much issue. The focus was on time to fill and perceived quality, not on... (more...)

Top 100 v1.59 Jeremy Shapiro In yesterday’s review of the SHRM HR Standards project, we looked at the interesting effort the professional association is generating. Standards, analytics and metrics are an integral part of the emerging world of global commerce. Jeremy Shapiro, the Bernard Hodes Group (Hodes) senior Vice President at HodesIQ, is on top of that question. He might be the most effective... (more...)

Human Resources related letters and samples of all kinds are supplied on this site. Sample policies, procedures, checklists, and forms are also provided for your personal, not commercial, use. I am continuing to add to my Human Resources sample letters. These sample Human Resources letters provide guidance for common letters you encounter in business and human resources. Use these sample human resources... (more...)

I saw a tweet this morning: Coffee is the second largest item of international commerce in the world. The largest is petrol. It got me to thinking (as many Twitter remarks do). Both are types of fuel and both can be argued to be drugs. My mind raced across the words to pull some lesson about telephone sourcing from them and settled on the fact that “names” are a raw material that, like oil and... (more...)

Where have all the .JOBS job boards gone? Gone to enhancements and improvements every one. DirectEmployers took down its job boards a few weeks ago, while it makes changes to the platform. Bill Warren, executive director of DirectEmployers Association, blogged about the changes his team is making to the platform listing four specific areas — social media integration, accessibility, job posting... (more...)

Spock of Star Trek fame was famous for pointing out things that were completely illogical, which leads me to believe he would have had a field day examining corporate recruiting practices. Of all the things that we do in corporate recruiting that are difficult to logically justify, my vote for the least logical is use of the “best available talent” model. When most organizations characterize their... (more...)

Employers should never embark upon an employee layoff as if the reduction in employees will solve the problems of the business. An employee layoff is a devastating event for both the employees who remain with your organization and the employees who find themselves without jobs in an unemployment scenario that has around 10% of available workers unemployed with another 10% or more who are underemployed,... (more...)