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Attracting Talent to a Small Businesses, Part 2
Last week we covered one overlooked tactic for attracting top-notch talent to small businesses: leveraging built-in small biz advantages. This week we continue that discussion with another talent magnet: creative (read: affordable) benefits and perks packages. There’s always a company that can outspend you – that’s a given. Paula Andruss, writing for Entrepreneur, shares some ideas for attracting and retaining a...
Read MoreAttracting Top Talent to a Small Business: Leverage Built-in Advantages
On-site childcare, stocks, hefty bonuses, and a Starbucks in the lobby for good measure. How can small businesses compete with that when recruiting highly skilled workers? It’s doable, of course, but many small businesses unintentionally sabotage their efforts. Talent recruitment and retention is a big topic, and we won’t bite off more than we can chew today. In this post, we’ll focus on what your small business...
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The New Workplace: Your Employees Are Now in Charge
Ask your peers or take a read at industry publications, and you’ll notice a growing, unwavering trend: a dramatic shortage of skilled workers who won’t tolerate jobs where they aren’t challenged, valued and fulfilled. Try to curb their voice or shortchange their feedback and they’ll jump ship faster than you can say “engagement.” A new article by Forbes reports that new research by the MRI network shows “90% of...
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Top Employee Engagement Tips From Organizational Psychologists
What does employee engagement, its dynamics and triggers, look like from the viewpoint of 6,000 organizational psychologists? And, more importantly, what can managers learn from it? First off, let’s agree on what engagement means. A recent white paper by the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology (SIOP) described three key components of work engagement: Dedication: employees are enthusiastic and...
Read MoreYou Can’t Manage What You Don’t Measure
What does it look like to have an employee evaluation program that actually improves employee engagement and performance, without wasting time, resources, and alienating your staff? This week, we begin a short series of posts looking at essential features of successful employee evaluation programs. First up, analytics. Any performance management system worth its salt will have analytics. But does yours (or the...
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