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Cafe Classic: How to Keep Competencies from Expiring

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Many of our organizations use competencies to signal how work should be approached and to assess how well we are doing our jobs. Are your competencies up to the task. The competencies you use for employee development or assessment need updating in 2015. Most companies do not use competency-based pay.

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How Nonprofits Can Stay Competitive in the Hiring Market

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Social enterprises often offer better salaries and benefits, making it difficult for nonprofits to compete, and these enterprises also tend to leverage tools like social media more effectively, bringing in a larger talent pool. With these challenges, how can nonprofits compete with social enterprises and the rest of the private sector?

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Strategy Not Part of Your Rep? Here's How to Change Their Minds

Compensation Cafe

In my last blog article , I explained how you can cut and paste your way to a compensation philosophy. In comparison, strategic insights occur when you put your compensation practices and philosophy in a new light, where the illumination falls on the challenges your company will face tomorrow. Don't know where to start?

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CEOs Still Cool to HR as Strategic Partner

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After all, those who handle compensation influence most talent strategy components including recruiting, performance management, development and staffing. . Compensation, of course, is in a better position than most of HR to develop financial insights. Why is HR's ability still in question?

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Small Business Guide to Comp Benchmarking

To compete in today’s market, you must know what the market pays for certain skills so you can develop fair and competitive offers. Download this eBook and learn: How to choose a compensation strategy. Understanding the market, then determining guidelines for pay isn’t just a nice to have for today’s talent, it’s a must have.

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Compensation Communications: Should I Say How I Feel?

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Many of our colleagues would say that compensation has nothing to do with feelings. On the other hand, feelings have a lot to do with compensation COMMUNICATIONS. On the other hand, feelings have a lot to do with compensation COMMUNICATIONS. Addressing feelings through compensation communications is tricky business.

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Top Investments in Compensation Communication

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There may be more worthwhile goals for a compensation department to have than pay transparency , though the national media wouldn't have you believe it. After all, how many could actually be ready for such a dramatic intervention when typical compensation communications gets a limited investment in time or money each year?