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How To Prepare Your Company for a Recession or Economic Downturn

Great Place to Work

In fact, our data shows that companies that value diversity and inclusion outperform other companies by as much as 400%. We discovered this link between DEIB and success during a downturn in a study of the U.S.’s s last recession: the Great Recession of 2007–2009. What possible tie could DEIB have to an economic decline?

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Helping Managers Understand and Address Stress

DecisionWise

What Survey Data Tells Us About Stress in Your Organization. One study found that American employees are more likely to experience stress from a lack of job control and team coordination.?In 2007), Cross?national national job stress: a quantitative and qualitative study. b) Culture: Culture?significantly?impacts?employees’?perceptions?of?stress.??One

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How Big Should Your HR Staff and Budget Be?

Compensation Force

Bloomberg BNA's 2017 HR Department Benchmarks and Analysis Report (its 40th annual HR benchmarking study), based on the responses of 681 U.S. HR executives and professionals, supplies some data points for consideration. HR employees for every 100 workers served in 2007 to 1.4 A few summary outtakes: HR Staffing.

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Talent Shortages Hit the Levels of 2007: In-house Talent Development Comes to Rescue

Rallyware for Human Resources

ManpowerGroup data shows that 40% of employers have difficulty in filling positions today. A German study from 2008 showed that the percent of committed employees was highest in companies with an employee-oriented corporate culture (45%). Learning as a data-driven tool to fight the talent shortage.

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Sevenstep

HR Lineup

Founded in 2007, Sevenstep has consistently evolved to meet the ever-changing demands of the modern workforce. It offers insights into their recruitment process, which combines data-driven decision-making with human expertise. It serves as the digital gateway to their comprehensive suite of talent acquisition services.

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Is Unstable Shift Scheduling Hurting Your Sales?

Zenefits

Nearly 10 percent of workers overall have “variable hours,” that is, no typical workweek schedule, according to Current Population Survey data. The economy is making a moderate, but steady comeback from the Great Recession of 2007. In the Stable Scheduling Study , the researchers worked with upscale retailer The Gap, Inc.

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Companies Continue to Invest in HR Technology to Manage Workforce, Towers Perrin Report

Insperity

Despite current economic challenges, global organizations continue to invest and find value in human resource (HR) technology systems, according to a recent study by Towers Perrin. However, the study also showed that success in leveraging these technologies remains mixed. Global data architecture.