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Talent As A Critical Resource

ExactHire

Through The Great Recession of 2008-2009 and the slow recovery that followed, the vast majority of organizations were trimming their workforce, attempting to do more with less, and trying to just keep their businesses solvent. But if the demographics were changing, how did we not see it before now? Did we fall asleep?

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Let Go of Letting People Go: A Business Case for Labour Hoarding

Degreed

But in 2008 and 2009, I kept reiterating that point: There will be a recovery, and we need to be prepared for it.”. “I’ve been a leader during three recessions, and I’ve never heard a management team talk about how the choices they make during a downturn will affect performance during the recovery. Let’s break this down further.

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The Onboarding & Retention Relationship

Astron Solutions

Tanner reports that 69% of employees are more likely to stay with their places of employment for at least three years after a great onboarding experience. Is the process of onboarding really that critical to retention? What should an organization consider when creating an onboarding program geared to retain an employee?

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How to Encourage Employees to Report Issues

HR Shelf

Between 2009 and 2017, Gartner collected responses from over 2 million employees from 167 companies. Incorporating Misconduct Reporting Into Onboarding & Training Processes. Employee onboarding and training is a great opportunity to inculcate the importance of misconduct reporting among new hires.

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How to Celebrate Filipino American History Month in the Workplace

Zenefits

Congress officially recognized it in 2009. Independence (2009). Improve our virtual onboarding experience. Improve our virtual onboarding experience. This month honors the first Filipinos to arrive in the United States on October 18th, 1587. The Filipino American National Historical Society introduced FAHM, and the U.S.

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6 Key HR Strategies in a Recession

Zenefits

The 2007-2009 Great Recession is fresh in the public consciousness as another potential economic downturn looms over the market. Improve our virtual onboarding experience. Improve our virtual onboarding experience. In the economic crisis and recession of 2009, 55% of HR leaders expanded their layoffs, and 41% started downsizing.

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Effective Onboarding: How to Introduce New Leadership to a Team

Workology

Successful onboarding is a good way to start. One mistake many companies make is not beginning the onboarding process before day one. When MasterCard hired current CEO Ajay Banga away from Citibank in 2009, Banga spent his first year as COO reporting to the CEO.