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What is talent development and how to make the most of it

Business Management Daily

While those companies fail to address succession planning, others get their HR teams cracking on a talent development strategy within a first interview or during onboarding. In this blog, we’re talking about what talent acquisition and development looks like for companies of all sizes and means. That’s okay.

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Administrative vs. Strategic Onboarding - Sapling Blog

Sapling

In response to a lot of these changes, we work with Program Leads to help them build the case for strategic employee onboarding programs. As we get underway, they are often asked by their executive teams - “what is strategic employee onboarding and how is it placed to take advantage of these changes?” But Does Onboarding Really Matter?

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Learning and Development Across Offices

Everwise

The average investment in 2013 was $1,200 per learner, which was a 15% increase over 2012. One could argue that technology workers in particular need continuing training, but these companies are investing in all workers’ development in an unprecedented rate. The Role of Onboarding. Mentorship.

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The Foundation of Successful Employees

ATD Human Capital

Having a strong onboarding program is one way to retain key talent. Onboarding (sometimes called orientation) is the process of new employees acquiring the necessary knowledge, skills, and behaviors to be effective contributors. Designing onboarding programs can be tricky. Click here to read how they did it.

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Build a Team of Personalities: One Consultant’s Approach to Improving Employee Engagement

Everwise

Personality tests like DISC, Myers-Briggs, Caliper, and others are a standard part of the hiring and onboarding processes in many organizations , but their results aren’t widely shared and discussed. For most employees, these personality tests can seem like a waste of time, or, worse, an invasion of privacy.

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Offboarding: A Crucial Part of The Employee Experience

Everwise

Failing to properly onboard your employees can have some crippling effects – from lower job satisfaction, to lower productivity, to higher turnover. According to Aberdeen’s 2013 onboarding and offboarding research , only 29% of organizations have a formal offboarding process in place.

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Announcing Our Merger with Spire

Shortlist

Spire, founded in 2013, has been a pioneer in the East African talent development space, working with dozens of companies to equip employees with the skills needed to succeed in diverse workplaces.