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The Reason Companies Should Calculate Cost Per Hire

HR Bartender

According to SHRM, the average cost per hire in 2016 was $4,129. I like to calculate CPH at the beginning of interview skills training. Every once in a while, I run across an article that talks about why organizations shouldn’t calculate cost per hire. Personally, I’m a big fan of the cost per hire metric.

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The 4 Constituents in Today’s Blended Workforce

HR Bartender

It also means having the training resources available. . BUY is where the company hires talent from the outside. The advantage to this approach is that the organization gets fresh perspectives and new ideas. The disadvantage is that it can be expensive to attract talent from the outside. . The downside is that developing talent takes time.

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For this HR “vigilante,” the C-suite was a stop, not the destination

HR Brew

I had a lot of learnings from my time at Oscar, because we had to retrofit a lot of the people infrastructure and culture infrastructure,” she said. Gordon was later hired as Policygenius’ first CPO, and 20th employee, in 2016. For Cindy Gordon, it turned out that a role in the C-suite wasn’t the destination.

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The One Thing You Need to Learn How to Do Well in 2017

HR Bartender

We talked about feedback a lot in 2016. If you want to learn more, here are some of the more popular posts about feedback we published. But training is also key. We can only hope they support it with a training investment. Employees at every level need to learn how to deliver good feedback.

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The Importance of Native Language Training

Online training is one of the most important undertakings for any organization, but the importance is only magnified when your workforce includes workers who may not speak English as their first language or who are limited English proficient.

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8 Ways to Deliver Training that Employees Retain

HR Bartender

The biggest concern organizations have when they invest in training is retention. It’s important for training programs to be designed and delivered in a way that increases retention of the content. It’s important for training programs to be designed and delivered in a way that increases retention of the content.

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5 Microlessons from HR Innovators at Cornerstone Convergence 2015

Cornerstone On Demand

Major forces of transformation like mobile technology, collaborative learning and Big Data are changing the workplace, and transforming HR as we know it. "The employee of the future has to be committed to lifelong learning—not just one event." Now the question is: With so much to consider, where do you start?

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5 Culture Trends for 2019

As we approach 2019, major shifts in the work environment will continue to affect the ways companies do business. Companies that are looking to attract, engage, and retain top talent should leverage these trends to create workplaces where employees thrive.