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The You, Me and We of Career Development

HR Bartender

I’ve mentioned before that I have a tendency to stockpile magazines so I can read during flights. Since I’m a human resources pro, I’m going to say “you” is the employee. The employee has some responsibility in developing their career. The company’s career development programs and processes need to work.

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Leveraging Corporate Social Responsibility for Employee Engagement

Kevin Sheridan

This interaction with some of our nation’s serving military got me thinking about a key, and often forgotten, driver of employee engagement: Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR). During my speech, and in the spirit of “giving back,” I offered all attendees free career coaching with me after the presentation. As such, U.S.

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Attrition versus turnover: What’s the difference and why does it matter?

Insperity

On the other hand, if turnover is high among your top performers while your disengaged employees stick around, that’s a sign that something’s pushing your best people away and driving up your hiring costs. Your career development opportunities, employee engagement strategy or something else may need improvement to reduce that turnover.

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How to Invest in ALL Employees, Not Just #Millennials

UpstartHR

The value of creating the kind of environment where employees feel appreciated is a trade off in increased performance, effort and quality. This understanding is a key reason, according to CFO Magazine, why 80 percent of U.S. financial leaders are taking the appropriate measures to improve employee retention.

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How the City of Denver Hires Superstar Tech Talent

Cornerstone On Demand

"Our recruitment became all about convincing him that increasing the market share of burritos was not his calling; it was instead improving the quality of life for the community where he lived," Edinger said in an interview with Governing Magazine. Office of Personnel Management.

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You Can’t Own Your Career Until You Buy Into It

HR Bartender

There’s lots of talk about employees “owning” their careers. The idea being that employees are in the driver’s seat where their career development is concerned. Some of this stems from the fact that employees want more control over their future. Which is why I wanted to talk about buy-in.

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Revamping performance reviews to increase employee engagement

Sage HRMS

Employee reviews are critical to career development and business growth. Revamping reviews can enhance employee engagement. Feedback is certainly a powerful tool in that it clarifies exactly what tactics are working for an employee and which ones need improvement to keep up with performance standards.