When you think about employee experience at your organization, consider this: employees want experiences that continue to invigorate them—not just by fulfilling their basic needs, but by offering career growth and expansion opportunities to look forward to. MORE

With apologies to Mr. Twain for paraphrasing, reports on the death of performance review ratings are not only grossly exaggerated, but missing the mark entirely. The issue isn’t just about pay-for-performance. Develop effective performance management processes. MORE

HR departments and companies invest billions to develop and upgrade their databases without spending enough time to design relevant and useful HR reports. That’s why staff members complain and protest about inaccurate assessments, data-driven errors and unpopular decisions – HR reporting fails to deliver unless the HR reports dig down into the databases to get the most accurate and relevant performance information, employee profile data and business intelligence. MORE

The biggest barrier to modernizing the approach to performance management is the HR-created need to have a "number" or category to help determine pay. If we get rid of performance reviews and ratings, how will we calculate merit increases? MORE

This summer Glassdoor announced its partnership with Google in launch of Google’s Job Search feature allowing people to quickly access millions of job listing including those on Glassdoor, along with company ratings to help them make the important decision of where to work. MORE

It’s often difficult to identify the right talent management solutions , especially for the Mid-Sized market. There is often increased complexity due to biased articles and paid-for advertising. Users cite some drawbacks to the platform. Where to Go from Here. MORE

There is a goldmine of information contained within that gives us insight ranging from the state of the economy to how hard it will likely be to make that next critical hire. Today, HR has the opportunity to enter the spotlight again as a leader in workforce planning. MORE

9-Box Ratings: How Transparent Should You Be? One of the biggest challenges with Succession Planning is managing expectations and raised hopes (that even being considered or included in the exercise MUST mean that an employee is on the radar for promotion or a move to something better of some kind) – not to mention keeping it quiet generally and managing the rumor mill. The post 9-Box Ratings: How Transparent Should You Be? MORE

Prospective employees see career development as among the most important reasons to sign with —and stay with — with your organization. Surveys show that workers and employers don’t agree on how well organizations are meeting employees’ development expectations. And when they don’t see a commitment to helping them gain the skills they need to advance their careers, your employees are open to offers from competitors who are investing in learning and development. MORE

In a 2014 IDG survey, only 24% of enterprise organizations migrated or planned to migrate HR functions/applications to the Cloud. As the world becomes more and more mobile-focused, those cloud-based systems are beginning to take the form of apps and other mobile-friendly platforms. Not to mention, the potential of a system to include Artificial Intelligence and predictive analytics in sourcing , recruiting and managing people more efficiently. MORE

5 Common Mistakes Of Succession Planning. The absence of an effective succession plan in your business can have unforeseen consequences. A recent article in Forbes highlights the unexpected departure of Intel’s Chief Executive in June as an example of the impact on a business when succession plans aren’t in place. A rushed approach to succession planning can also have a detrimental effect on your talent management. MORE

Just to show that we aren’t “padding our own stats” as they say, Ongig’s blog didn’t even break the top 10 (we’re #19). We ran them through an SEO (search engine optimization) tool called ahrefs to give us an “Organic Traffic” score. MORE