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

Insperity

What do you think of when you see the terms “employee turnover” and “employee attrition?” For many of us, these phrases call to mind workplace dysfunction, job losses or even confusion, because turnover and attrition are closely related ideas. What is employee attrition? Attrition is just the reduction of something.

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Hiring again after wide-scale layoffs

Insperity

As your business recovers from a crisis and you consider hiring again after layoffs, there are critical issues you need to think about and plan for to mitigate the risks to your company and increase your odds of long-term success. Recognizing when it’s a good time to hire again after layoffs. Deciding how often to hire.

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Is the HR Accountable for Mass Layoffs?

Keka HR Blog

You were there when it happened. The meetings to discuss the need to hire recruiters. To meet the growing demand of the digital boom, overoptimistic firms made the HR hire in droves. Each time, you stood in a corner, nodding to everything during the discussions to hire – and to fire. The job postings on LinkedIn.

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Entering the Future of Recruitment

Manatal

A simple explanation for ‘recruitment’ is the process of searching and obtaining candidates with the potential to take on empty positions in companies and organizations. Fundamentally, the recruitment process begins with the identification of talent pools, which then leads to a shortlist. Forget about recruiting through LinkedIn.

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Checklist for HR Department: A Step by Step Guide

HR Digest

Most new offices make do with the boss acting as the recruiter, administrator and everything else, or they hire a man Friday who acts as the general administrator and janitor. . Others prefer to outsource the hiring process and have an accountant do the payroll. Create an HR checklist to make things as simple as possible.

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Strategic workforce planning: why and how to begin

Insperity

You probably have a hiring plan. Strategic workforce planning is about ensuring your organization will have: The right people With the right skills At the right place At the right time At the right cost. For example: Would it be best to train your people or plan to hire from the outside?

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The Affordable Care Act, and Why You Can’t Afford to Ignore It [UPDATE]

ACA Times

I wrote a five-part series about the ACA for “Construction Business Owners Magazine” in 2015. Chances are you’d look for ways to get those costs under control. Costs for health services, and for the insurance that paid for them, rose far faster than inflation during the three decades that followed 1980.