HRExaminer v5.38

The battle over great recruiters reigns supreme. In this week’s feature article, Susan LaMotte asks if you’re betting your talent acquisition strategy on long–term performance or short–term wins. Read all about it in, Recruiters Matter in Quality of Hire. In her article, Privacy: Drawing Lines, Heather Bussing has the latest on the privacy debate and a review of the new book, Terms of Service: understanding our role in the World of Big Data.

On December 12th at The Bently Reserve in San Francisco Jeanne Achille, John Sumser, and William Tincup roll out the latest Master Class in HCM. On HR Examiner Radio John speaks with Suzanne Donner from Tatum where they discuss new research about the CFO–HR connection. Enjoy!
 

Privacy: Drawing Lines

Topics: Big Data, Book Review, Data, Heather Bussing, HRExaminer, Privacy, by Heather Bussing
Read Terms of Service: understanding our role in the World of Big Data by Michael Keller and Josh Neufeld. It’s a comic book that gives some history on how internet and data privacy (or lack of concern for it) has developed politically and legally.
 

Recruiters Matter in Quality of Hire

Susan LaMotte asks if you’re betting your talent acquisition strategy on long-term performance or short-term wins.
 

HRExaminer v5.37

In The Tao of HR we learn about three elements that could help HR perform magic and it’s our feature article this week from Dwane Lay. Heather Bussing has our Annual Employer’s Holiday Guide and I Want A Shrubbery, an experience from HR Tech Europe in Amsterdam. On HR Examiner Radio John speaks with Bob Corlett, founder and President of Staffing Advisors. Enjoy!
 

The Tao of HR

When employees have their needs met before they are realized, a magical thing happens. They perform better.
 

I Want A Shrubbery

Topics: Engagement, Heather Bussing, HR Technology, HRExaminer, by Heather Bussing
“Instead of tired, grumpy, nauseous people with headaches, suddenly they were laughing and smiling. The energy of the entire conference changed. And it made all the difference.” – Heather Bussing
 

Annual Employer’s Holiday Guide

If your company is short on funds this year, take the money you would have spent on a party and give it to the employees. There is nothing more demoralizing than going to a fancy lunch to learn there won’t be holiday bonuses this year.
 

HRExaminer v5.36

Apple and Facebook now cover the cost of freezing eggs for employees. In our feature article, The Frozen Eggs of Happiness, Heather Bussing looks beyond the headlines at the bigger picture.

Jason Lauritsen shares his ideas for approaching employee engagement in a way that will yield results with, In Defense of Employee Engagement. In, Breakthrough Staffing, John Sumser highlights how the new website for Staffing Advisors signals a shift in third party recruiting. Meanwhile, Bob Corlett has the inside view on the same story in, Why I Fired My Sales Department.

We’ve got two shows from HR Examiner Radio. John speaks with Findly CEO Jeff Russakow, and international authority on psychological profiling, Dr. Tomas Chamorro-Premuzic. Enjoy!
 

The Frozen Eggs of Happiness

Topics: Heather Bussing, HRExaminer, by Heather Bussing
The benefit is part of a larger, generous approach to having children, and not having them.
 

Why I Fired My Sales Department

Topics: Bob Corlett, Editorial Advisory Board, HRExaminer, by Bob Corlett
“I had an underperformer in my company that I needed to fire: the sales department. And by “the sales department” I mean the website.” – Bob Corlett