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Values Based Hiring | N2Growth Blog

N2Growth Blog

I was casually reading the results of a survey on the topic of hiring methodologies last weekend when one particular survey question really caught my attention: “When considering a new hire, what is the one characteristic or attribute of the candidate that would most influence your hiring decision?

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Organizational Health Care with N2Growth: When was your Last Check-up?

N2Growth Blog

to discuss what operational screenings and organizational development exams you need and when you need them. Your operations deserve a longer, healthier life. Well, the results from a 2008 survey stated how workers at all levels needed to learn to accept conflict as an inevitable part of their work environment.

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Gig Economy: A Cost-Cutting Measure or Adding Value to the Workforce?

HR Digest

The gig economy has been in operation since labor unions lost their hold over the steel and oil industries and workers were contracted to work in the factories according to demand. An EY survey found 17 percent workforce was made up of the contingent workforce, which includes contract, project wise, freelancers and temp.

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Investing In People Builds Resilience Against The Covid Recession

The Horizons Tracker

It’s prompted economists to predict a recession that is twice as deep as that experienced after the 2008 financial crisis. The findings came from an analysis of the British Workplace Employment Relations Survey that was undertaken by the UK government either side of the 2008 recession.

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The Challenges When Creating Across Cultures

The Horizons Tracker

A report from the Economist Intelligence Unit and Education First in the aftermath of the 2008 financial crisis highlighted the importance of international collaboration to help organizations respond to the situation. Responding to crises. Global fluency.

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How Covid Affected Finnish Small Businesses

The Horizons Tracker

By contrast, firms operating in areas such as online retail, pharmaceuticals, and information and communications technology, have all thrived. What’s more, the Finnish companies surveyed for the research also expressed growing pessimism around their prospects of selling into or supplying the Chinese and Russian markets.

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Layoffs Rarely Pay Off: Here are 15 Alternatives

The Practical Leader

These leaders operate from core values of partnership and participation. A major lesson of the 2008 financial crisis and the following recession revealed that downsizing was often dumbsizing. ” Many of the above options should be explored in forums, discussions, or surveys to involve everyone.

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