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Five Strategies for Hiring Success

Chart Your Course

The National Association of Colleges and Employers estimates the average cost-per-hire in 2011 and 2012 was $5,100. The results were part of the NACE’s 2012 Recruiting Benchmarks Survey. Businesses with 2,500 to 5,000 employees paid the most for new hires– around $10,000 a person. The room for error in such a system is vast.

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Rookie Talent: Avoiding a Kodak Moment

Leading Blog

During most of the 20th century Kodak held a dominant position in photographic film, and in 1976, had an 89% market share of photographic film sales in the United States. In 2012, the company filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. In 2012, the company filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. Human Resources'

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Cutting Costs/Curtailing Services Can Produce Crappy Customer Service

Chart Your Course

According to a survey conducted by Harris Interactive for Careerbuilder.com in 2012, 40 percent of companies said they lost upwards of $25,000 per bad hire in 2011, and 25 percent estimated the cost was more than $50,000. Regardless of their position in the company, new and current employees need training. Equip your staff.

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High Morale Doesn’t Guarantee Employee Retention

Chart Your Course

based employees described morale at their organization as “very good” or “good” in a November 2012 Accountemps survey. and Canada, however, 86 percent of respondents said they “intend to actively seek a new position.”. The Right Management results are similar to findings released in 2011 and 2010.

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Employee Volunteer Programs Make A Difference In The Community

Women on Business

In 2011 Sterling Savings employees spent 44,000 hours volunteering. I had an opportunity to interview Tera Coon, Communications and Public Affairs Director for Sterling Savings Bank and learn more about their Employee Volunteer Program, involvement in the community and the positive impact it has made. It feeds on itself.

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How Labor Standards Can Be Good for Growth

Harvard Business Review

In May 2012, as part of our research , we gave out the new dies randomly to 35 of the 135 producers in Sialkot and sat back to watch. At the same time, Silver Star is generating benefits for other companies in Sialkot that don’t show up on the company’s own bottom line – what economists would call a positive externality.

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Building a Software Start-Up Inside GE

Harvard Business Review

CEO Jeff Immelt declared in 2011 that GE needed to become a software and analytics company or risk seeing its hardware products become commodities as information-based competitors took over. Bill Ruh was selected in 2011. GE started on one floor of a large office building in 2012 and has grown to take over all five floors.