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Five Strategies for Hiring Success

Chart Your Course

With the volume of social media and online networking and career sites, connecting with workers is only a matter of searching profiles or placing ads. 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.

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What Really Motivates Workers in Their 20s

Harvard Business Review

They’re “lazy,” and lack the admirable work ethic of their elders. ” Many are distracted by social media while on the job. They may be more distractible by social media than you would wish, and less committed to staying with your company for the long run.

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Customer Reference Programs at The Tipping Point

Harvard Business Review

Buyers increasingly expect to check with their peers before they'll purchase from a company — using social media, peer communities, old fashioned live events and conferences, personal and professional networks, and other connective tools. Social media understands this and facilitates it. Traditional media also gets this.

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Customer Reference Programs at The Tipping Point

Harvard Business Review

Buyers increasingly expect to check with their peers before they'll purchase from a company — using social media, peer communities, old fashioned live events and conferences, personal and professional networks, and other connective tools. Social media understands this and facilitates it. Traditional media also gets this.

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What Happens to Mental Health at Work When Our Devices Know How We Feel?

Harvard Business Review

One recent global research survey of employee assistance programs found that, combined, employee anxiety, stress, and depression accounted for over 80% of all emotional health cases in 2014, compared with 55% in 2012. The cognitive and emotional demands on managers have rarely been more complicated or intense.

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Case Study: Can an Ethical Bank Support Guns and Fracking?

Harvard Business Review

As the founder and president of a new ethical bank focused on environmental sustainability, Jay McGuane realized that he and his board needed to set guidelines about which loans to approve and which to reject on “values” grounds. Ethical banking had seemed so benign when Jay had decided to enter the industry. We’re pioneers,” Jay said.

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A Board Member’s Guide to Corporate Political Spending

Harvard Business Review

Directors in a range of industries have been stung by media reports that political intermediaries used corporate money to help fund causes or candidates adverse to a firm’s business interests or its espoused values and positions. million in the 2006 off-year cycle to more than $300 million in the 2012 presidential cycle.