HR Digest

JANUARY 28, 2022

A recent Washington Post-Schar School poll noted that one-third of workers under the age of 40 are now considering switching careers or changing industries since the pandemic. Historically, people looked to switch careers for a beefier paycheck, better benefits, more opportunities, among other reasons. Remote Work Goes Mainstream.

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Career Retail Survey Industry 98

HR Digest

OCTOBER 1, 2021

More than a hundred years ago, Frederick Taylor’s Scientific Management laid the foundations for modern human resource management. If companies want to attract talented workers and decrease their attrition rate, they need to look into ways how they can offer remote work arrangements. and create a quantitative impact on organizations.

Trends 116

Trends Agility Bottom-up Attrition 116

Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 10, 2010

Technology has exploded, giving us instant access to information and knowledge, and it all moves and changes so fast that some of what Boomers have learned during their careers may be obsolete. What is the historic attrition and turnover rate and how do these map to the skills that keep you competitive? Who will do this work?

How To 72

How To Tacit Knowledge Intellectual Capital Newsletter 72

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 19, 2018

—positions that typically direct the mission and control the resources at medical centers. Evidence shows that women in academic medicine experience greater challenges finding mentors and sponsors than men, and that this gap likely contributes to career disparities. Career flexibility. Institute family-friendly policies.

Policies 13

Policies Leadership Mentor Career 13

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 26, 2015

While both measures are less than perfect, and we recognize that many companies use Eastern Europe and South American engineering sites, the GEI works well to demonstrate the diversity of industries—it isn’t just software and IT—with a significant portion of their R&D overseas. The top thirty companies are shown below.

Offshoring 8

Offshoring CTO Company Engineering 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 28, 2015

Before we redid the course, SEAL sniper school had an average attrition rate of about 30 percent. Webb’s hardcore perspective poses an existential challenge to most organizations’ views of human resources. I’ve seen it happen, and careers ended when it did.

Training 8

Training Education Incentives Leadership 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 24, 2018

First, everyone involved needs to recognize that tech jobs are more diverse in their requirements than most people think. To be sure, the program is open to anyone who is interested, and with that comes a high rate of attrition. And yet, new evidence and experiments provide some hope that tech can be a force for inclusion after all.

Incubator 8

Incubator Company Technology Attrition 8