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Wall Street banks opt for greater automation for grunt work to retain talent

HR Digest

An internal survey by Goldman Sachs junior employees detailing the crushing workload and the accompanying stress due to demanding bosses has led to some stocktaking about the working conditions in the industry and the high attrition rates. Banks now insist on weekend offs, no excessive overtime, and greater use of technology for routine work.

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Study: Smaller Teams Perform Better Than Bigger Teams

HR Digest

Kaplan Professionals, an HR firm that assesses, designs and implements innovative learning solutions, conducted a three-year extended Situational Judgement Assessments of 4,500 employees at global tech firms and identified five key workplace findings. SJTs also reduce attrition rates.

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The Disconnect that Keeps Your Company from Performing at its Peak

Strategy Driven

Typically, Finance, Marketing, and Operations all have input, direct or indirect, on the creation and revision of the strategic plan. But that familiarity carries a steep cost: slow growth, missed targets, attrition, and unfulfilled potential. I call this obstacle The Disconnect. Sales often have no such contribution.

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Could HR be the most data driven function?

HR Digest

If you analyze functions like finance, IT, and marketing you will find common drivers of success. According to Deloitte’s Global Human Capital Trends 2016 , “As technology makes data-driven HR decision-making a possibility, 77 percent of executives now rate people analytics as a key priority, up slightly from last year.

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Don’t Move to Silicon Valley Without Preparation

Harvard Business Review

We hear a lot about technology and globalization these days, especially how they are hollowing out the American middle class. But there has been an immense positive impact from the globalization of entrepreneurship, making Silicon Valley’s formula of technology-based start-ups an international instrument for economic development.