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Why Are 2013 Graduates Considered Unprepared?

Chart Your Course

Meanwhile, of the hiring managers that are looking at 2013 graduates, the majority only plans to hire one or two this year. When you invest in job benchmarking , you focus on the objective factors that the job itself requires, eliminating any unwanted human bias that can prevent hiring the candidate who will truly excel in the position.

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Building a Strong Company Culture and Attracting Talent

HR Digest

What challenges and obstacles do you see human resource management facing in the future? By truly listening to employees, monitoring workforce trends, and benchmarking against peer companies to remain competitive, we can provide the best options to support work-life well-being.

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Research: Your Firm Probably Isn't an Equal Opportunity Employer

Harvard Business Review

Anyone who has hiring responsibilities in 2013 would like to think that the U.S. Indeed, many human resource managers who had hung their professional hats on affirmative action in the 1960s and 1970s rebranded their focus as "Diversity Management." The odds are quite good that you set benchmarks and hold people accountable.

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The Rebirth of the CMO

Harvard Business Review

McKinsey’s DataMatics 2013 survey shows that companies that use customer analytics extensively are more than twice as likely to generate above-average profits as those that don’t. The CMO also worked with the finance office and product managers to link pricing and benchmark data into the RFP process, which improved quality and response times.

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What’s the Effect of Pro-LGBT Policies on Stock Price?

Harvard Business Review

At the same time, we began working with the Human Rights Campaign, which in 2002 had created the Corporate Equality Index (CEI) , the national benchmarking tool on corporate policies and practices pertinent to lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender employees. Corporate social responsibility Employee retention Human resources'

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What’s the Effect of Pro-LGBT Policies on Stock Price?

Harvard Business Review

At the same time, we began working with the Human Rights Campaign, which in 2002 had created the Corporate Equality Index (CEI) , the national benchmarking tool on corporate policies and practices pertinent to lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender employees. Corporate social responsibility Employee retention Human resources'