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The Role of Leadership in Crafting Successful Employee Engagement Strategies
It used to be that if you needed to work, you had no choice but to accept the boss that came with the job. Today, leaders must compete for talent by making people want to come to work for them. More than any other factor, leadership defines workplaces. Although work itself changes over time, as...
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The Future of Hiring: Everything You Need to Know about Fractional Talent Acquisition
Did you know 36% of US employees are non-traditional workers like contract, freelance, temporary, or gig workers? That’s 58 million people. Half of Gen Z have a second job along with more than a third of millennials. The percentage of companies whose staff is a quarter gig workers is approaching...
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Fractional Talent Acquisition: The Future of Workforce Hiring
Forward-thinking companies are trending fractional There’s a new recruiting strategy that should be in every company’s toolbox: fractional talent acquisition. Fractional hires add expertise that spurs innovation and growth—without the costs of adding full-time employees. This new trend is rapidly...
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Why Strategic Recruitment Is More Important Than Ever
Recruitment is its own strategic function. But it shouldn’t stand alone. Because finding and keeping the right people is inherently part of every business strategy, strategic recruitment must befully integrated into every function.However, it’s the rare organization that makes this happen.
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How do you grow when you can’t find people?
You may think you can’t find the right people to achieve your growth goals but they’re out there in the job market. They’re waiting for you to offer them the thing they want most: flexibility. No more labels, no more mandates. People choose to work for employers who listen and understand that work...
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Thinking Short-term is Being Short-sighted
Kathleen Quinn Votaw & ITR Economics The quest for immediate profits and quick payouts over the past couple of decades is neither the right nor the most profitable way to operate a business. “Short-termism” runs counter to business sustainability and employee wellbeing—the hallmarks of today’s...
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Engaged Employees Don't Quietly Quit
We’ve experienced “quiet” or “ghost” quitting by disgruntled workers over the years, but it has become common enough recently to earn an official name. “Quiet quitting” means that you still do your job, but limit your effort to the minimum
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Recruitment is a Sales Process Step #1: Finding Quality Candidates
Recruitment is a priority equal to all your other top business priorities. Like them, it requires a strategy. For years, we’ve advised companies that they should think of recruitment as a sales process. For most leaders, that takes a different mindset. In today’s competitive job market, where...
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Building Faith to Survive the Great Resignation
We are in the throes of a “great resignation” that’s bigger than anyone expected. According to the Department of Labor, a record four million workers quit in April alone, and Gallup research finds that 48 percent of our working population is currently searching actively for a job or watching for...
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