On Retention

Employees quit managers, not companies

The State of the Web as a Recruiting Tool

data from www.weddles.com

• companies are finding more than 20% of all new hires from commercial recruitment sites
• niche sites are seen as a key source of quality hires
• searching resume banks has not been as effective as posting jobs
• corporate job sites yield fewer than half the new hires of the commercial job boards

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Retiring Boomers - the Older and Bolder Crowd

Are you losing key Baby-Boomers in your permanent ranks on the one hand while courting their demographic peers in the seasonal ranks? Kennedy Information reports a shortage of workers due to retiring baby boomers is one of the biggest challenges facing employers. The challenges are always different for seasonal operations. For an interesting read on managing a multi-generational workforce click here.