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Poor workplace planning crippling business growth

Rising labor costs, severe staffing delays, and chronic job vacancies are derailing organizational productivity and growth. Put simply, inadequate workforce planning and poor management of talent demand are major barriers…

New Study Reveals 50% of Organizations and New Hires Regret Their Decisions

Organizations or their new hires regret their hiring decisions 50% of the time, costing the average organization millions in the way of lower performance, less engaged new hires, and higher…

New Study Reveals 50% of Organizations and New Hires Regret Their Decisions

Organizations or their new hires regret their hiring decisions 50% of the time, costing the average organization millions in the way of lower performance, less engaged new hires, and higher…

Talent: A Global Commodity

“It’s clear that talent has become a global commodity, fiercely fought over by multiple competitors,” says Mark Foster, Accenture’s group chief executive.  Corporations are experiencing…

The Perfect Labor Storm is real: A 2020 Meltdown

In the view of Ed Gordon, author of The 2020 Meltdown: Solving the Impending Jobs Crisis, the forthcoming IT workforce shortage is a legitimate worry. Millions of Americans who are…

The High Cost of Employee Misunderstanding

It goes without saying that confident and competent employees are the cornerstones of any successful organization. Thus, employee training and monitoring is of the utmost importance. Yet, on average, one…

Education Pipeline is Drying up

Our education pipeline is drying up, according to a recent report released by the Center for American Progress.  As a result, America is not on track to create the…

Firms Fight Generation Gaps

When different generations meet in the workplace, the encounters can easily create attitude wars. The conflict is a result of differing values, cultures and lifestyles that characterize each of four…

Cost of raising a child exceeds $200,000 – not including college!

Children used to provide cheap labor, and retirement security, all in one. Now they’re pretty much all cost and no return, from a financial perspective. Writing in Foreign…

Could Pre-Employment Tests Predict John Edward’s Lying?

I just read an interesting blog about John Edwards, Pre-employment Tests, and Lying.  Dr. Michael Mercer proposes that all Presidential candidates "should take a personality-based pre…