Whitepapers

The recruiting ecosystem is changing, led by professional social networks like LinkedIn and Viadeo and social media apps like Jobvite and BranchOut. This report examines how the new ecosystem creates a streamlined, scientific and democratic approach to the recruiting process, and in turn, changes the way startups and growing businesses find and retain their employees. Download this report to learn about success stories and recommendations on how to take full advantage of innovative technology to help your efforts to attract and retain top talent. learn more

Tags:   talent management | recruiting | recruitment | social media | TriNet | recruitment technology | Tech |

Almost every business leader will say that people are their most important asset, but few do anything about it. The Human Capital Plan is an important tool that organizations use to drive focused actions that can ensure goal achievement and business success. Learn about 10 principles to follow in order to build an effective human capital plan for your organization. learn more

Tags:   human capital management | TriNet | talent management | leadership | Tech |

"You can't build a reputation on what you're going to do," observed Henry Ford. Or, to put it another way, actions speak louder than words. In the world of enterprise, an employee’s personal legacy is the sum of their contributions, large and small, adding up to a tangible marker of value. The right social recognition program provides a platform to celebrate, share, and infuse the corporate intranet with these success stories. It delivers a record of an employee’s greatest hits to date. Why is this important? As this paper will show, encouraging personal legacy through social recognition has a powerful ripple effect, one that propels enterprise success. learn more

Tags:   TemboSocial | Steven Green | Tech | Talent Management

The war for talent is intensifying. In the developed countries of the world, businesses are finding it increasingly tough to recruit and retain skilled employees. Ageing populations are only part of the problem. Even where the workforce continues to grow, as in the US, the gap between the skills companies need and those being provided by educational institutions is widening. Developed-country firms, moreover, are now facing stiff competition for the best people from an unlikely source—emerging markets. Nearly two-thirds of executives in this Economist Intelligence Unit survey conducted for this study expect employee recruitment and retention to become tougher over the next three years, and over one-fifth see this as becoming “significantly harder”. It is no surprise, then, that talent management is moving up the corporate agenda. These are among the key findings of this research brief, conducted by the Economist Intelligence Unit and sponsored by SAP, into the nature of the talent challenge in developed markets and how companies there are implementing talent management strategies. learn more

Tags:   SAP | Talent Wars | Economist | Tech | Talent Management

According to the U.S. Department of Labor, the number one reason people leave their jobs is lack of appreciation. These figures speak to the challenge of talent retention and employee engagement, illustrating that a troubling percentage of employees who feel undervalued move on to what they hope will be greener pastures. But what of the productivity of those that remain? Discretionary effort is directly linked to feeling valued. If you believe that your efforts matter, then you will be less likely to leave and more likely to invest greater effort into your job each day. This whitepaper will discuss how social recognition brings to light the contributions and milestones of the employee and transmits the story across the corporate intranet. Recognition becomes a cultural asset, infusing the social intranet with stories of success and achievement. learn more

Tags:   TemboSocial | Social recognition | employee recognition | employee incentives | Tech | Business Strategies | Talent Management

Failures in talent management are an ongoing source of pain for executives in modern organizations. Over the past generation, talent management practices, especially in the United States, have by and large been dysfunctional, leading corporations to lurch from surpluses of talent to shortfalls to surpluses and back again. It’s time for a fundamentally new approach to talent management that takes into account the great uncertainty businesses face today. Fortunately, companies already have such a model, one that has been well honed over decades to anticipate and meet demand in uncertain environments—supply chain management. By borrowing lessons from operations and supply chain research, firms can forge a new model of talent management better suited to today’s realities. This brief looks at the context in which talent management has evolved over the past few decades and its current state. learn more

Tags:   Peter Capelli | Talent management | recruiting | Tech |

Identifying, developing, rewarding, and retaining talent is critical to the success of your business – especially as priorities shift from cutting costs to driving growth. Can your HR department swiftly meet business-critical talent requirements? If you’re relying on inefficient, stand-alone systems and data sources, most likely not. This brief will discuss how, with the right talent management functionality, you can make the most of the people in your organization. Learn how you can meet needs of a global, mobile, multigenerational workforce, increase organizational performance and avoid loss of key contributors and talents. learn more

Tags:   talent retention | career development | people development | Human Capital Management | Tech | Talent Management

New markets are growing so fast, even established global players aren’t recruiting and retaining enough employees. How to win this contest? This research will explore two strategies: 1) How to attract talent by making compelling promises. Center these promises on your company’s brand (does it have a reputation for excellence that may lead to personal advancement?), opportunity (will you provide challenging work, training, and competitive pay?), and purpose (does your company have a mission and values meaningful to potential new hires?). 2) Retaining talent by keeping your promises. Craft a culture characterized by authenticity, a merit-centered reward system, and accelerated professional development for even the lowest-level employees. This brief will also share the example of Standard Chartered Bank and how the company reduced attrition rates in its China operations by 3% over 2007–2008—while rivals suffered a dramatic increase in attrition. learn more

Tags:   emerging markets | attrition | talent retention | standard Chartered Bank | Tech | Talent Management

Identifying, competing for, and retaining key talent is a top priority for any HR executive. But too often, business strategy isn’t translated by HR into a holistic workforce plan for execution. Rather, planning is done in a fragmented way using data dumps, spreadsheets, and multiple systems from multiple countries. Relevant information gets pulled together manually with considerable effort and time – and the lack of consistency and automation can create chaos within the workforce sourcing process. In the end, you may end up overpaying in an effort to fill key vacancies quickly or run the risk that key positions cannot be filled at all. This research brief will look into depths on securing the right talent for future success. learn more

Tags:   talent management | SAP | retaining talent | identifying talent | workforce planning | Tech | Business Strategies |

Organizational architect Murad Mirza discusses Organizational Politics (OP) -- the role of political activities in being an imperative for the various types of organizations and whether managers need to be equipped with such skills. learn more

Tags:   organizational politics | Murad Mirza | Tech | Business Strategies | Talent Management

You can hear the nation’s collective sigh of relief as the rate of unemployment slowly declines. learn more

Tags:   talent management | Tech |