Skilled technical professionals are in high demand worldwide. Heres a view from BlessingWhites study, Leading Technical Professionals 2006. It shows just how challenging the retention of these key employees is by region and in selected industries.

In its ongoing research on Employee Satisfaction, The Conference Board has measured a disturbing trend of growing job dissatisfaction. U.S. Job Satisfaction Declines, it reports. Today, less than half of all Americans say they are satisfied with their jobs, down from 61 percent twenty years ago. We commented on the SHRM results that correlate to [...]

The recently passed Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act of 2007 prohibits discrimination based on genetic information in employment and healthcare insurance. It adds another legal requirement for compliance. Critics, though, dont view genetic discrimination as a front-burner employment issue. In contrast, OFCCP/EEOC compliance looms much larger for corporate liability risk. Taleo is offering a webcast, OFCCP [...]

Many years ago ” when I was first analyzing and writing about the intersection of Internet technology and recruiting ” the refrain I often heard was but the executive level is not searching the Web for jobs; its only for the managers and below. You dont hear that argument much anymore. As noted before, job [...]

Heres a follow up to our Expectations for Employment High in Singapore entry. Are talent management practices universal? Or do retention and motivation factors vary by business region? ISRs white paper How To Retain & Motivate Your Talent: Results of ISRs Asia Pacific Talent Survey reveals how management culture influences retention. They surveyed 3,000 employees [...]

I guess it’s Valentine’s Day for Taleo when you read these two recent posts: I Love On-Demand I Love Taleo Happy Valentine’s all!

The Hudson Report: Employment and HR Trends, Singapore, Q1 2007 paints a rosy picture of this growing economy ” especially if youre in the market for a job or a job change. Employment expectations are rising and companies express a high level of optimism about future performance. But the other side of the coin is [...]

A study released from the The Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD) and Cranfield School of Management, titled HR and technology: impact and advantages, explores the relationship between system implementation and the support needed for effective HR practices. It corroborates the findings of our research on the connection ” or actually the gap ” [...]

We recently presented on the HCI Quality of Hire webcast with Taleo customer Dell. The tremendous interest in the subject was not surprising. Really, quality of hire represents the most upstream driver of corporate performance. McKinsey research shows that quality of hire is becoming even more important. Here it is”in characteristic McKinsey-speak: Three categories of [...]

The studies keep rolling in. The Angela Mortimer Salary Survey 2007, The blue book, surveys 1,000 job seekers and over 700 businesses, revealing that 78% of companies struggled to attract the staff they wanted in 2006. Many experienced a longer and more expensive recruitment process compared to 2005. The situation is even more pronounced in [...]