Weve written before about not losing your head when you tighten your belt. Now there are more numbers that back up what we intuitively know about happy employees and the hidden costs of layoffs. How you handle recessionary talent management reflects directly on your employment brand which affects business performance. The Economists Profiting from happiness [...]

Many businesses are feeling the economic pinch. But according to SurePayroll’s January 2009 Small Business Scorecard, small businesses are showing better performance than larger organizations. Even in a tough economy, businesses are hiring. Small and medium-sized businesses that focus on talent management“including recruiting and retention strategies”can maximize performance, especially in these recessionary times. Consider attending [...]

HR and talent management leaders need to take a holistic view of talent management if they want to aid their organizations in surviving this recession and position correctly for the inevitable recovery. Recessionary Management: The Top DOs and DONTs for Managing Talent in the Current Downturn outlines how HR leaders can make the right talent [...]

Our second annual employee study of how much employees love their jobs found that most workers enjoy, feel important, or like what they doyet only 15% love their job enough to marry it. More troubling are these survey findings: Two out of five workers are open to looking for a new position. 13% are actively [...]

According to the Pew Internet & American Life Project’s tracking survey, the number of adult Internet users who have a social networking profile has risen from 8% to 35% in four years. Social networking is no longer only a recruiting tactic or a quirky habit of Generation Y. Its gone mainstream. Social Networks Grow: Friending [...]

In lock step with layoffs is news of less robust recruiting functions and recruiter layoffs. Google laying off recruiters describes how the former top employment brand has made changes to recruiting. Headhunters get the ax explains that less hiring demand means less need for recruiting supply. Out-of-Work Sourcers describes how some HR staffing functions are [...]