Numerous studies have quantified the impact of employee engagement. The report Creating a New Deal for Middle Managers: Empowering a Neglected but Critical Group by the Boston Consulting Group (BCG) and the World Federation of People Management Associations (WFPMA) examines a global engagement problem, especially among middle managers, who oversee the majority of employees at [...]

There are many interesting nuggets in the detailed results of The Federal Employee Viewpoint Survey (FedView Survey) of more than 250,000 government employees. Drilling down into the data reveals significant differences by agency and specific areas for improvement. However, overall good news in the findings includes: 78% of the respondents believe their agency was successful [...]

Too many mid-size enterprises do not have the management commitment and technology to execute talent management practices. The result is a negative impact on their growth. Integrated talent management Part 2 ” Surviving corporate adolescence and reaching organizational maturity from IBMs Institute for Business Value and HCI offers insights into mid-size enterprise talent practices where [...]

Theres a lot of buzz around hiring activity worldwide which accentuates the need to redouble efforts to optimize the talent acquisition process. According to the Economic Conditions Snapshot, June 2010: McKinsey Global Survey: Its been a tough two months for the world economy, with the eurozone at the core of executives fears. But most predict [...]

Your candidate experience"from career sites and assessments to interviews, hiring process, onboarding, performance, and compensation"relies heavily on your online presence. Collectively these experiences can impact your companys employment and consumer brand perceptions. In Businesses losing customers due to poor recruitment practices, SHL reports nearly half of UK adults surveyed: had a negative view of an [...]

President Obamas memorandum Improving the Federal Recruitment and Hiring Process offers new thinking in US government recruiting by encouraging federal hiring reform using proven private sector methods. Federal agencies are directed towards these specific areas for improvements that private sector companies using talent management already enjoy: Candidate experience Recruiter and hiring manager collaboration Time-to-hire cycles [...]