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Despite the brief employment slump at the turn of the millennium, companies have finally woken up to the fact that their people issues are key to their prospects for prosperity in the near, middle and distant future. Employers are seeing that the tal...

Employee Confidence is an action-focused, performance oriented construct that can be used to forecast and enhance the success of the organization by measuring key components of the workplace environment and individual employees within that environmen...

During selection, organizations often assess applicants’ knowledge, skills, abilities and other requirements (KSAOs) to determine the best applicant for the job. In most cases, the assessment is intended to discriminate between candidates who w...

The 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing have been described by observers as a coming-out party for mainland China. As nearly anyone knows today, China is just one of many Asian countries that are rapidly reshaping the global economy. For organizations see...

While many people often equate equal employment opportunity and affirmative action with diversity recruiting, they may often fail to consider the strategic business case for developing a more diverse and inclusive workforce. With the considerable dem...

There is no doubt that the right strategy helps companies successfully plan and make the correct predictions. Thereby, any unexpected and dangerous risks can be minimized. Company strategies are normally defined by the board or the management team, a...

Over the past decade, personality measures have increased in popularity as predictors of performance. There are many reasons for this, including the emergence of the five-factor framework, research showing personality measures can have very useful le...

Human Resource departments can maximize the value of an employee survey by designing survey instruments that align with business goals and paying careful attention to follow-up action plans. The experience of Arbitron, an international media and mark...

Some say money can’t buy happiness, but data from the Kenexa® Research Institute shows that for those who can barely pay the monthly bills, it certainly can—at least in terms of happiness on the job.   According to the Bureau o...

If the current economic climate has not caused you to feel stress, you might want to check your pulse. Dubbed an “economic crisis,” federal entities in the United States are passing life raft-like legislation and state budget talks resemb...