Explore HCI's collection of curated research, white papers, case studies and infographics on trending talent management topics.
How to Effectively Implement Organization Change
I am often asked how to implement organization change. Effective implementation starts with the leadership team. The role of leadership in change management is to... Read more
Improving Employee Well-being with Human Capital Management Technology
Employee well-being has become a top concern for many companies. This is partially due to rising costs of employer health care in the United States. But equally, if not more important, is the challenge of sustaining employee performance in an “always on” world of constant distractions, changes and other sources of stress.
What Makes a Recruiter a Superstar?
Competition for top talent is getting fiercer. And those in staffing and recruiting are no exception. In your high-pressure, high-stakes world, performance matters.
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Will Artificial Intelligence End the War for Talent or Accelerate It?
Whether the topic is autonomous self-driving cars, machine learning, or “big data” there is a lot of interest, and even more business investment, in the areas of artificial intelligence and robotics. These technologies have the ...
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Field Guide to Data-Driven Recruiting Demystifying Recruitment Analytics
The talent market is competitive, and you have to be on the top of your game to recruit the candidates you want to hire. A big part of that is optimizing your recruitment program to ensure you’re using your resources wisely. A LinkedIn ...
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Capitalize on Change by Growing the People Function of the Future
We invite you to take our last Talent Pulse study of the year. We explore the knowledge, skills, and abilities vital to change in the HR role. The report will be published in December 2017.
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Matrix Organization Design: How to Get the Most Out of It
When people talk about matrix organizations, different ideas come to mind. In the most straightforward sense, a matrix organization is when one individual formally reports to two or more managers (solid and dotted lines). We might also say that ... Read more
Success beyond the Four Walls
When a multi-unit position is available, most restaurant and retail leaders will look to their high performing general managers (GM). But sometimes, even your top GMs aren’t ready for this transition.
Learn what to look for—and what ...
The Value of a Fresh Perspective – and Intervention
When you think of outsourcing your talent acquisition process, the first benefit that comes to mind is likely the amount of resources you’re freeing up. Yes, outsourcing will give your human resources (HR) or talent acquisition folks the ...
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How Proper Diagnosis Leads to Change Transformation Success
The times of “stasis” in organization life are nearly gone, and the notion of being “Always on” transformation has gained more traction than ever (BCG). New frameworks, improvement approaches, and ways of working (such as Agile and digital ... Read more
#goals: In It to Win It from First Step to Finish Line
Managers are a crucial source of focus and direction, motivation and empowerment, and keeping employees on track to win – in marathons and sprints, alike. As a manager, share your vision and root for your people. There’s no ‘I’ in team, so everyone must be on board in order to make goals – and success - happen.
Good talent is hard to find. Why make it any harder?
Recruiters and hiring managers should have the same goal: finding great talent to move your organization forward. Recruiters understand how critical the right people are to business success. Hiring managers understand how critical the right hires ...
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Are We Inching Closer to a Definition of an Independent Contractor?
Regardless of the definition of an independent contractor, or pending changes in state and federal employment laws, best-in-class organizations are actively taking steps to mitigate risk with their contingent workforces.
Candidate Land: The Job Seeker Game of Pitfalls
3 in 4 full-time employed workers are open to or actively looking for new job opportunities. But more than half of employers report that finding qualified candidates has grown increasingly difficult over the past 5 years.
So what's the ...
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Workforce Planning in an Era of Constant Change
Strategic workforce planning matters today because organizations are reporting significant difficulty hiring key talent when they need it. Unemployment is shrinking in many sectors of the economy, and that means many organizations are finding it harder than ever to close talent gaps.
Trends in Fees, Salaries and Performance - Information Technology
IT is unique in that it represents an industry, as well as a job category with a variety of roles across many different industry verticals. Because of this, we expanded how we normally look at data for vertical-specific reports to look at all of ...
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Deal-Breakers, Biases, and Best Practices: Everything That Goes Into Evaluating the Perfect Hire
Recruiters have a tough gig. Getting talent in the door — quality, experienced, enthusiastic, talent, no less — is difficult in a competitive, job seeker’s market.
At the end of the day, though, “good” talent is a ...
The Benefits of a Direct Sourcing Strategy for Talent Acquisition
The world of work is changing rapidly, and companies that depend on knowledge workers must continue to evolve and innovate how they attract and retain the vital workers they need to get work done. One strategy that is growing in importance is ...
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Who are we? Chief Learning or Change or Culture Officer?
When speaking to L&D professionals at all levels, our greatest challenge is proving the value of our work, not having it relegated to the ‘nice-to-have’ realm, and changing the mentality that the training budget is the first to go ...
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Navigating the Attention Economy: Craft a Compelling Message that Cuts Through Noise
Attention is the new, dominant currency, and as attention goes, people can have very little to give. Competing interests are everywhere and time is always of the essence, but it takes more than raw attention to spur you to action. The attention economy also has a pecuniary effect in business, directly affecting the bottom line.