January 2010 Blog Posts (9)

Survey: Do Mentoring Programs Boost Corporate Performance?

Do mentoring programs help boost corporate performance? And, should employees be compensated for their participation in such programs? To get answers to these and other questions, i4cp is partnering with one of its member companies in this short survey. As SVP of Research at i4cp, I invite you to participate. In return, we’ll give you a copy of the preliminary results once the benchmarking data has been collected so that you can see how your organization compares.

The survey will… Continue

Added by Erik Samdahl on January 27, 2010 at 6:30pm — No Comments

Do You Know Where Your Candidates Are Coming From? They Might Be Actually "On The Go".

There has been a lot of media analysis recently on how smartphones and netbooks, most specifically the iPhone and the soon to be released Apple iSlate will change the distribution and consumption of media including text, audio, video and interactive exchanges.

The Wall Street Journal recently had a story on how ..."Apple Sees New Money In Old Media", and The Business Insider had a story which reports ..."publishers are betting that Apple's "iSlate" tablet computer will lead to… Continue

Added by Mike Temkin on January 26, 2010 at 4:29pm — No Comments

Using Social Media to Qualify Instead of Disqualify Candidates

As mentioned in an earlier post, Social Media sites should be used in the character reference portion of the background checking phase once you have narrowed down your top 10 or 3 candidates for the position. Avoid using these sites as the only verifying source for your candidate's skills, education and abilities. This would be a smart choice.

Don't Do This Yet

If you are still a little uncertain about using social media, then give yourself a little time to adjust, because… Continue

Added by Yonica Pimentel on January 25, 2010 at 10:45pm — No Comments

Survey: Leadership/Organizational Agility – Receive a Free Report

A recent i4cp study found that one of the most important leadership competencies in this day and age is agility: the ability to anticipate and respond effectively to the conditions of accelerating change and increasing interdependence, so prevalent in today’s marketplace. Agile organizations enjoy more sustained success in this environment, and, not surprisingly, leadership agility is key to organizational agility.

We invite you to participate in this groundbreaking survey, which… Continue

Added by Erik Samdahl on January 21, 2010 at 3:48pm — No Comments

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Added by Thomas Green on January 16, 2010 at 5:03am — No Comments

Webinar: The Five Domains of High-Performance Organizations

Innovative products and a compelling business strategy are essential, but both fall flat without the human capital that drives the organization. At the same time, many companies don't place the same value on the workforce or have the means to measure its success.

Over the past 40 years, i4cp has conducted hundreds of studies detailing the many elements that combine to form the foundations of top organizations. In doing so, i4cp has identified five core human capital areas - what we… Continue

Added by Erik Samdahl on January 13, 2010 at 8:09pm — No Comments

RECRUITER RADIO is here!

I got tired of the slow servers on blogtalk radio so I created my own version with all your favorite recruiters shows. Its called Recruiter Radio, powered by the Ning platform. Think of it as a "dashboard" for all the popular shows targeted towards recruiters and HR folks.

Hopefully I added all of the shows that are currently… Continue

Added by Chris Russell on January 12, 2010 at 9:05am — No Comments

Things I Wish I Had Known When Starting My Career

Reading 20 Things I Wish I Had Known When Starting Out in Life by Leo Babauta inspired me to write this post. However, rather than referring to all the aspects of my life, I narrowed it down to my career.

I made my share of mistakes and I learned some lessons the hard way. There are some things that I wish I had known since my first year in University. Why then? Because… Continue

Added by me_in_HR on January 7, 2010 at 11:04am — No Comments

Survey: Does your company’s headquarters location matter?

Does it make any difference to you if your company is based in the United States or not? The Institute for Corporate Productivity (i4cp) invites you to take part in a short study about the differences and similarities between working for companies headquartered in the U.S. compared to companies based outside of the U.S. but having locations within U.S. borders.

This “Taking the Pulse” survey should take less than 5 minutes to complete, so please participate now. Upon completion,… Continue

Added by Erik Samdahl on January 6, 2010 at 8:49pm — No Comments