April 2010 Blog Posts (11)

Is HR outsourcing still growing? If so, how quickly and in what areas? With some experts expressing doubts that HR outsourcing is following the trend lines of past years, i4cp is investigating on the behalf of one its member companies.

Your input would be greatly appreciated. Please take this short survey now!

Estimated survey length: 5 - 10 minutes

You'll receive: Preliminary results report

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FirstScreen™ propels Irish job board specialists IWantANewJob



Ireland based IWantANewJob goes live with FirstScreen™, the talent assessment platform from HireLabs. Commenting on the positioning, HireLabs VP Sales, Hassan Bin Rizwan said that



…FirstScreen™ not only fulfills the much demanded talent screening solution for the Irish market, but also strongly positions HireLabs to extensively service regional markets through it’s channel partners.



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Those of you who know me know that engagement, true engagement is an area or opportunity that I feel pretty strongly about (sorry Laurie). I think the emphasis is on true engagement. Engagement in my mind is defined as voluntary or discretionary effort that employees bring to their job everyday. True engagement is when that phenomenon spreads to your suppliers, your customers, and your community.…



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Oh, give us pleasure in the flowers today;

And give us not to think so far away

- Robert Frost

Oh, we're cautious alright. Even as the green buds appear on the branches of the U.S. economy, everyone fears a sudden, killing frost. Yes, the expansion in U.S. Q4 GDP (5.6%) shows we've begun to emerge from what many are calling the Great Recession. But there is still a long way to go, and we're all skeptical about the recovery signals. U.S. economic growth, even…

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On average, companies spend an estimated 36% of revenues on people-related expenses, and yet many organizations struggle with analyzing their human capital data and using that information to adequately forecast future workforce and management needs. The Institute for Corporate Productivity (i4cp), on behalf of one of its member companies, is seeking to identify the extent to which organizations use predictive human capital analytics and the obstacles that prevent effective…

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I enjoy Seth Godin. He challenges you and conventional wisdom and pushes you to examine your life and expectations.



As I have mentioned previously I recently finished his new book - Linchpins, about the people who are really the most critical in our organizations. Godin argues and I agree that the most important skills in any organization are the skills it takes to bind people together and… Continue

Do most of today's organization's have systematic and effective practices for measuring the success of their talent management strategies? And, what is the return on investment among those that do? i4cp is working with members of its Talent Management Accelerator program to determine the answers to these and other critical questions. We're looking for input on the topic. In return, you'll be among the first to receive the exclusive results.

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I had the opportunity to spend the afternoon with Bob Dylan today; not literally of course, but in my car traveling between client engagements. Maybe it was the fact that it was a beautiful afternoon, a rarity in Oregon this early in the season, my mood or whatever. It gave me a opportunity to listen deeply to someone I believe to be one of the greatest poets and storytellers of this century. One of his songs about "Maggie's farm" was especially compelling with the lines "I have… Continue

Sometimes when I need to clear my head I like to get in my car and go for a drive. Somewhere off the beaten track in the country or along the coast. When I do that I like to listen to music. I have absolutely no talent in that arena. I can't write music, play an instrument, or sing a note; but boy I appreciate good music. It tells a story.



As I was driving yesterday I had a chance to listen again to one of my… Continue