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How To Tell When a CEO (or Job Candidate) Is Lying
There’s an old joke that asks: “How can you tell when a lawyer is lying?” Answer: His lips are moving. Well, apparently the same can be said for detecting the lies of CEOs…and job candidates. Two professors David Larcker and Anastasia Zakolyukina at Stanford Graduate...
Reduce Small Business Fraud with Pre Employment Tests
It was summertime in 1971 when the pop single, Smiling Faces Sometimes, hit the airwaves. Coming into popularity after the 60s, a decade of social turmoil and distrust, the lyrics resonated to listeners. Smiling faces sometimes pretend to be your friend, Smiling...
Ten Reasons Why Performance Reviews Fail
Ask any manager what he hates most about his or her job and you'll likely hear “performance reviews”. For many reasons, these periodic employee evaluations have been done poorly if at all in the past. What follows is a list of the 10 most important reasons why...
How to Avoid HR Problems with Social Media Background Checks
Social media is becoming a great way for recruiters to announce job openings and find qualified candidates. The social media revolution has unleashed a torrent of new employer tools to obtain information about applicants. For example, the Internet puts at an...
Employers and Employees On Collision Course
Employers and employees are obviously headed for a collision to be played out in a workplace near you. A recently released Deloitte report called the standoff “a tale of two mindsets.” Many employers seem to believe their employees have few options in this weak...
Small Businesses Struggle To Find Skilled Workers
The unemployment rate in Cincinnati, Ohio is nearly 10 percent. But small business owner Dave Hatter is having trouble finding skilled workers. “I’ve got good jobs, Hatter told me during my Workforce Trends Blog Talk Radio show, “and I’m having a lot of trouble...
You Can’t Ignore The High Cost of Employee Turnover
Employee turnover is inevitable. But it's stupid decisions leading to employee turnover that is eating up the profits of businesses. A glaring example of management drinking its own Kool-Aid is something I call "industry-average syndrome," where managers accept...
How Much Is Employee Absenteeism Costing Your Business?
t’s only logical that companies are beginning to pay more attention to costs of an absent employee. Chronic illnesses account for nearly 75% of total healthcare expenditures. According to a survey by Mercer, "The Total Financial Impact of Employee Absences," the total...
Why Employee Hiring Remains Sluggish
There is a growing disconnect in the labor markets. Unemployment remains high and employee hiring is slow, even when employers have openings. As of June, job openings were up 26% from mid-2009, when the economy bottomed out. But during the same period of time, new...
Is Small Business Ready for Second Life?
When small business owners and CEOs are struggling in real-life paying their bills, competing in a global marketplace, and finding qualified workers, the 3D virtual community of Second Life sounds like a spectacular waste of time. But Second Life might just be the...
