Our Blog
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...
Avoid 3 Common Mistakes When Using PreEmployment Tests
Hiring managers, seeking the special ingredients in what makes a top-performing employee tick, are turning to preemployment tests more and more. But like a promising recipes, the proof is in the pudding. Many employees don’t work out even if they “pass” a...
Job Extinction – Some Jobs Lost for Good
The Iceman cometh….and the Iceman went away. More than 25 percent, or over 2 million, of the jobs that were erased from the economy over the past two years are probably gone for good. Going back to the beginning of the 20th century, we’ve seen dozens of occupations...
Nine Personality Traits That Shape Innovation
What if innovation could be predicted by identifying personality traits before you hire you next employee? Thomas Edison, possibly America’s Greatest Inventor, was once described as having “an inexhaustible resource and fertility of ideas when it came to practical...
Union National Banks on SPS for Hiring The Right Employees
When a landmark Lancaster County bank decided to create a branch unique to its market, it called on Success Performance Solutions to help select employees who could deliver an above-average outcome. Dr. Ira S. Wolfe, founder and president of SPS, met with leaders of...
