by Ira Wolfe | Feb 16, 2014 | Hiring Process
When Lancaster County’s unemployment rate just two years ago was falling faster then Enron stock, one Lancaster City-based business hit full stride in churning employees – to the tune of 300 interviews in a twelve-month period. But the owners of this...
by Ira Wolfe | Feb 16, 2014 | Employment Testing
Costly Turnover results when HR executives undervalue mental skills. Jack and Jill went up the hill to fetch some water. Jack and Jill each had a 5 gallon container. Jack’s container was shaped like a jug with a small mouth opening while Jill’s container...
by Ira Wolfe | Feb 15, 2014 | Employee Performance Management, Leadership
It’s well documented that a manager has more impact upon the retention of an employee than any other individual or any benefits has within an organization. In fact, survey after survey confirms that employees leave more jobs due to the ineffectiveness of a...
by Ira Wolfe | Feb 7, 2014 | Employment Testing, Hiring Process
Are you troubled by high employee turnover? Attracting too many unqualified applicants? Wasting time interviewing high risk candidates? Listen to The High Cost of a Bad Hire – Ira S. Wolfe, Recruiting and Hiring Top Talent According to a 2013 Gallup survey...
by Ira Wolfe | Sep 12, 2013 | HR Articles, Millennials
Some 87% of companies reported it costs between $15,000 and $25,000 to replace each Millennial employee they lose, according to “The Cost of Millennial Retention” survey of hundreds of HR professionals conducted by Millennial Branding, a Gen Y research and...