‘Management Happens on an Individual Level’: Managing Millennials

‘Management Happens on an Individual Level’: Managing Millennials

Universum: The recruiting challenge map

We asked over 2000 executives about what are the most important qualifications and experiences sought after in potential hires. This infographic shows what they had to say. Who is the ideal candidate?

Source: Universum

 

EMPLOYER BRANDING: What Millennials Want from Work, Charted Across the World

As more Millennials assume leadership positions around the world, organizations are becoming increasingly concerned with how to ensure their success. However, most existing research on those born between the early ‘80s and late ‘90s is skewed toward understanding what a narrow, typically Western, population wants. Conclusions based on such a limited sample could lead to bad decisions (and missed opportunities) around attracting, retaining, and developing millennial leaders in a global business environment.

The One Question Top Talent Wants Companies to Answer

GMCS Editorial:  This is one of our first questions that we ask potential clients when taking on an executive recruiting role with their organization and a question that is answered when we take a new client in under our Employer Branding Services product. ”Why do employee candidates want to work for you?” In most cases, many hiring managers, many executives too, do not have a clear answer to this question. 

The One Question Top Talent Wants Companies to Answer

You may be the one hiring, but when you sit down to speak with top candidates the truth is you are being interviewed, too.

5 Secrets for Effective Long-Term Staffing

In an article published on HR.BLR.com®, recruiting expert Miranda Nash emphasized the importance of long-term staffing and provided 5 tips on how to handle it effectively.

Nash is the president of Jobscience and has worked as a hiring manager, entrepreneur, and C-suite executive, positions that have given her a thorough knowledge of the art of recruiting.

University of Washington sets record with employee engagement efforts

The University of Washington danced its way into the Guinness Book of World Records this week, also marking a year since the inception of the university’s revolutionary employee engagement program.

On Jan. 28, coinciding with National Have Fun at Work Day, more than 2,000 members of the UW community took to the Huskies Field to perform the world’s largest umbrella dance.

EVP—Enron Had a Great One

Lots of companies’ EVPs (employee value propositions) have nice-sounding platitudes that are a litany of things that they aren’t, says Consultant Stephanie Tarant, PhD. Take Enron, for example.

Your EVP—Promoting Your Corporate Brand from the Inside Out!

The Employee Value Proposition (EVP) is the value one perceives, the employment deal that is derived from the everyday employee experience, says Consultant Stephanie Tarant, PhD. It is the foundation of an organization’s reputation as a place to work.

The War for Talent Comes to Colleges

College graduation may still be five months away, but if you haven’t already been out on the campus recruiting circuit, you’re behind.

Two out of three employers started recruiting in the fall. About half have definite plans to hit the colleges this spring. For everyone else, if you start now, you may have a crack at hiring a humanities major or a senior earning a B.A. in education. Good luck, though, if you have reqs for computer scientists, engineers, or accountants.