Company Updates

To hire for skills or to hire for culture? It's a fine line, and most organizations hire for the former and indoctrinate recruits to the latter. But failing to consider culture from the beginning has its consequences. As author and speaker Louis Efron writes in Forbes, there are six main reasons employees quit-and all six things come down to organizational culture.

The "hire-to-retire" mentality is all but gone from the modern workforce. Today's employees are likely to have several different careers (and even more jobs) during their lifetime. And while a résumé of short-stinted jobs used to be considered an atrocity, employers are quickly adapting to the new landscape-hiring and promoting based on breadth of talent over length of tenure.

The longest running sitcom in America, "The Simpsons," owes much of its popularity to Homer Simpson; a selfish, slovenly adorable character whose single goal at work is to get away with as much goofing off as possible, even if it means risking a nuclear melt-down.

Every business needs an employee handbook, right? This contains all those fun legal things like the fact that you're an at-will employee, that you need to comply with a code of conduct, and what the dress code is (among other things). So, it's a really, really important document.

Or in other words: does it make any sense to apply different HR strategies to different industries? And more to the point: can an experienced HRD move from one industry to another and remain as relevant and effective? Sure, HR processes are mostly the same in all industries: recruiting, onboarding, performance reviews, compensation, succession planning...

There is nothing in any organization that is accomplished without its people. The talent at your company is the determining source of revenue, growth and brand reputation. And in order to ensure success, investing in and focusing on talent is crucial. This focus starts with the C-suite.

Today, it's hard to talk about HR without talking about analytics. From the first recruiting email to the exit interview, big data is changing the way we both approach and practice talent management. While the foundation for success in human resources - great people skills and strong intuition - is certainly still relevant, a modern career in HR increasingly requires a "moneyball" mindset.

It's that time of year when we reflect on our past contributions and look forward with anticipation to achievements yet to be realized.

At Cornerstone OnDemand, 94 percent of employees say their workplace is great. Legend Often or almost always Sometimes This review is based on 431 employee surveys, with a 95% confidence level and a margin of error of ± 3.67. It was published on Oct 5, 2015.

Today's top employers are doing much more than providing a good salary and basic benefits to recruit and retain employees. In fact, some employers are trying to empathize with employees' personal needs as much as they focus on their professional needs. You've heard of on-site fitness classes - but how about on-site health clinics?