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Smart companies are thinking strategically about succession planning as they face a wave of Baby Boomer retirements and a tight talent market where job seekers are in the driver's seat. [...]

The rise of the visual Web is reinforcing the notion that every picture tells a story, prompting organizations of all sizes to transform many traditional HR functions through the use [...]

Employers eager to make a good first impression are deploying onboarding portals designed to put new employees on the path to success. These Web-based tools can simplify the assimilation process [...]

In the 1920s, when Babe Ruth was a company spokesman, Barbasol shaving cream was filled and packaged by hand at an Indianapolis factory. In the 1930s, Barbasol had hundreds of [...]

Experience is the teacher of all things,' Julius Caesar wrote in Commentaries on the Civil War. When it comes to providing employees with on-the-job experience, more employers are creating games [...]

When it comes to adding tens or thousands of employees each year, it can be easy for people to get lost in the paperwork. Web-based tools can simplify the onboarding [...]

Even if a company has the best benefits package in the world, it won't get a return on that investment if the employees don't know what's offered and how the [...]

We live in a self-help world. In the context of human resource management systems, self-service gives employees--including managers--greater access to information while freeing up HR to work on higher-level tasks. [...]

Like most people, Donna Van Gundy, PHR, would spend time during the holidays opening boxes in her living room and going through the contents. But she wasn't expecting any surprise [...]

As unemployment numbers drop to levels not seen since the dot-com era, signing bonuses are again on the rise for people with IT and other skills in short supply. 'We [...]

Organizations that rely on a specialized workforce must recruit and retain individuals with licenses and certifications. Keeping and training these high-skilled, professionally certified employees can give these organizations a competitive [...]

Most HR professionals do a good job directing the career development of employees throughout their organization. But they sometimes become so involved in the business of helping others that they [...]

Employee self-service has well-proven benefits to business--in particular, better service to employees while cutting down on HR's workload. And the best way to deliver HR services is through an employee [...]

It was easier to manage succession planning when there was a rising workforce population to choose from. But that is no longer the case. Meeting the new challenges of succession [...]

It takes money to pay employees--even more than you may realize. In fact, the process of getting checks into employees' hands is relatively expensive when you total all the relevant [...]

President George W. Bush traveled the country earlier this year, trying to sell the public on his plan to give employees more control over their retirement money. While economists and [...]

Conducting employee surveys can be a good way to create a more engaged and productive workforce, but only if the employees receive feedback on their answers and see their comments [...]

When you have a large family to feed, it is cheaper to eat at home. But when you are single, eating out may be more cost-effective, considering the time spent [...]

To be competitive, a company needs to get the most out of its assets, especially the human ones. One way to achieve this is by offering financial incentives to retain [...]

Layne Buckley, PHR, and Eric Muller both need to hire engineers, and those engineers need to understand electricity. But the recruiters are looking for two very different types of candidates. [...]

With the 'jobless recovery' in the U.S. economy, employment numbers didn't start to improve much until recently. Meanwhile, companies focused on increasing the productivity of existing staff. 'In the food [...]

To cut costs and reduce the time to fill empty positions, an ever-increasing number of companies are setting up career portals on their corporate web sites. 'Over the last 10 [...]

Companies have procurement software to manage their suppliers. They have human resource management systems (HRMS) for their employees. But between those groups lies a large and growing gap: Many companies [...]

For the past decade, HR professionals have dutifully entered employee data into HR management systems (HRMS). Every hire. Every transfer. Every departure. Within those databases lies a wealth of data [...]

Could HR departments become a battleground reminiscent of the HBO series 'Game of Thrones'? Instead of bloody skirmishes, HR professionals would face system attacks through hacking and phishing. Well-publicized breaches [...]

The recent trend in HR has been employee self-service (ESS), which vendors and consultants tout as a way to relieve the department of its administrative burdens so HR professionals can [...]

Enterprise incentive management (EIM) technology, an emerging category of software and services for automating variable-pay processes, can be a powerful behavior modification tool as well as a means of furthering [...]

Conducting meetings on 'Star Trek' was simple enough. When Capt. Kirk needed to speak with someone, he raised him or her on a handheld communicator or talked to an image [...]

Human resource professionals expect security guards to keep out intruders, but they still keep files locked in cabinets behind closed doors. But what about electronic data? Each digital tool for [...]

To be effective, HR leaders need to become an active part of the management decision-making process, not simply contributors to the expense of doing business. This means providing metrics in [...]

Hoover's Inc., a Dun & Bradstreet subsidiary, describes itself as a company that delivers 'comprehensive insight and analysis about the companies, industries and people that drive the economy, along with [...]

Benefits packages provide a great way of attracting and retaining staff. But they only work if employees know and take advantage of what the company offers. The question is: What [...]

When two companies with thousands of employees merge, it can be a challenge to get their many parts working together. That was the situation for two California companies, Invitrogen Corp. [...]

Executives can now access real-time data on their company's performance rather than having to wait for a quarterly report. But, while managers can use performance information to make rapid decisions, [...]

Cuba Gooding Jr. isn't the only one who wants to be shown the money. Employees as well want more than to be told they're valued by employers; they want to [...]

Employee privacy concerns can he subject to conflicting interpretation as well as changing trends, and it can be a challenge for HR to keep up with the latest opinions and [...]

Everyone needs a break now and then--but if you don't have the right scheduling tools in place, absence can become a large presence on your company's bottom line. 'When someone [...]

personal networks have always been essential to recruiting, and today's technologies have made it easier than ever to build strong and meaningful connections. Social media tools allow recruiters to focus [...]

Human resource professionals are experts at staffing management: selecting, hiring, onboarding and retaining the right employees. But that expertise doesn't always carry over to selecting, acquiring and implementing appropriate software. [...]

When HR and IT executives work together, HR technology wins. HR and IT speak different languages: One is concerned about process and career advancement; the other focuses on processors and [...]