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Great site with good practical knowledge that can be used by those hiring and seeking employment.

Most companies of any size have an employee referral program. Best in class programs provide 40% or more of their new hires through employee referrals. Many studies show that employee referral hire...

Kathy, This was a really good article, gave me new perspective on employee referrals. I periodically monitor the job board here at my company for myself and a few of my business contacts outside of the company. I need to suggest to my contacts that we become more aware of all our skill sets to help ensure a better fit when looking for employment.

The use of multiple forms of gaming, can produce excellent talent, and improve worklife.

Bob, My organization uses gaming to engage the public to help them understand financial concepts that many find too complex or difficult to understand. We also recently implemented gaming as part of our on-boarding process to educate and engage new employees to learn more about the functions and responsibilities of the organization. The public has embraced the concept of gaming, while its use as an on-boarding tool is receiving mixed reviews. The younger generations loves it, while many of the long-term employees don't see the value and feel it is a waste of people's time and the organization's money. It will be interesting to see if gaming is a fad or not.

My company outsourced to well being company to help employees become more engaged in lifestyle choices. Never dawned on me that the challenges or gamification was being done. I'll be forwarding this article on to others outside our group, very interesting read and informative.

Very insightful content, makes me want to seek out what social platforms are in use by Compliance Analysts to help build my network.

Kristin, This is an interesting talk and topic that can help employers who have short-term openings connect with people who can work limited hours or days. When I worked in New York, my former company used some of these boards to hire short-term, or event driven employees. It was only used for jobs that required limited skills. I am not sure that if this would be viable in roles that require a lot of experience or technical skills.

While many people have expressed concern about the trend of employers using social media to screen job candidates, can social media actually be a benefit to job seekers or employers? Find out in this Q and A interview with Chirag Nangia, CEO of Reppify.

The collective skills, abilities, and expertise of an organization-are the outcome of investments in staffing, training, compensation, communication, and other human resources areas.

A lot of good points are made in this article. In particular, the belief that organizational capabilities can only emerge after an organization consistently delivers on the combined or shared competencies and abilities of the people it employs. It provides another way to validate the notion that people either help an organization succeed or fail. If the organization has a lot of employees that are skilled but they are unable to work together towards a common goal, those individuals' skills are useless.

Appointments in the United Kingdom sustain scrutiny from all angles. Perhaps the United States should take some lessons in the appointment of its politicians.

Human Capital and Data Management go hand-in-hand in managing today's global organizations.  

Some key points for large organizations to have a strategy for leadership building: Never Hire in Panic, Plan for the Future & Get Everyone Involved. 

It really is about the partnership between HR and Leadership. This was a good read!

Found this article interesting. I especially liked the "look for talent in unlikely places" and to coincide with my post this week the "publicize referral incentives".

Video describing why talent is number 1 priority

The "workforce of one" model of people management-sculpting work to fit every employee instead of...

Most firms have no formal programs for anticipating and fulfilling talent needs, relying on an in...