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Rethinking Recruitment KPIs: What Metrics Truly Matter

In the world of recruitment, certain traditional key performance indicators (KPIs) have been long-standing champions. But are these traditional KPIs still relevant today? Talent Acquisition experts Stephanie Baysinger, Mary-Kay Baldino, and José Manuel Delgado Garcia share their thoughts.

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July 12, 2018

7 Ways to Keep Your Employees Engaged Over the Holidays

The holiday season is well and truly here. Cue the never-ending stream of Christmas songs, gingerbread lattes, and questions about whom you’re spending the holidays with.While all of these things are inevitable, this time of year can lead to a drop in productivity, too. Employees are preoccupied with secret Santas and trying to decide what to have for their Christmas meal. The last thing on their minds is work.That’s why it’s important to create an atmosphere that both welcomes the festive period but also encourages employees to engage with their everyday tasks. As the year winds down it’s a time to reflect on what happened – good and bad – and what can be improved for the year ahead. It’s also a good time to wrap things up ready for a fresh start in the new year.So how do you keep your employees engaged over the holidays? Here are a few ideas.

HR Tech
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June 21, 2018

What Are the Benefits of Mentorship for Mentors?

Everyone always talks about the benefits of mentorship for mentees. And there are a lot of benefits – the most obvious one being that they get to learn from someone who’s doing what they one day want to do. But what’s in it for mentors? Why should they spend their time helping someone else to expand their skills? Turns out, there are just as many benefits of mentorship for mentors as there are for mentees…

HR Tech
5
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June 7, 2018

Internal Training vs External Training: Which is More Effective and Why?

I’m probably in the minority when I say that I love a good training session. Not the boring kind where the person sat next to you is falling asleep because they missed out on their morning coffee, but the interesting, engaging kind where you learn something new and leave feeling empowered.

HR Tech
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May 31, 2018

What are the Benefits of Employee Training?

Scheduling training and mentorship sessions is a popular use case for our Calendar API. Why? Because they can make huge differences to employees and businesses.We decided to delve a little deeper into the benefits and talk to our team about what training warrants the investment to help employees learn and develop their skills.

HR Tech
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May 22, 2018

3 Secrets to Reducing Your Employee Churn Rate

Replacing an employee can cost as much as 20% of their yearly salary. The higher up their position is, the more expensive it is. That’s because you need to factor in paying recruitment agencies, covering for the vacant position, and the time lost to those responsible for hiring.A low employee churn rate is key to maximizing your potential and growth.

HR Tech
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May 10, 2018

Why You Need to Conduct Exit Interviews

Replacing a lost employee can cost as much as 21% of their salary. If their replacement isn’t happy or fails their probation period, that’s another 21% of their salary that you need to spend to replace them again. The more often you need to replace an employee, there is to spend on other things like training courses, mentorship, and other employee experiences.

HR Tech
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