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With employee turnover nearing a 20-year high, companies are spending millions of dollars in an effort to increase employee loyalty. The payoff is clear: Replacing an employee costs roughly 1½ times their annual salary. Although a few companies are quick to fix the nuts-and-bolts problems that drive employees out the door, responding to such basic workplace issues...
Few employers need to be reminded of the huge overhead costs involved in recruiting new staff. Yet, some companies have found a partial answer to reducing recruitment costs.
It's a deceptively simple solution: Retain the staff you have. But how? With fatter perks, higher pay, 60 days' vacation and an executive limousine thrown in? Not exactly.
According to META...
A tight labor market has businesses seeking employees from a variety of sources. Many are turning to the Internet as a recruiting tool. Companies in both high-tech and more traditional jobs are recruiting and referring candidates either through their own Web sites or by staffing agencies that use the Internet.
A number of employers receive resumes in digital format...
The debate about workplace romance has raged for years ... should companies tolerate it ... or look the other way? If your organization doesn't have a written policy on the subject, it is part of the norm. According to a 1998 SHRM (Society of Human Resource Management) survey, 87% of firms polled don't. It is a theme, however, that companies should address in one way...
