The Ultimate Guide to Employee Recognition Want to learn how to create a meaningful strategy that will yield higher levels of employee retention and engagement? Read "The Ultimate Guide to Employee Recognition" to learn about the case for employee recognition, how to secure management buy in, how to create a recognition program road map and implement a program.
The NBA free-agency season offers important lessons for retaining and managing high-demand talent, writes Steve Boese. In this commentary, Boese looks at five recent signings -- including Golden State Warriors Kevin Durant and Stephen Curry -- and outlines what HR organizations can learn from them, such as the importance of positive culture and fair compensation for exceptional talent. Steve Boese's HR Technology blog (7/6)
Wages increased 2.88% in June, but small-business hiring declined during the month, according to the Small Business Jobs Index from Paychex. Tennessee ranked first for small-business job growth, while weekly earnings growth was highest in Washington state and Arizona. CNBC (7/5)
Hunter S. Thompson's unforgettable cover letter In 1958, Hunter S. Thompson wrote to the Vancouver Sun asking for a job as a reporter with the newspaper. The paper declined, but his cover letter, which details his disdain for mediocrity in journalism and publishing, and the mutual hatred between him and his former boss, might be one of the best examples of bold honesty in the history of job applications, Jon Hollon writes. Fistful of Talent (7/6)
If you want to be a writer, write a little bit every day. Pay attention to the world around you. Stories are hiding, waiting everywhere. You just have to open your eyes and your heart.
