Staffing Management

Dear Workforce How Do We Launch a Systematic and Rigorous Plan to Build a Performance Management Strategy for Our Workforce?

How do we launch a systematic and rigorous plan to build a performance management strat...

Benefits

Dear Workforce Should We Consolidate Our Health Purchasing Power

How common a practice is it for different employers to combine their workforces to get ...

Training

Dear Workforce Who Has a Good Blueprint for Creating an Onboarding Program?

I have been tasked to create an onboarding program for new hires. The plan is to try an...

Workforce News

HR Administration

Dear Workforce How Should We Conduct Performance-Appraisal ‘Calibration’ Meetings With Managers?

I’m interested in how we could conduct productive performance appraisal “calibration” m...

Staffing Management

Dear Workforce How Do I Develop a Needs-Analysis Template

I recently was put in charge of plantwide training for our manufacturing company. Inter...

Workplace Culture

Dear Workforce What Do I Do About the Owner’s Daughter

Our president and owner recently hired his 20-something daughter to work in the firm do...

Recruitment

Dear Workforce How Could We Better Publicize Our Jobs to Would-be Recruits

We have several entry-level job openings for administrative and medical assistants. The...

Recruitment

Dear Workforce How Do We Calculate the ROI of Our Online Job Postings

We want to figure out the return on investment of our job postings, with the aim of cut...