by Alex Putman | Jan 26, 2015 | Candidate Experience, Employee Relations, Employer Branding, Human Resources
22% of staff turnover occurs in the first 45 days of employment. Imagine the cost impact; if your average salary is $50k per person and you lose 20 people your cost impact is a loss of $3 million. These types of losses can be minimized if companies are willing to...
by Alex Putman | Jan 5, 2015 | Human Resources
13% of the global workforce is “psychologically committed to their jobs and likely to be making positive contributions to their organizations” according to a 2012 Gallup Poll. Newer data is available from other sources and indicates a lack of improvement...
by Alex Putman | Nov 28, 2014 | Employee Relations, Human Resources, Talent Acquisition
Several days ago a random tweet captured my attention. In response to a presentation regarding “the pitfalls of hiring millennials” a 50-year-old proudly tweeted “that’s why I will never hire a millennial”. Really? One cannot ignore the...
by Alex Putman | Oct 7, 2014 | Candidate Experience, Creativity, Employer Branding, Human Resources, Interview Tips, Job Search
When was the last time you deciphered a complete job description? Hiring managers, recruiters and HR folks, do you study the posting specifications prior to the cut and paster that undoubtably will flood your inbox with applicants? Insert yourself into the...
by Alex Putman | Aug 31, 2014 | Human Resources
The year was 1895 and the first movie was shown to a mass audience in Paris, France (I am certain your first thought was Paris, Texas). Around the time of the Great Depression, the first televisions begin appearing in U.S. homes and by 1981 MTV premiered with...
by Alex Putman | May 11, 2014 | Blogs, Candidate Experience, Employer Branding, Facebook, G+, Human Resources, LinkedIn, Social Networking, Social Strategy, Talent Branding, YouTube
One of these days I am going to take a camera crew and just walk into a company and ask “tell me your story”. Every company, like every person has a story to tell. In the business of employer branding we want to tell a compelling story that reaches a...
