Recruiting the Millennial Generation

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For years, companies have labeled Millennials as entitled and narcissistic. But as savvy employers can tell you, this simply isn’t true. Millennials, also known as Generation Y, are just different. As a generation, they’re more confident, tech savvy, optimistic, and connected than previous generations. But they also differ in what they want, the skills they bring to the table, and how they communicate.

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Top 21 Proven Ways to Engage Employees

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Many employees in today’s job market quickly feel uninspired by their work, get bored after 2 years and start job hunting for something new. So we decided to speak with some of the best HR professionals and business leaders around the country to find the strategies they recommend to keep employees engaged.There are also some tips below that have been really successful at our company. Here are the top 21 employee engagement ideas that you should apply at your office.

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Supporting Veterans – Career Resource List

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The majority of veterans who are referred to our California executive search firm are smart, educated, resourceful and entrepreneurial, leaders, honest to a fault, fiercely loyal and will be relentless on their pursuit to succeed. Many organizations are committed to helping veterans find civilian jobs, and some also sponsor programs targeted at putting military spouses back to work. We started with a list over 200 resources and decided that may be a bit overwhelming for you to try to filter through, so we did our best to organize the list and here are our favorite 45 resources.

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3 Things that Drive Bottom-line Results and Employee Engagement

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So you’ve taken great care in hiring the candidate who stood tall above the others. The hard work is done right? Wrong. Employee Engagement is work, and as their manager, it is your responsibility to keep your treasured employee engaged to drive bottom-line results for the business.

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Why Employee Engagement Matters and Employee Satisfaction Might Not

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Employee “satisfaction” and employee “engagement” are terms that have often times been used interchangeably when referring to keeping company morale and lowering turnover rates. Can they really be used interchangeably? Not quite. And here’s why.

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Is Work Life Balance a Reality in Today’s Workforce?

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65% of human resources professionals believe their company provides their employees with the “work-life-balance,” we all want and need. However, if you’re an employee it probably won’t surprise you that this study’s results show a huge disconnect in what many human resources professionals believe and what is reality.

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A Virtual Team ? Building A High Performance Workforce

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Making Virtual Teams Work: Ten Basic Principles – What are the do’s and don’ts of making virtual teams work effectively? Use these ten principles as a checklist to help identify and prioritize what you need to do in the first 90 days leading a virtual team.

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